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03-14-2011, 01:07 PM
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After analyzing computer-generated 3-D simulations of more than 1 million basketball shots, a team led by NC State’s Larry Silverberg determined that, while it does vary, there are large, identifiable areas on the court where a bank shot can be up to 20 percent more successful than attempting a direct swish.
The findings, published in the most recent issue of the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, make several assumptions about the ball shooter, in order to keep the the results determined by the 3-D sims consistent. One was that the ball be released at a height of either six, seven, or eight feet off the floor — a fairly typical height, if perhaps a little conservative.
http://www.wired.com/playbook/2011/03/physics-basketball-shots/all/1
After analyzing computer-generated 3-D simulations of more than 1 million basketball shots, a team led by NC State’s Larry Silverberg determined that, while it does vary, there are large, identifiable areas on the court where a bank shot can be up to 20 percent more successful than attempting a direct swish.
The findings, published in the most recent issue of the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, make several assumptions about the ball shooter, in order to keep the the results determined by the 3-D sims consistent. One was that the ball be released at a height of either six, seven, or eight feet off the floor — a fairly typical height, if perhaps a little conservative.
http://www.wired.com/playbook/2011/03/physics-basketball-shots/all/1