CPC A63B 71/0622 (2013.01) [A63B 69/0071 (2013.01); A63B 69/40 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); A63B 71/0605 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0647 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0694 (2013.01); A63B 2210/50 (2013.01); A63B 2220/62 (2013.01); A63B 2220/807 (2013.01); A63B 2225/093 (2013.01); A63B 2225/20 (2013.01); A63B 2230/06 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A basketball passing system with virtual coaching capabilities, said system comprising:
a launching device configured for automatic rotational movement to selectively launch basketballs to different pass receipt locations spaced apart about a basketball playing area;
an interface configured to receive a user selection of a subset of the pass receipt locations forming a basketball shooting practice drill;
a controller in electronic communication with said launching device and said interface, wherein said controller is configured to receive said user selection from said interface and command said launching device to launch basketballs to said pass receipt locations at said basketball playing area in said basketball shooting practice drill;
a sensor in electronic communication with said controller and configured to determine if a basketball shot is successfully made; and
a camera mechanically affixed, directly or indirectly, to the launching device for rotational movement with the launching device, and in electronic communication with said controller and configured to record images of said user attempting basketball shots following receipt of basketball passes from said launching device as part of said basketball shooting practice drill;
wherein said controller is configured to receive data from said sensor indicating which of said attempted basketball shots is successfully made, said images from said camera of said attempted basketball shots, and generate a virtual coaching display comprising said images from said camera, a visual indication of whether a currently displayed one or ones of said images of a respective one of said attempted basketball shots resulted in a successfully made basketball shot, and identifying information for a respective one of the pass receipt locations of the subset associated with the currently displayed one or ones of the images;
wherein said pass receipt locations in said subset are visually represented at said interface by graphical demarcations or icons arranged about a visual depiction of one or more basketball court elements to visually correspond with said locations at said basketball playing area of said subset; and
wherein the identifying information of the virtual coaching display comprises graphical demarcations or icons visually corresponding with the graphical demarcations of the interface.
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