Portable drill instructor for a sport

Abstract

A method for portable drill instruction for a sport can include: capturing a live video of a player of the sport in a venue for the sport playing a ball launched from a ball machine during a training drill for the player conducted in the venue; determining in response to the live video whether or not the player satisfies a training goal of the training drill when playing the ball; and providing a real-time feedback to the player during the training drill that indicates to the player whether or not the training goal is satisfied.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A portable drill instructor for a sport, comprising:
 a camera that captures a live video of a player of the sport in a venue for the sport playing a ball launched from a ball machine during a training drill for the player conducted in the venue;   a computing mechanism that in response to the live video determines whether or not the player satisfies a training goal of the training drill when playing the ball; and   a feedback mechanism that provides a real-time feedback to the player during the training drill that indicates to the player whether or not the training goal is satisfied.   
     
     
         2 . The portable drill instructor of  claim 1 , wherein the computing mechanism determines whether or not the player satisfies the training goal by detecting a motion of the ball played by the player. 
     
     
         3 . The portable drill instructor of  claim 1 , wherein the computing mechanism determines whether or not the player satisfies the training goal by detecting a movement pertaining to the player when playing the ball. 
     
     
         4 . The portable drill instructor of  claim 1 , wherein the real-time feedback informs the player of a recommended corrective action. 
     
     
         5 . The portable drill instructor of  claim 1 , wherein the computing mechanism adapts the training drill in response to whether or not the training goal is satisfied. 
     
     
         6 . The portable drill instructor of  claim 1 , wherein the player is one of a plurality of players each playing a respective ball launched from the ball machine during the training drill such that the computing mechanism in response to the live video determines whether or not each player satisfies a respective training goal of the training drill when playing the respective ball. 
     
     
         7 . The portable drill instructor of  claim 1 , wherein the ball machine is one of a plurality of ball machines each launching a respective ball during the training drill such that the computing mechanism in response to the live video determines whether or not the player when playing each respective ball satisfies a training goal of the training drill. 
     
     
         8 . The portable drill instructor of  claim 1 , wherein the computing mechanism adapts the training drill in response to a set of health data pertaining to the player. 
     
     
         9 . The portable drill instructor of  claim 1 , further comprising a communication mechanism that uploads the live video to a cloud-based storage system and that receives a real-time feedback from a viewer of the live video such that the feedback mechanism provides the real-time feedback from the viewer to the player. 
     
     
         10 . The portable drill instructor of  claim 1 , further comprising a communication mechanism that uploads the live video to a cloud-based storage system and that receives a real-time feedback from a viewer of the live video such that the computing mechanism adapts the training drill in response to the real-time feedback from the viewer. 
     
     
         11 . A method for portable drill instruction for a sport, comprising:
 capturing a live video of a player of the sport in a venue for the sport playing a ball launched from a ball machine during a training drill for the player conducted in the venue;   determining in response to the live video whether or not the player satisfies a training goal of the training drill when playing the ball; and   providing a real-time feedback to the player during the training drill that indicates to the player whether or not the training goal is satisfied.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein determining comprises determining whether or not the player satisfies the training goal by detecting a motion of the ball played by the player. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein determining comprises determining whether or not the player satisfies the training goal by detecting a movement pertaining to the player when playing the ball. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein providing a real-time feedback comprises providing a real-time feedback that informs the player of a recommended corrective action. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising adapting the training drill in response to whether or not the training goal is satisfied. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the player is one of a plurality of players each playing a respective ball launched from the ball machine during the training drill and further comprising determining in response to the live video whether or not each player satisfies a respective training goal of the training drill when playing the respective ball. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the ball machine is one of a plurality of ball machines each launching a respective ball during the training drill and further comprising determining in response to the live video whether or not the player when playing each respective ball satisfies a training goal of the training drill. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising adapting the training drill in response to a set of health data pertaining to the player. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising uploading the live video to a cloud-based storage system and obtaining a real-time feedback from a viewer of the live video and providing the real-time feedback from the viewer to the player. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising uploading the live video to a cloud-based storage system and obtaining a real-time feedback from a viewer of the live video and adapting the training drill in response to the real-time feedback from the viewer.