What exactly goes into shooting a perfect, high-arching shot that sends the basketball through the bottom of the net? Practice, hours of preparation, hard-work or perhaps, some good old fashioned luck. For professionals like Steph Curry or LeBron James, the game looks easy. We all want to be like the pros, but what else can help us train like them?
Well, that’s where SOLIDSHOT wants to enter your training regimen by becoming your own personal coach right on our elbow, with its smart sleeve.
After four years in development, the SOLIDshot smart sleeve is officially on sale. The sleeve guides a player while improving, training and gathering analytics through their shooting form using three sensors: one on a player’s bicep, another on their forearm and one more on the hand.
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The bicep sensor tracks the position and orientation of the upper arm and shoulder and provides feedback if your shot is too flat or whether or not you have a hitch in your shot. The forearm sensor relays information through the combination of your forearm and its position in relation to your bicep. Whether it went straight out, up, or crooked. Finally, the hand sensor provides wrist snap feedback, shot speed and if you are pushing the ball with your thumb or pinky at the release point.
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The sensors constantly analyze motion, recognize shots and give instantaneous feedback as soon as the ball leaves a player’s hands. These algorithms provide accurate feedback for the player and work to boost his or her consistency by giving them something to focus on and work at. Three blue lights that run down the sleeve correspond with the success rate of your shot and will flash red if the shot is off.
“It’s like having your coach on your arm”
Rick Barry, @Hoophall
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The SOLIDshot operates using four independent computers that coordinate hundreds of times per second to analyze a user’s motion in real-time. The patent-pending four-dimensional calibration system provides degree-level accuracy readings to change even the slightest alterations. While focusing on one metric at a time, audio and visual feedback are available to a user through the SOLIDshot mobile app, or directly through the internal speaker of the sleeve.
Based on NBA player studies, the improvement of one’s shot was noticeable in as little as one session. Accompany that with the opinion from a Hall of Fame and 14-time NBA All Star backing your product in “The Logo”, Jerry West, its hard to not sound convincing. West has high praise for the SOLIDshot saying,“phenomenal shooting system for both experienced and young, aspiring players that are serious about improving their shooting skills.”
Right now the SOLIDshot smart sleeve is on sale for $249 (marked down from $499) through August 13 and is scheduled to be delivered before the winter season. As the basketball season nears its snowy debut, take advantage of the gleaming summer rays and get to work on your game, imitating some of the games greats. Maybe you will reenact Kyrie Irving’s game winning shot in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, which could be a good reference point to develop that championship shot.