All Shot

Abstract

The All Shot Dynamic Basketball Shooting and Diagnostic Room is an automated, computer controlled athletic training system (see FIG. 1). The first embodiment allows a basketball shooter to shoot every shot on a basketball half court without moving to create distance or angle. The basket assembly (rim / net, backboard, shot cameras and attached sensors) move via computer generated instructions while the shooter remains stationary; the assembly moves in three dimensions and rotates within an enclosure. The predictability of the shooters position allows for diagnostic devices to focus on particular aspects of the shooter's mechanics. Additionally, the system includes a ball collection and return system connected to two mobile ball ejectors, which permit the shooter to receive passes in a programmable manner. A second embodiment allows a slanted floor used in the first embodiment to aid the collection process to be leveled to support close in training activity (see FIG. 5).

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[0001]This application claims the benefit of PPA Ser. No. 61 / 936,475, filed 2014 Feb. 6 by the present inventors, which is incorporated by reference.[0002]This application claims the benefit of PPA Ser. No. 62 / 115,416, filed 2015 Feb. 12 by the present inventors, which is incorporated by reference.PRIOR ART[0003]Soon after Doctor James Naismith invented the game of basketball in 1891, the concept of basketball skill training came into existence. Initially the process consisted of human(s) chasing rebounds and providing feedback on the shot. Of course this basic approach to training had limitations that made training less effective and inaccessible to most individuals. In response to these issues, a number of inventors have developed devices, many of them contraptions, proposed to improve training, particularly as it relates to ball gathering and return, shot practice, and skills evaluation.[0004]Since those early days of basketball training and skills evaluation, some inventors have...

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Problems solved by technology

Of course this basic approach to training had limitations that made training less effective and inaccessible to most individuals.

On the other hand, problems caused or unsolved by these netting type systems have greatly hampered or limited the training experience.

Among the problems created or remaining are: 1) diagnostics remained difficult to conduct due to the disperse shooting patterns, 2) netting makes the shot unrealistic (it is alien to the actual game of basketball), 3) netting limits the types of shots, 4) netting prevents smaller or weaker shooter from practicing a natural or full range of shots, 5) limited useful close-in work for shooter, 6) passes come from a fixed point under the rim (this pass rarely occurs in basketball), and 7) restriction on executable shot types (no turn and locate passes or shallow fall away shots).

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