Amateur: Smart Basketball: Improve Your Skills

[mouse]

Basketball is all about skill, precision and accuracy. But what if you don’t have a personal coach but still want to improve your game? InfoMotion Sports Technologies has now created a smart basketball called 94Fifty. A basketball that can improve your game, reinforce skill level and basically help you be the next Michael Jordan…maybe.



This smart basketball has nine sensors found inside the ball. These sensors measure real-time shooting and ball-handling showing an individual’s performance level: including shot speed, backspin and arc measurements. The information is then sent to an iPhone or iPod touch using Bluetooth LE. This information will give players the ability to enhance muscle memory skills effectively and more competently. The ball works by reading these sensors inside the regulation size basketball and sending it to your phone.

The ball is charged wirelessly and connects to iOS devices (soon to be found in Android devices as well) which then gives the player’s feedback about how they are doing. If, for instance, your hoop shot arc angle measure 29 degrees, the sensors would send information to your phone stating you should be much higher.

This is a great way for players of most economic backgrounds to be able to train and improve skill level with a one off payment rather than having expensive coaches charging for their services continually. There are a number of training programmes that you can work through including one that allows you to challenge friends.

94Fifty Smart Sensor Basketball is currently available for $299.95 in the US (approx £182) and the company does ship internationally. Although this ball is expensive initially, it is a very clever piece of kit that will help ‘ballers’ improve their overall game! So will you be the next Michael Jordan?

[spurraider21]

its interesting, but det sticker price...

[Splits]

The next time Kobe has to bribe teammates... Lenovos!

[lefty]

Is that Tony Parker's iPhone ?

[Rogue]

sounds interesting but I doubt it'd actually help improve your skills. if you want your skills improved, just practice more, imho

[AchillesHeel]

sounds interesting but I doubt it'd actually help improve your skills. if you want your skills improved, just practice more, imho

Yeah, you still have to work as hard and get as many shots in. It helps you track your improvement in certain areas but overall if you want to be great you just have to work hard. I wouldn't mind trying that though, I'm interested to see how it works.

[Arcadian]

Are there any professional players who would endorse this? Does it even remotely resemble the way real pros practice or stats they care about? My guess is no. These skills are learned implicitly (unconscious motor programs in the brain).