System and method for improving a basketball player's shooting

A system for providing performance feedback regarding a basketball practice session, said system comprising:

• a portable basketball launching machine configured to provide basketball passes to various locations at a basketball playing area for a player to catch and shoot towards a basketball goal;
• a user interface associated with the portable basketball launching machine and configured to accept user input indicating a number of said various locations at said basketball playing area for said portable basketball launching machine to provide said basketball passes for said player to catch and shoot towards said basketball goal for said basketball practice session;
• at least one detection device configured to, for each of said basketball passes of said basketball practice session, ascertain whether said player succeeded in making a goal;
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• at least one processor configured to receive data from said at least one detection device and generate a representation of a basketball court overlaid with data indicating where said basketball passes for said basketball practice session were provided, and data indicating said player's success in making goals following each of said basketball passes.

A method for providing performance feedback regarding a basketball practice session, said method comprising the steps of:

• receiving, at a user interface associated with a portable basketball launching machine, user selection of a subset of a number of selectable input locations, wherein said selectable input locations are spaced apart from one another along a rendering of a basketball three-point line to correspond with pass-receipt locations at a basketball playing surface, and said user selection is made by way of direct, physical touch;
• programming said portable basketball launching machine to launch a basketball to each of said pass-receipt locations corresponding to said selectable input locations in said subset;
• electronically detecting whether each shooting attempt made by said player following each launch from said portable basketball launching machine resulted in a successfully made goal;
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• generating an electronic performance feedback report for display at said user interface comprising a second rendering of said basketball three-point line overlaid with percentages of successfully made goals at each of said pass-receipt locations a basketball was launched to by said portable basketball launching machine.