Motion sensing basketball training device

Abstract

A motion sensing basketball training device for measuring the rotational force of a user's wrist during a basketball shot. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for an apparatus and system that measures the acceleration of a user's guide arm during a basketball shot. If the user's guide arm accelerates above a threshold value, an alert is delivered to the user. The alert indicates to the user that proper technique was not maintained during the basketball shot. Embodiments of the present disclosure include a wrist worn wearable device and/or an application executing on a smart watch.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A basketball training device comprising:
 a housing having a rear side, a face side, and side walls, the housing having a wrist strap coupled to the side walls;   an accelerometer coupled to an interior portion of the housing, the accelerometer being operable to capture acceleration data during a basketball shot;   a microprocessor operably engaged with the accelerometer and coupled to the interior portion of the housing, the microprocessor being operable to receive and process the acceleration data from the accelerometer, the microprocessor being further configured to execute at least one feedback protocol in response to the acceleration data;   an output means operably engaged with the microprocessor and coupled to the interior portion of the housing, the output means being configured to deliver feedback to a user in response to a feedback instruction from the microprocessor, wherein the feedback protocol comprises communicating the feedback instruction to the output means in response to a g-force measurement by the accelerometer in excess of 2 g along the x-axis; and,   a power supply operably engaged with the microprocessor, the output means, and the accelerometer, and coupled to the interior portion of the housing.   
     
     
         2 . The basketball training device of  claim 1  further comprising a memory device operably engaged with the microprocessor, and operable to store acceleration data from the accelerometer. 
     
     
         3 . The basketball training device of  claim 1  wherein the output means is a vibrating alert motor. 
     
     
         4 . The basketball training device of  claim 1  further comprising a display means operably connected with the microprocessor and coupled to the face side of the housing. 
     
     
         5 . The basketball training device of  claim 1  wherein the output means is in a format selected from the group consisting of visual, auditory, and haptic. 
     
     
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         7 . The basketball training device of  claim 1  wherein the accelerometer is a three-axis accelerometer. 
     
     
         8 . The basketball training device of  claim 4  wherein the display means further comprises an input/output means. 
     
     
         9 . A wrist-worn basketball training device comprising:
 a housing having a rear side, a face side, and side walls, the housing having a wrist strap coupled to the side walls;   an accelerometer operably engaged with a microprocessor, the accelerometer and the microprocessor being coupled to an interior portion of the housing, the microprocessor being operable to receive and process acceleration data from the accelerometer and execute at least one feedback protocol in response to a g-force measurement by the accelerometer in excess of 2 g along the x-axis; and,   a vibrating alert motor operably engaged with the microprocessor, the vibrating alert motor being configured to deliver a vibration in response to a g-force measurement by the accelerometer in excess of 2 g along the x-axis.   
     
     
         10 . The wrist-worn basketball training device of  claim 9  further comprising a memory device operably engaged with the microprocessor, and operable to store acceleration data from the accelerometer. 
     
     
         11 . The wrist-worn basketball training device of  claim 9  further comprising a display means operably connected with the microprocessor and coupled to the face side of the housing. 
     
     
         12 . The wrist-worn basketball training device of  claim 9  wherein the accelerometer is a three-axis accelerometer. 
     
     
         13 . The wrist-worn basketball training device of  claim 9  wherein the microprocessor is that of a smart watch. 
     
     
         14 . The wrist-worn basketball training device of  claim 10  further comprising an output means for communicating the acceleration data from the accelerometer to a user. 
     
     
         15 . A basketball training system comprising:
 a means for measuring movement of a user's wrist during a basketball shot;   a means for processing movement data of the user's wrist during a basketball shot; and,   a means for providing feedback to the user in response to the movement data from the user's wrist during the basketball shot exceeding a predefined threshold value, wherein the predefined threshold value is at least 2 g along the x-axis.   
     
     
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