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ShotQuality is a state-of-the-art tool that employs computer vision and AI to evaluate every shot taken by every player during a basketball game. It uses on-court positioning data and detailed player knowledge to predict the most likely outcome of each shot. By simulating the average value of each shot thousands of times, ShotQuality can determine how many points a specific player contributes on average with each shot they take. This provides a unique perspective on player performance, offering deeper insights into the game of basketball.
This complex analysis allows teams, coaches, and analysts to evaluate players' shot selection and effectiveness, understand game dynamics better, and create more informed strategies.
ShotQuality employs computer vision, a field of artificial intelligence that trains computers to interpret and understand the visual world, to accurately capture player location data during a basketball game. By processing digital images and videos, the technology can precisely track every player's position on the court in real-time.
This computer vision technology works by scanning the basketball court and recognizing players, similar to how the human eye would, but with even greater accuracy. As players move around the court, the technology records their precise locations at any given moment. It tracks not only the distance and angles between players but also their relative positions to the hoop and other significant areas of the court.
This highly accurate location data forms the basis for ShotQuality's shot evaluation. By understanding exactly where a player was when they took a shot, as well as the positions of other players, ShotQuality can accurately calculate the expected value of that shot. The AI component then simulates the shot thousands of times to determine its average value.
This combination of computer vision and artificial intelligence provides a nuanced understanding of shot quality that goes beyond traditional basketball statistics. It offers coaches, teams, and analysts an advanced tool to evaluate player performance and develop more effective game strategies.