FAQ
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How do I get the Swish Hoopยฎย Basketball Skills Trainer Pro or Lite?
Clickย hereย to purchase Swish Hoopยฎย technology online.
How do the Swish Hoopยฎย products work?
Theย Swish Hoopยฎย technologyย are easy-to-use electronic and app-based devices, which are scientifically designed to advance your basketball shooting and dribbling skills. Your shot results are tracked through a net-mounted sensor called theย Swish Hoopยฎย Shot Monitor.
This device canย track yourย misses from the vibrations of ball impacts with the rim or backboard as well as track your makes from the ball passing through the net. See the videoย here. Yourย shooting results are sent wirelessly to a smartphone or tablet (Android or iOS) using the freeย Swish Hoopยฎย Player App.
The high-visibility courtsideย Swish Hoopยฎย Personal Scoreboardย may be optionally used to provide immediate shot-by-shot feedback on your shooting stats while on the court. Theย Swish Hoopยฎย Player Appย also can record video of your shooting from any position on the court, allowingย you to observe your shooting formย and get feedback from your trainer or coaches. A number of challenging dribbling drills are also part of the system to helpย you build up your dribbling skills.
Can I use the Shot Monitor without the Personal Scoreboard?
Yes, the Swish Hoopยฎ technology isย designed to be used either together or just for shot-tracking. If you use the Swish Hoopยฎย Shot Monitorย without the Swish Hoopยฎย Personal Scoreboard, then you won't be able to get real-time feedback of your shooting, but the system will still record your shooting stats and videos for to view later.
You can also run Dribbling drills without the Swish Hoopยฎย Personal Scoreboard, but they are easier to follow along and more fun when done with the scoreboard.
What are the benefits of using the Swish Hoopยฎย Personal Scoreboard?
The Swish Hoopยฎย Personal Scoreboardย is designed to give you real-time, court-side feedback while you're shooting. Measuring and immediately feeding back performance are important aspects of skill development, soย the Swish Hoopยฎย Skills Trainer (using theย Personal Scoreboardย with the Swish Hoopยฎย Shot Monitor) is a powerful and effective tool for you to track and improve your game.
Another benefit of using theย Personal Scoreboardย is that it helpsย you organizeย your workouts and drills, especially when practicing with yourย friendsย and teammates. It displays the initials of the player whose turn it is to shoot, showsย youย where on the court to takeย your shot and separately keepsย you and your friendsย stats, soย you can compete and compare one anotherโs shooting results.
A third benefit of using theย Personal Scoreboardย is that it is a great guide tool to help you in your dribbling workouts. Theย Personal Scoreboardย animates the various drill moves at eye level soย you can keepย your head up. It alsoย randomly sounds a buzzer noise during reaction dribbling drills to help you develop fast reflexes while maintaining dribbling control.
A fourth benefit of using theย Personal Scoreboardย is that it provides a convenient place toย mount your phone and video record your sessions whileย using the Player App. The tripod stand that comes withย yourย Personal Scoreboardย may be placed anywhere around the court to get the ideal view of your shooting form,ย also allowing your trainer and coaches to give you better feedback.
Do I need a coach to use the Swish Hoopยฎย products?
No, you don't. The Swish Hoopยฎย technologyย was builtย with expert basketball training knowledge to help you maximize the time you spend working on your game by yourself. So,ย if you aren't on a team or working with a trainer, you canย improve on your own.ย
Each Swish Hoopยฎ shooting and dribbling drill has a detailed description and an instructional demo video of an expert playerย doing the drill. Following these examples will allow players to learn and perfect new skills on their own.
How does my coach use the Swish Hoopยฎย products to improve my skills?
Theย Swish Hoopยฎย technologyย allows yourย coaches and trainers to coach you remotely at anytime. Through theย Swish Hoopยฎย Coachโs App, coaches will be able to review all of your shooting and dribbling drills stats. Coaches are also able to give you feedback onย your shooting from the shooting drills you've recorded through theย Player App. This enhances their ability to provideย you and your teammatesย your own personalizedย instruction.
Coaches and trainers can also input their own drills into the Swish Hoopยฎย database, allowingย them to assign you the same drills that they've always used.ย By assigning you and your teammates drills and workouts, then monitoringย development goals, coaches canย more effectively guide your team's player developmentย in the areasย youย and your teammates need to work on the most. For FAQs related to the Coachโs App, seeย here.
What does the automated video breakdown feature do?
The automated video breakdown feature in theย Swish Hoopยฎย Player Appย will take a video recording ofย yourย shooting drillย sessions and automatically editย the video intoย shot-by-shot videosย that areย easier to access and reviewย than trying to search through a lengthy video of an entire workout session. For FAQs related to the automated video breakdown feature, seeย here.
Can I purchase Swish Hoopยฎย products for use outside of the USA?
Yes. Allย Swish Hoopยฎย productsย are FCC, IC, and CE certified, which means you can use them in the US, Canada and Europe, or anywhere else that accepts these certifications.
Can I input stats manually without having to buy Swish Hoop products?
Theย Swish Hoopยฎย Player Appย is free for anyone to use, but to record shooting stats (makes, attempts, swishes), you will need to purchase or share aย Basketball Skills Trainer Liteย product or theย Basketball Skills Trainer Proย product. Those products have the capability of automatically tracking your shooting and recording results in your personal database. Manual tracking โ of shots is a bit counter to what we are trying to do with the products, which is to help players focus on their performance rather than keep count in their head ๐ค
Although our intent is to keep the product cost low enough for nearly everyone to afford, you can keep your cash outlay low by sharing Shot Monitors among as many people as you like. It is free to download the app. become a Swish Hoopยฎย user and record as many shots as you want, so each player can have an independent record of their shooting, even if they are sharing a single Shot Monitor.

