Hooper

Just imagine going down your block and play a classic 3v3 basketball game with friends, you do a great move and score. Everyone on the field is amazed, and they will keep telling the story forever, but none will ever see this move because it was not recorded. This exactly what Hooper is doing, just set it up to record your game, and its AI will analyze your moves and give you some stats. Perfect for all the folks interested to improve their skills.

Hey everyone! @stevenk and I started building Hooper six months ago. We play a lot of pickup together and were arguing about who has a better jump shot and ended up hacking together something to settle it 😅 The way Hooper works is you can record yourself using the app and ideally a tripod. The app will track everyone, whether it’s a solo practice, a 3v3, or a 5v5. We think there’s a lot of stuff out there for basketball drills but what we really wanted Hooper to be for is actual game play. That means, it can do things like track multiple players, sync two half court recordings, and differentiate 2s vs 3s. Once you finish recording, it’ll process for a bit and then ask you to tag yourself (and optionally other players). Then it spits back out a few things: you can watch the full footage as well as a clipped version that’s only the interesting plays; you can see highlights and offensive box stats for every tagged player. When you sign up, you get a Hooper profile that tracks your overall stats across the sessions. You can also do things like build a mixtape from your highlights for insta. You can friend other players on Hooper to see their profile & comment on their games. We’ve been in a closed beta for about 3 months now, fixing bugs and getting things to work with a set of early adopters. We are now starting our open beta 🎉! If you love basketball, try it out! You can download the app in testflight for iOS and in the play store for android. We are still early in our journey, and lots of improvements to be made in the next few months, but we would love your feedback and ideas!

Great tool, congrats on the launch! I saw it couple of days ago on HN and already shared it with my friends whom I hoop with casually. Looking forward to try it. Good luck with your challenges! 🚀

So cool! How do you do all that processing without extra equipment? Excited to use it!

Wow, @mike_wu3, this is such a cool concept! The idea of capturing those epic moments and getting insights on your game is a game changer! Playing with friends and having stats to back it up? Yes, please! Can't wait to see how it evolves. This is gonna be huge for improving skills and sharing those fun plays! Keep it up!

Congrats on the app launch! It looks fantastic. Will it be available on the iOS platform in the future?

We used Hooper for our Basketball League in Toronto. A phenomenal product that had players engaged as they shared their highlights and stats off the court. Seems like there is a new feature being released every week. Good job Hooper team!