Training Glove with Digit Apertures for Shooting Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Young basketball players face challenges in developing consistent muscle memory for shooting due to varying shot forms, which can lead to inefficiency and inaccuracy, as their skeletal and muscular anatomy may not be optimally aligned during the shooting process.
Innovation Solution
A training glove with specifically configured digit apertures and a palmar arch protrusion that promotes anatomically correct hand positioning, combined with a shot alignment indicator to guide proper arm and wrist alignment, enhancing tactile sensation and visual cues for consistent shooting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional shooting form training is used, then players can practice shooting, but the shot form varies and muscle memory cannot be developed
Solution Approach 1:
The training glove serves as an intermediary device between the player's hand and the basketball, providing tactile feedback through selective exposure of metacarpophalangeal joints. The glove's aperture design mediates the interaction between finger positioning and ball contact, guiding proper anatomical alignment during shooting practice.
Solution Approach 2:
The glove provides immediate tactile feedback to the player about finger and hand positioning during shooting. By exposing specific joints while covering others, the glove gives sensory information that helps players self-correct their shooting form in real-time, reinforcing proper anatomical alignment through repeated practice.
2Measurement precision
If players shoot without anatomical guidance, then they can practice volume, but shooting accuracy and efficiency remain poor
Solution Approach 1:
The glove applies local quality changes by selectively exposing only specific metacarpophalangeal joints (typically the index and middle fingers) while covering other joints. This localized exposure provides targeted tactile feedback exactly where needed for shooting accuracy, rather than uniformly affecting the entire hand.
Solution Approach 2:
The glove divides the hand into segments with different levels of exposure - some joints are exposed while others are covered. This segmentation allows different parts of the hand to receive different tactile feedback, guiding specific fingers into proper positioning while allowing others to remain covered for support.
3Productivity
If repetitive shooting practice is performed without proper form, then volume requirements are met, but muscle memory is not developed
Solution Approach 1:
The glove enables continuous shooting practice by providing ongoing tactile feedback with every shot. The selective joint exposure remains in place throughout extended practice sessions, ensuring that proper anatomical alignment is maintained continuously rather than requiring intermittent correction.
Solution Approach 2:
The glove allows players to self-correct their shooting form through tactile feedback without requiring constant coach intervention. The sensory information from the exposed joints enables players to independently identify and adjust positioning errors, making the practice process self-regulating.
Data Source
AI summary
A training glove having a hand covering with a first digit aperture and a second digit aperture. The first digit aperture is configured to at least partially cover a first metacarpophalangeal joint of a user's hand and the second digit aperture is configured to at least partially expose a second metacarpophalangeal joint of the user's hand. In some implementations, a palmar arch protrusion is located on a palm side of the hand covering, and a shot alignment indicator is located on a back side of the hand covering. The training glove can be used to improve a user's basketball shot.