Monitoring of physical training events

A physical article comprising one or more non-transitory storage media having recorded thereon instructions that, when executed, cause operations to be performed that comprise:

• instructing a human player to perform a plurality of different actions in an determined order with a physical basketball, including actions of bouncing the physical basketball, particular ones of the plurality of different actions being part of one or more first drills that differ in style from one or more second drills corresponding to other ones of the plurality of different actions;
• obtaining data sensed with one or more electronic sensors, the data characterizing motion of the physical basketball being handled by the human player who is performing the instructed actions,
• communicating the data from the sensors to a videogame system
• identifying separations between different types of the actions of bouncing the physical basketball, wherein each of the different types of actions of bouncing the physical basketball includes a particular type of ball handling that includes one or more bounces of the physical basketball;
• and
• graphically representing, in a videogame displayed on a display device, performance by the human player, the performance being affected by the captured data, and with the representation of performance by the human player being compared against a standard of performance.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• instructing a human player to perform a plurality of different actions in a determined order with a physical basketball, including actions of bouncing the physical basketball;
• obtaining, with one or more electronic sensors, data that characterizes motion of the physical basketball being handled by the human player who is performing the instructed actions at a location;
• communicating the data from the sensors to a videogame system that is proximate to the location;
• and
• graphically representing, in a videogame displayed on a display device, performance by the human player, the performance being affected by the captured data, the representation of performance by the human player being compared against a standard of performance,
• wherein the method provides for head-to-head gameplay between multiple players.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• instructing a human player to perform a plurality of different actions in a determined order with a physical basketball, including actions of bouncing the physical basketball;
• obtaining, with one or more electronic sensors, data that characterizes motion of the physical basketball being handled by the human player who is performing the instructed actions at a location;
• communicating the data from the sensors to a videogame system that is proximate to the location;
• and
• graphically representing, in a videogame displayed on a display device, performance by the human player, the performance being affected by the captured data, the representation of performance by the human player being compared against a standard of performance,
• wherein a speed of the dribble is matched against a determined proper speed in order to judge the performance of the human player.

A physical article comprising one or more non-transitory storage media having recorded thereon instructions that, when executed, cause operations to be performed that comprise:

• instructing a human player to perform a plurality of different actions in a determined order with a physical basketball, including actions of bouncing the physical basketball;
• obtaining, with one or more electronic sensors, data that characterizes motion of the physical basketball being handled by the human player who is performing the instructed actions at a location;
• communicating the data from the sensors to a videogame system that is proximate to the location;
• and
• graphically representing, in a videogame displayed on a display device, performance by the human player, the performance being affected by the captured data, the representation of performance by the human player being compared against a standard of performance,
• wherein the method provides for head-to-head gameplay between multiple players.