Nothin’ but net: ShotTracker app helps basketball players up their game by tracking shots, attempts, percentages and drills

Imagine a world in which you don’t have to play H-O-R-S-E to keep track of the shots you’ve made and missed. The recently released ShotTracker is a wearable basketball training device that uses sensor-based technology to automatically log shot attempts, swishes, and misses.

The three primary components that make up the ShotTracker include a wearable wrist sensor, a net sensor, and the ShotTracker app, which is available for both Apple and Android devices. Here’s how it works. As a player shoots the ball, his or her wrist sensor signals that a shot was attempted. At that point, the sensor on the net records whether the shot was made or missed. Both signals are then sent to the player’s mobile device, on which the ShotTracker app logs shooting statistics.

The net sensor is water-resistant and simply attaches to any basketball net to automatically track shots. It runs on a rechargeable lithium polymer battery, which is supposed to last up to 3 months before needing a charge. It also features an ARM Cortex M0 Bluetooth radio and can be set to an “auto sleep” function to save on battery life.

At just 0.347 ounces, the ShotTracker wrist sensor is lightweight and monitors not only the number of shot attempts, but the shooting motion of the user as well. The sensor, which can slide into the ShotTracker wrist band or sleeve, has a 6-axis motion processor as well as an ARM Cortex M4 microcontroller. This device also features a rechargeable lithium polymer battery, which can last for up to 8 hours of continuous use.  

Using the ShotTracker charging station, the net and wrist sensors are designed to charge concurrently, although they can charge separately if desired. The USB-powered charging station uses magnetic auto-align charging.

The app measures statistics such as shot attempts, makes and shooting percentages, and also features structured workouts and drills for players of varying abilities and positions to help users improve their games. Through these drills, ShotTracker helps to identify trouble spots and makes suggestions for improvements. The app also allows users to follow other friends and users to see how hard they are working, and keeps track of other players’ activity, drill results, and statistics.

The app, which is available in the iTunes App Store (requiring iOS version 7.1 and above) as well as Google Play (requiring Android version 4.3 and above). The entire ShotTracker package, including a net sensor, a wrist sensor, a wrist band, a sleeve, and a charging unit, is available for $149.99.

Via Mashable