Patent ID: 7625304

Claim:
A method for improving a basketball players' shooting skills, the method comprising: providing a device, said device including a free-standing mirror; said free-standing mirror comprising: a front surface, a rear surface, a pair of vertical sides and a pair of horizontal sides; said rear surface further including a support stand for maintaining said free-standing mirror in an upright position on a playing surface; providing an elongate bulb; said elongate bulb generating pulsating lights in an upward and downward direction; providing a target; positioning said free-standing mirror on said playing surface at a given distance between said player and said target such that said player is able to have simultaneous visual contact with said target and said free-standing mirror; positioning said elongate bulb parallel to said pair of vertical sides of said free-standing mirror; visually aligning said player's shooting arm with said pulsating lights generated by said elongate bulb, this allows for simultaneous self-correction of player's shooting arm; and following a vertical movement of said pulsating light to said target in a straight motion as a basketball is released, wherein repeated use of said device enables said player to achieve a correct arc and trajectory when releasing a basketball.