AI Basketball Coach

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AI, Data, Productivity, Security, Intelligence, Infrastructure
Year
2025
Technology
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database Firestore
cloud Google Cloud Storage
photo_camera Pixel smartphones
database BigQuery
Steph Curry holding his follow-through on an indoor court beside the title “AI Basketball Coach”, the ball leaving the top of the frame in front of a wall reading “Shoot your shot with Gemini”.

Overview

Can AI help you develop a perfect jump shot? Created in partnership with NBA legend Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors, AI Basketball Coach transforms Gemini into the ultimate shooting partner. Pixel cameras track players during a 30-second shootaround, allowing Gemini to evaluate body mechanics against pro-level criteria and deliver a tailored, spoken analysis of their form.
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Skeletal tracking at speed

Seven Pixel smartphone cameras capture player shots, tracking ball flight and 33 skeletal landmarks in real time, streaming data directly to Cloud Storage.

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Shot sequence isolation

Gemini analyzes video to pinpoint four shooting phases — stance, crouch, release, and landing — enabling precise metric tracking.

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Pro-level benchmarking

BigQuery maps player shot coordinates and accuracy against 450,000 NBA and WNBA shots to score the difficulty of each attempt.

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Real-time coaching

Alongside video replay and metrics, Gemini leverages six expert shooting criteria developed with Curry and the Warriors to deliver players personalized tips.

A phone view of a made shot, where a Gemini insight reports a dominant forearm angle of 75.9 degrees against a target of 80 to 85, above a form rating of 6.6 out of 8 and a traced angle overlaid on the shooter’s release.
A player caught mid-release in front of a blue “elevate the game” wall, his shooting arm traced at 45 degrees, beneath a Gemini insight praising him for keeping his rhythm through the whole session.
A visitor stands at a pair of vertical kiosks, one prompting him to select a nickname while the next replays his session on the court under the words “elevate the game”.
A made shot rated a perfect 8 out of 8, its arc drawn as a dotted circle across a Google Cloud wall while the shooter’s elbow release height is measured at 2.6 inches above eye level.
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