Patent ID: 8845461
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: A63B,G09B

Abstract:
1. A wireless shot tracking system for tracking and displaying real time shooting data of basketball shooting sessions, said wireless shot tracking system comprising: a programmable unit including: a shot detector in electrical communication with said programmable unit, said shot detector including a power source, one or more vibration sensors, an activator, and an RF transmitter, where said shot detector is removably mounted to a basketball hoop; wherein said programmable unit memory comprises an executable set of instructions to cause the programmable unit to perform the operations of: a) obtaining a specific basketball shooting location from which to carry out a shot, by either reading information from the memory pertaining to said specific shooting location or by randomly generating said specific shooting location; b) providing a visual indication on the programmable unit liquid crystal display corresponding to said specific shooting location, said visual indication being provided superimposed on the depicted half basketball court; c) receiving a signal from the shot detector, containing information indicating whether the shot has been made or missed; d) storing said information indicating whether the shot has been made or missed, in association with said specific shooting location; e) repeating steps (a) through (d) a plurality of times, to provide a sequence of basketball shooting location visual indications on the display that the user can follow as a training guide.