Electronic basketball game

Abstract

An electronic basketball skill monitoring and developing system and method, particularly suited for children and young adults that would make solo and group participation more interesting and enjoyable and includes an electronic basketball game system using a basketball having a controller including a registration subsystem, an indicator subsystem, and a timing subsystem, the controller responsive to a physical impact on the registration subsystem to generate an activity signal, the timing system, responsive to the activity system and to the timing signal, that records a number of the physical impacts on the registration subsystem in one or more activity periods; and a plurality of markers, one for each of a plurality of basketball shot locations referenced by the indicator subsystem.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application 60 / 879,264 filed on Jan. 6, 2007, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference in entirety for all purposes.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates generally to a physical activity system, and more specifically to an electronic basketball skill monitoring and developing system and method, particularly suited for children and young adults.[0003]Physical activity systems and methods are important, particularly for children and young adults. Participation helps develop and maintain physical and mental health and to develop and maintain hand-eye coordination and other athletic and cardiovascular benefits.[0004]At times, an attention span and / or an interest level of a child or a young adult interferes with certain monotonous activities associated with some physical activities. Especially for certain skill development exercises, and even more so w...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]The present invention provides an electronic basketball skill monitoring and developing system and method, particularly suited for children and young adults that would make solo and group participation more interesting and enjoyable. The present invention includes an electronic basketball game system using a basketball having a controller including a registration subsystem, an indicator subsystem, and a timing subsystem, the controller responsive to a physical impact on the registration subsystem to generate an activity signal, the timing system, responsive to the activity system and to the timing signal, that records a number of the physical impacts on the registration subsystem in one or more activity periods; and a plurality of markers, one for each of a plurality of basketball shot locations referenced by the indicator subsystem.

Problems solved by technology

At times, an attention span and / or an interest level of a child or a young adult interferes with certain monotonous activities associated with some physical activities.

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