The basketball app HomeCourt was featured in last year’s Apple keynote because of its innovative AI technology to identify a court, a ball, and a shot using just an iPhone’s camera. The app records every shot with a series of component metrics, such as release angle, running speed, and vertical leap.
As HomeCourt’s development group NEX Team considered a holistic approach to basketball training, they realized that there were abundant resources online for individual instruction. But YouTube videos couldn’t guide practice or offer an evaluation.
That prompted HomeCourt to develop its first batch of practice drills in which the app can provide real-time audio assessments.