Basketball shot tracker: count makes and misses with AR hoop placement

Counting your own makes during a shooting session means doing maths between shots, and it is easy to lose track by shot 30. TouchTally keeps the tally so you can focus on your form and your rhythm.

How a shot is counted

TouchTally needs to know where the hoop is. Once it does, it draws a zone around the rim and watches the ball's arc.

• An attempt starts when the ball rises above the bottom of the hoop zone. Dribbles never get that high, so dribbling between shots does not start an attempt.
• A make is a ball that peaks above the rim, then comes down through the rim line, inside the width of the rim, and leaves below the zone.
• A miss is any attempt that does not do that, including a shot where the camera loses the ball for more than 1.5 seconds.

When a shot goes in, the hoop glows on screen and the count goes up.

Placing the hoop with AR

With the back camera on an iPhone that supports AR, TouchTally uses augmented reality to pin the hoop in place. Here is how it works:

1. When asked, slowly move the phone so it can scan the floor. If it needs help, it says so: "Move the phone slowly to scan the floor.", "Hold the phone still." or "Point the camera at the floor with more light."
2. Then the hint reads "Tap the rim to place the hoop."
3. Tap the rim on the screen. TouchTally sizes the hoop zone from a regulation 45 cm (18 in) rim.
4. You see "Placed. The hoop and cones stay put when the phone moves."

That last part is the point of AR: if the phone gets nudged or slides a little, the hoop zone stays on the rim instead of drifting. If the placement looks off, tap "Place again". Start stays off until the hoop is placed, so you cannot begin a session with no hoop.

The hoop position is saved with the session, so the replay can draw the same zone on the video afterwards.

Set up a shooting session

What you see while you shoot

The live screen shows your makes in large type and a line under the video such as "8/10 made · 80%", which updates after every shot. The BALL MOTION chart traces each arc, so you can see your release and the ball's path between shots.

After the session, the "Shooting" card on the result lists:

The coach's note can also sum it up in a line, such as what share of your shots went in. More on that in coach's note and Ask AI.

Fixing a miscounted shot

If a make was counted as a miss, or a rebound was counted as a shot, open the session's replay. You can step through each attempt at slow speed and check what happened. With Pro you can add or delete events; a shot you add by hand counts as a make. The session is then marked as edited. See replay and fix your count.

Follow along on Apple Watch

If you wear an Apple Watch, the TouchTally Watch app mirrors the session from the iPhone. It shows your makes, a line such as "11/14 · 79%", the clock and "iPhone" as the source. You can pause or stop the session from your wrist without walking back to the phone. More in the Apple Watch post.

Want to round out a basketball session? Warm up with the dribble counter and finish with the vertical jump test.