When I was a teenager, I was running on the basketball court, and my ears were filled with cheering from girls in the class. At that moment, I felt like the king of the court. Scatter a boy who usually doesn't like, hit the equalizer with a buzzer-beating shot, and all the applause and cheers are for you alone.
Any boy who has ever been interested in basketball probably has thought he would be the male protagonist in the hot-blooded comic. In the field of basketball, I seem to have endless possibilities, but I lack a "Bo Le" to find my own specialness.
As the age of age grows, the fat brought by overworked fat replaced the thin torso of the year, and the backward movement of the hairline gradually faded away the spirit of the teenager who was chasing the wind. At this time, NBA finally has an open application that is accessible to everyone, allowing every child with a basketball dream to show his basketball talent here.
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July 11, the NBA announced that it has established a strategic partnership with NEX Team Inc., the leading mobile artificial intelligence company, while they also hold part of the equity of NEX.
Before this, NEX Team Inc. investors included Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneur Fund, Japanese football player Keiyuki Honda, Toronto Raptors guard Jeremy Lin, NBA player Jeremy Lin, former NBA star Steve Nash, etc.
This collaboration will give the NBA access to technologies developed by NEX, including its mobile app HomeCourt.
HomeCourt is a mobile basketball training app using advanced machine learning and computer vision . This app uses AI to measure player skill development, which can measure metrics for different players, including performance data such as shooting accuracy, speed, vertical jumps, lateral movements and ball possession.
HomeCourt was developed by a team of former Apple engineers and only needs a basketball stand and an iPhone to use. Open the app on your iPhone and point the screen at the basket to record a play video. This app will start recording and analyzing data for you when recording.
In the future, HomeCourt will help the NBA find and develop the next basketball star as part of the NBA's global youth basketball program.
Now, HomeCourt has been launched for a year. The app has recorded over 25 million shots, 20 million dribbling, and 3.5 million minutes of basketball videos, and its users are currently in 170 countries. At this scale, the NBA also hopes that it will help the league find basketball talents around the world more effectively. Amy Brooks, Chief Innovation Officer of
NBA, said: "As a product that allows us to develop basketball globally, this is our goal... We are excited about advanced technology and artificial intelligence, and we have the ability to reach and interact with players at all levels."
Steve Nash believes that the importance of this app is to let basketball teenagers see the level of their peers. "Let young players see what's out there, not only teach them how to play, but also show them how players of the same age do it." Nash believes that the community is one of the most powerful things in the HomeCourt app, and the platform has the ability to connect all talents, countries and cultures.
This application also opens the data analysis services that only professional athletes could obtain to every sports enthusiast. Intelligently capture every move of the dribble and perform real-time analysis. As time goes by, HomeCourt records key performance indicators for players, such as speed, vertical jumps and shooting time, and ordinary basketball teenagers can also receive professional data support and feedback.
For NBA players from all over the world, this app allows them to do normal basketball training and get feedback from professionals when they return home during the offseason.
, and Alex Wu, co-founder of Homecourt marketing, said, “We can help NBA teams do a lot, but we may have a greater impact on the aspiring basketball community.”
If you are young, what would you do with this app?
