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04-28-2014, 05:20 AM
Hoop Tracker Helps Basketball Players Take Their Best Shot
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We can't all have Jordan's dunk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8M2NgjvicA), but a new piece of wearable tech (http://mashable.com/category/wearable-tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) could soon help athletes understand their own strengths — and weaknesses.
Hoop Tracker (http://www.hooptracker.com/) is a smart watch (http://mashable.com/category/smart-watch/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) designed specifically for basketball players that automatically measures training progress, including shooting percentages and accuracy.
See also: This Insane Dunk Doesn't Even Look Humanly Possible (http://mashable.com/2013/11/04/dunk-javonte-douglas-ridiculous-wut-omg/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
"If you're going to perform an activity you're going to want to k**w how well you're doing it," Hoop Tracker founder Jason Duke told Mashable. "Basketball is ** different."
The Hoop Tracker system is made up of two main components — a shot detector magnetically mounted on the hoop and the watch itself. Once a player takes a shot, a sensor is activated when the ball hits the backboard or the rim. If the ball goes in, it will hit a lever positioned in the hoop and the shot will be recorded as made. But if it doesn't hit the lever within two seconds, a miss will be registered Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/27/hoop-tracker-basketball/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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We can't all have Jordan's dunk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8M2NgjvicA), but a new piece of wearable tech (http://mashable.com/category/wearable-tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) could soon help athletes understand their own strengths — and weaknesses.
Hoop Tracker (http://www.hooptracker.com/) is a smart watch (http://mashable.com/category/smart-watch/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) designed specifically for basketball players that automatically measures training progress, including shooting percentages and accuracy.
See also: This Insane Dunk Doesn't Even Look Humanly Possible (http://mashable.com/2013/11/04/dunk-javonte-douglas-ridiculous-wut-omg/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
"If you're going to perform an activity you're going to want to k**w how well you're doing it," Hoop Tracker founder Jason Duke told Mashable. "Basketball is ** different."
The Hoop Tracker system is made up of two main components — a shot detector magnetically mounted on the hoop and the watch itself. Once a player takes a shot, a sensor is activated when the ball hits the backboard or the rim. If the ball goes in, it will hit a lever positioned in the hoop and the shot will be recorded as made. But if it doesn't hit the lever within two seconds, a miss will be registered Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/27/hoop-tracker-basketball/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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