Method and system for improving basketball shooting

Abstract

A method and system are provided for increasing shots-made frequency by educating a player's eye and memory through repetitions at one or more specified distance locations from the basketball hoop, and then building on that information by progressively increasing the distance from the hoop through sequential steps to additional sets of repetitions taken at greater distances from the hoop. In one aspect, a shooter must make a first plurality of shots at a threshold success frequency to advance to a second location. Thresholds may be selected from previous success or other data input; divergent thresholds or shot set total numbers for shot locations. In one aspect, the plurality of markings are arrayed in a plurality of radial lines. In one aspect a second party verifies that a shooter meets at least one threshold.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] Priority is claimed of U.S. Provisional Patent Application by Thomas Owen Montie for “A Method for Teaching Basketball Shooting,” filed Apr. 4, 2005, U.S. Ser. No. 60 / 668,009.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] This invention relates generally to the field of basketball and more specifically to a method for teaching and practicing basketball shooting. [0003] The nexus of basketball is to get the basketball through the basketball hoop. Basketball players are divided into two competing teams and the team with the highest score, i.e. most baskets made, is the winner. Accordingly, it is desired to improve the frequency of successful shots made relative to attempts made by each shooter on a team in order to increase the overall team score and win the game. [0004] Thus, it is common to instruct shooters to improve their shots-made frequency. This is commonly accomplished by educating a player's eye and memory through multiple shooting repetiti...

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Benefits of technology

[0008] A method and system are provided for improving the frequency of successful shots made relative to attempts made. In one aspect, the shots-made frequency is increased by educating a player's eye and memory through repetitions at one or more specified close distance locations from the basketball hoop, and then building on that information by progressively increasing the distance from the hoop through sequential steps to additional sets of repetitions taken at greater distances from the hoop.

Problems solved by technology

However, such a system or method does not fully develop shooting ability at other distances or positions on the floor.

Moreover, by focusing on a problem or otherwise important fixed location or distance, a low shots-made frequency may result in unproductive practice time, or even the development of bad habits that translate to lower shots-made frequencies at other locations on the basketball court.

Disadvantages include the requirement of additional equipment to be installed before and removed after every practice session.

Prior methods of teaching basketball shooting are also deficient in that they do not consistently position the shooter on the basketball court at specified distances relative to the hoop.

The prior methods also do not use a systematic sequence of steps from one predetermined position to the next.

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