Patent ID: 8968100
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: A63B,G09B

Abstract:
1. A method of monitoring and analyzing data indicative of a location of a user on a playing area and/or a movement of a basketball during a basketball activity, wherein the method comprises: detecting, in a wireless communication device, a data signal indicative of a movement of the one or more basketball corresponding to a shot by a user, the basketball incorporating sensors for sensing movements of the basketball during the basketball activity and transmitting the data signal to the wireless communication device, the wireless communication device including a processing unit, which is configured to; analyze the data signal and generate shot movement data from the movements of the basketball corresponding to the shot by the user; compare the shot movement data against reference shot data; determining a deviation between the shot movement data and the reference shot data; presenting an indication of the deviation on a user interface of the wireless communication device; and based on the deviation between the shot movement data and the reference shot data, presenting automated advice on how to modify the shot by the user to emulate the reference shot data for providing the automated sports training services to the user.