A device for golf putting practice that is an all-in-one golf ball target cup, golf ball collection and storage for up to a dozen golf balls. A quadrilateral tube is connected to a pole with handle. A ball storage bag is connected to the said quadrilateral tube. This device allows for maximum amount of golf ball practice putts in a very short period of time. Balls are dropped on the practice putting surface from the device storage bag. The device is placed at the desired putting target location and putting practice can begin. Ball collection is completed with the device without bending over, reducing the work and time required.

A device for golf putting practice that is an all-in-one golf ball target cup, golf ball collection and storage for up to a dozen golf balls. A quadrilateral tube is connected to a pole with handle. A ball storage bag is connected to the said quadrilateral tube. This device allows for maximum amount of golf ball practice putts in a very short period of time. Balls are dropped on the practice putting surface from the device storage bag. The device is placed at the desired putting target location and putting practice can begin. Ball collection is completed with the device without bending over, reducing the work and time required.

Systems and methods for assisting a user with creating a custom shots-made basketball practice arrangement are provided. A detector detects made basketball shots. A user interface receives a user selection of a subset of pass receipt locations for a custom shots-made basketball practice arrangement located about a basketball playing surface. A control system receives data indicating the user selection and a number of shots to be made and commands an ejector to launch basketballs to a particular one of the pass receipt locations in the subset until data is received indicating that the selected number of shots to be made are made at the particular one of said plurality of pass receipt locations, cease launching the basketballs to the particular one of the pass receipt locations, and begins launching basketballs to a second particular one of the pass receipt locations in said subset.

Systems and methods for assisting a user with creating a custom shots-made basketball practice arrangement are provided. A detector detects made basketball shots. A user interface receives a user selection of a subset of pass receipt locations for a custom shots-made basketball practice arrangement located about a basketball playing surface. A control system receives data indicating the user selection and a number of shots to be made and commands an ejector to launch basketballs to a particular one of the pass receipt locations in the subset until data is received indicating that the selected number of shots to be made are made at the particular one of said plurality of pass receipt locations, cease launching the basketballs to the particular one of the pass receipt locations, and begins launching basketballs to a second particular one of the pass receipt locations in said subset.

Provided is a highly reliable, cost-effective scattered object collection system that can efficiently collect scattered objects by reducing unnecessary traveling of a traveling collector. The scattered object collection system includes a traveling collector that performs a collecting operation by picking up balls B while traveling in a work area W, sets a virtual work area Z (or a virtual priority work area Za) to an area in the work area W where balls are relatively densely present and in the vicinity of the storage space of balls, and allows the traveling collector to perform a collecting operation in the virtual work area Z (or the virtual priority work area Za) with higher priority than the other areas.

A ball sports training system has a processor(s) and a memory storing program instructions that, when executed by the processor(s), causes the one or more processors to: cause a ball passing system to move between a first position and a second position different from the first position; (b) determine when the ball passing system is in the second position; and (c) responsive to the determining, cause the ball collection station to release the at least one of the first plurality of sports balls, whereby the at least one of the first plurality of sports balls is moved on a delivery travel path. The second position is selected to position the second receiving portion in the delivery travel path of the at least one of the first plurality of sports balls, whereby the second receiving portion is configured to receive the at least one of the first plurality of sports balls.

A ball sports training system has a processor(s) and a memory storing program instructions that, when executed by the processor(s), causes the one or more processors to: cause a ball passing system to move between a first position and a second position different from the first position; (b) determine when the ball passing system is in the second position; and (c) responsive to the determining, cause the ball collection station to release the at least one of the first plurality of sports balls, whereby the at least one of the first plurality of sports balls is moved on a delivery travel path. The second position is selected to position the second receiving portion in the delivery travel path of the at least one of the first plurality of sports balls, whereby the second receiving portion is configured to receive the at least one of the first plurality of sports balls.

A sports ball carrier is configured to fit inside a storage bag with ball rackets. The carrier may store sports balls in a substantially planar array that is one sports ball thick, and the width of the carrier may taper along its length generally simulating a racket form factor. A sports ball entry port may be provided for ball collection in a manner similar to a conventional ball hopper.

A sports ball carrier is configured to fit inside a storage bag with ball rackets. The carrier may store sports balls in a substantially planar array that is one sports ball thick, and the width of the carrier may taper along its length generally simulating a racket form factor. A sports ball entry port may be provided for ball collection in a manner similar to a conventional ball hopper.

A device for use with a paddle including a telescoping device coupled to a paddle at an end of the paddle and collapsible into the end of the paddle and the telescoping device having a picker on a first end of the telescoping device wherein the picker is configured to attach to an aperture in a ball.