Disclosed herein is a Foldable Indoor Ceiling Mounted Basketball Hoop Assembly. In practice a basketball apparatus comprises a backboard structure and a pair of ceiling mounted brackets, where the ceiling mounted brackets are attached to the back of the backboard structure. Additionally, the ceiling mounted brackets are configured to rotate the backboard structure from a first ceiling mounted bracket position at or near parallel to the ceiling to a second ceiling mounted bracket position at or near orthogonal to the ceiling. Further, a hoop is attached to a front of the backboard structure via a hoop bracket, where the hoop bracket is configured to rotate the hoop from a first hoop bracket position at or near parallel to the backboard to a second hoop bracket position at or near orthogonal to the backboard.

A ball handling training device for improving hand strength and helping a user to hold a basketball with their fingertips instead of their palm includes a thumb sleeve that is designed to be positionable on a thumb of a hand of a user. A finger sleeve is designed to be positionable on one of a middle finger and a ring finger of the hand. A band couples the thumb sleeve to the finger sleeve. The band includes a resiliently deformable material wherein the band is designed to retract a distance between the thumb and the one of the middle finger and the ring finger. The band extends between the thumb sleeve and the finger sleeve wherein the band is positionable over a palm of the hand. The band is configured to be spaced from the palm of the hand to inhibit the user from holding a ball on the palm.

A game ball for an optical tracking system includes a tracked region on the game ball. The tracked region includes a retro reflective surface and an optical filter overlying the retro reflective surface.

A ball feeding system has a ball feeder that is configured to receive a basketball and launch the basketball to a shooter for enabling the shooter to shoot the basketball toward a basketball goal. The ball feeder is coupled to a sensor (e.g., a camera) by an arm that extends from the ball feeder, and the sensor is configured to sense the basketball as it is traveling on a trajectory toward the basketball during a shot of the basketball by the shooter. At least one processor is configured to determine, based on the sensor, at least one trajectory parameter indicative of the trajectory and provide feedback indicative of a performance of the shooter in shooting the basketball.

The present disclosure relates generally to devices and methods for athletic and/or skills assessment, development, and/or performance.

A basketball training system can include a basketball training machine and additional features such as a user interface, a controller, and programming for using the basketball training machine.

A system for evaluating player performance comprises at least one sensor for capturing images of a player performing a basketball shot. At least one processor is configured to analyze the images to determine a position of the basketball and, based on the determined position, calculate a first value indicative of a shot performance of the player. The processor is further configured to identify a region from which the basketball was shot by the player for the basketball shot. The processor is further configured to calculate, based on whether the basketball shot is made, a second value indicating a shot performance of the player in taking a plurality of basketball shots from the identified region. An output mechanism is configured to display shot performance information associated with the player based on the first value and the second value.

A system for creating and viewing indexed video snippets of a series of shots toward a goal comprising at least one sensor directly connected to a microprocessor, the microprocessor configured to trigger responsive to a ball-shooting detection of at least one of the series of shots toward the goal; electronic times that represent the accurate timing of a triggering event related to the ball-shooting detection; one or more video recordings captured by at least one recording source; wherein the electronic times are utilized to associate portions of the one or more video recordings with corresponding shots toward the goal; the associated portions are stored as separate video snippets; and the video snippets are indexed by the corresponding shots toward the goal.

A multi-game arcade-type apparatus includes a framework, a first goal assembly, a ball return chute, and a second goal assembly. The first goal assembly receives tossed balls in a first game and is attached to a support portion of the framework. The ball return chute includes a bed and sidewalls for collecting balls from the first goal assembly and is attached between the support portion and a foldable portion of the framework. The second goal assembly receives tossed bean bags tossed in a second game and is attached to the bed. A rectangular front-end frame attached to the foldable portion includes a moveable upper cross member. In a first lower position, the moveable upper cross member stops the returning balls of the first game. In a second higher position, the moveable upper cross member acts as part of a third goal assembly for ladder balls tossed in a third game.

Methods and systems for object trajectory reconstruction are disclosed. The methods and systems perform steps of first, receiving an input monocular video captured by a mobile computing device, and a camera projection matrix. Next, extracting a 2D trajectory of an object in an image plane of the input monocular video, and a posture of a user shooting the object along the 2D trajectory. Next, estimating a feasible shooting direction from the user posture and generating an on-ground projection line based on the feasible shooting direction and the 2D trajectory. Lastly, generating a 3D object trajectory based on the 2D trajectory, the on-ground projection line, and the camera projection matrix. Some embodiments of the present invention enable a resource-limited mobile device, such as a smartphone, to efficiently perform this method. Also disclosed are benefits of the new methods, and alternative embodiments of implementation.