Perfect basketball shot

Abstract

The analysis of data to infer an outcome such as weather forecast, machine inspection, sports sequences and others relied solely on human inspection. At times this proved to be unreliable hence delivering false acquisitions, for example predicting the wrong weather or missing a crucial skill required for a successful shot. Analysis such as these are greatly magnified when trying to inspect or analyse systems with high speeds, since humans tend to get distracted very easily and some actions are difficult to see to the naked eye. Some areas which constitute these attributes are medicine and sports. Basketball coaches try to help their player by inspecting their shooting form and predict what the best shot is for that player. Many clubs especially in Malta tend to rely solely on this system, although it may be effective the coach may be missing some important factors such as the players jump and the angle the player is shooting with. Even though the player can make shots he could be shooting the ball in the wrong way. By improving his techniques he could make his shot more automatic and be a more consistent shooter. Through the research made it was seen that through the years the field goal percentage dropped severely verifying the need for such assistance. Automated Systems can help to overcome this issue of human error and they are able to give detailed analysis on your sequence thus helping the player to improve his performance. These systems use different tools ranging from motion detection, Mathematical calculations and much more. Some of these systems are difficult to acquire, mainly because they are quite expensive for a coach or a player to purchase, and some of which have quite a complex layout in order for a coach or player to use. Our aim in this project is to attempt to determine the perfect Basketball shot and to provide basketball players and coaches a system which is cheap and it is simple to use and understand. Also the system will be able to analyse the shot of the player and give feedback on his shot, from there the player or coach can inspect where the players' shooting motion can improve in order to have the perfect basketball shot. This system's main aim is to try to develop a newer and better generation of Basketball shooters.