Systems and methods for golf analysis including a tag coupled to a golf club providing statistical analytics for coaching including text, tabular, graphic, and image-based outputs that include trends information for the golfer, all based upon actual golf play on course situations, wherein the golfer inputs shot data during play, without interrupting the flow of the game, and uploads the shot data for analytics and review online, and wherein all information related to a given user are reviewable by an authorized coach user through a web-based coach access account. The system is further operable to provide the coach user rights for providing corrective or instructive feedback to the user, including visual recommendations such as modified target areas.

A method is described for playing a golf game, on a working surface of a golf course. The method includes providing (using) a predetermined set of rules. The predetermined set of rules are configured to identify a range of golf clubs, of a set of golf clubs, to be utilized in such a way that the predetermined set of rules, in use, promotes, at least in part, a prolonged life span of at least some of the golf clubs.

A system includes a database, a camera, a tracking arrangement, and a processing arrangement. The database stores profiles including visual profiles of a plurality of sports players, each visual profile comprising identifying information for a player, each profile comprising an associated playerID. The camera captures a video stream comprising images of the sports players. The tracking arrangement captures data corresponding to trajectories of sports balls launched by the sports players. The processing arrangement coupled to the database. The camera and the tracking arrangement configured to; detect a first sports player in an image from the video stream and determine visual characteristics of the first detected sports player; match the determined visual characteristics to a first visual profile of a first profile and an associated first playerID stored in the database; and associate a first trajectory associated with a first sports shot with the first playerID.

A system includes a camera capturing images in a first field of view of a sports ball bouncing and rolling, a storage arrangement, and a processing arrangement. The storage arrangement includes a three-dimensional 3D model of a part of a sports play area and the processing arrangement is configured to: detect a pixel location of a ball in an image; determine, based on intrinsic and extrinsic calibration parameters, a camera-ball line comprising a straight line passing through the camera in the direction of the sports ball and to determine, based on the 3D model, an intersection point of the camera-ball line with the 3D model. The processor outputs the intersection point as a 3D position of the ball in the image.

A processor and camera capture data corresponding to a position of a ball and automatically adjust orientation and zoom level of the camera. The processor pre-calibrates the camera so an initial orientation is known in a world coordinate system (WCS) and so different zoom levels are associated with respective parameter values. A first position of the ball in a first image is detected and a first zoom level of the first image and intrinsic parameter values for the first zoom level are read. Based on pan and tilt relative to the initial orientation, the first orientation of the camera is determined. A 3D line through the camera and the ball in WCS is determined based on the first position, the first orientation and parameter values for the first zoom level and a 3D position is determined in WCS along the line based on information extrinsic to the camera.

A system includes a database, a tracking arrangement, a motion sensor device and a processing arrangement. The database stores profiles for each sports player, each profile comprising identifying information for the player and a playerID. The tracking arrangement captures shot data corresponding to trajectories of sports balls launched by the players. The motion sensor device captures motion data corresponding to a swinging motion of a player or ball striking implement. The tracking arrangement and the motion sensor device: detect a first swing of a first player from the motion data captured by the motion sensor device, the first player being associated with a first playerID; associate the first swing of the first player with a timestamp and a location; and associate a first trajectory of a sports ball from the shot data captured by the tracking arrangement to the first swing based on the timestamp and the location.

A system configured to be coupled with a participant of an activity. The system comprises: a participant activity monitoring unit configured for monitoring a performance of the activity by the participant; an activity information module configured for storing performance information corresponding to the activity; and a participant performance correlator configured for delivering comparative performance data based on the monitored performance of the activity by the participant and the stored performance information.

A method of using a computing device to forecast the result of a golf stroke and a portable handheld device for collecting and displaying golf round data are provided. The data collected for each stroke includes the location, time, and club used and the resulting ball position achieved” Before each drive or approach shot player skill level, course layout information, and player location on the course are used together with the club selected by the player to forecast the result of the next stroke. Putt break prediction information is provided before each putt. Information that a stroke has been taken and which dub was used can be entered manually or sensed automatically from telemetry equipped clubs.

A personal golfing assistant system is comprised of software running on a PDA attached directly or remotely to a GPS receiver that enables the user to survey and/or electronically capture geophysical golf data. A handheld device connected to or integrated with a GPS receiver can instead be used. Software allows a golfer to use a handheld PDA/GPS unit during the course of play to mark a ball location automatically and/or determine the distance to golf course targets and/or objects, and to analyze golf related data and generate statistics. The system can send a set of parameters tailored for a specific course to a real time tunable GPS to adjust for optimal performance and can adjust measurements to compensate for environmental condition changes. The system provides an improved graphical method for measuring and displaying distances between a golfer and a golf course object, for displaying multiple measured distances along a line of sight between a golfer and a golf object or target, and for orienting a target or object on a display to coincide with a user's line of sight. There is also provided a method for collecting and uploading golf course geographic information services (GIS) data to an internet accessible server, processing the uploaded data, distributing data upon an authorized user request, and downloading the requested data to an electronic device.

An electronic tracking system for assisting a user in determining distances to landmarks and objects in a sporting environment includes a user tracking system for determining the location of a user, a heads up display for displaying information to the user, and a processor operable to communicate with the user tracking system and the heads up display. The heads up display is designed to be worn on the user's head, and to display an image within the user's field of view. The processor is programmed to determine a distance between the user's determined location and an object or a landmark on. This information is displayed via the heads up display as a numeric representation of the determined distance.