ThePerfectShot

This week the team was finally able to get materials from Home Depot that will be utilized to construct the adjustable rim. The Basketball hoop order is in the process of being obtained, however due to an extended break for Thanksgiving it is likely that the order will be slightly delayed for pickup.  Formulas were made to calculate the optimal height of the hoop, the size of the key in relation to height, and the throwing velocity of each member: The image above demonstrates the calculations for an adult's expected results when shooting from a Free Throw and Three Point Distance. To calculate an accurate result, the best known angles for each respective shot, distance from each line to the rim, and an average height of six feet were all used. As seen above, there are two formulas that were used to calculate the time and initial velocity under those ideal conditions. With the data that was gathered with the formulas, a more accurate representation of scaling for our subjects could ...

 During our last client meeting, we were instructed to keep moving forward with our most recent approach. Using the data provided by our subjects throwing a ball, such as angles, velocities, and distances, we were able to calculate a ratio for scaling the basketball game to fit a child's needs. However, the gathered data was mainly that of children. To make the data more accurate, we decided to gather in-person data from an adult and use that to create our ratio for scaling. By doing so, the entirety of the scaling would have been based off our gathered data, and not both researched and gathered data. The data shown in the image portrays the velocities, times, and angles of two different adult subjects. Using this, our team was able to create a scaling ratio that we could compare to our previously calculated ratio, which was based on both research and gathered data.  Moving forward, our team intends to use the scaled data to create prototypes for our rim concept and display th...

  This week the team went out to local neighborhoods and schools to ask parents/ children to participate in our study. A total of 10 children were recorded and added to our excel spread sheet. Additionally, a more accurate Velocity profile was created for each of the children. The data above from rows 15 to 24 were added, a wide variety of ages were gathered to add to each age group. The data depicted above is a continuation of the data gathered from the previous photo. It depicts the 3rd throw and the new velocity profile based of the mean data of each throw. The picture above shows the equation used for the new velocity profile.

 This week the team went out to local neighborhoods and schools to ask parents/ children to participate in our study. A total of 9 children were recorded and added to our excel spread sheet.