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A machine that tracks basketball shots

37 points| redcastle | 9 years ago |bloomberg.com | reply

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[+] rfrank|9 years ago|reply
There's already a product that I've only ever called the gun, which is a significantly better tool for the same job, imo.[1] Forces high arc, counts makes/misses, can be adjusted for moving/stationary shots, and rebounds/passes for you. In the half hour it took the author to get up 100 shots, you've taken 500 on the gun.

1. http://www.shootaway.com/

[+] codyhall4life|9 years ago|reply
Hey, i wrote this thing.

We actually have a gun (we call it the same) setup in our shop and use it extensively alongside this.

We provide quite a bit more of analysis than you can achieve by adjusting the catch net of the gun and using the stick thing on the rim for make miss. We can determine if your shot was a clean make vs a make, bank shot, and other things the article mentions. Together they are a pretty solid training setup.

[+] datahead|9 years ago|reply
Interesting that they cost about the same {"the-gun": 4750 , "noahlytics": 4800} + subscription @ $100/mo. Possibly a competitive pricing scenario for high school program adoption.

I also see a key feature being the tracking of performance over multiple sessions. Noahlytics will likely answer: who is shooting the best this week? May impact starting line-ups for coaches, etc.