Smart Cue: motion sensor tracking

[dr_dave]

I'm an electrical engineer. I've had this concept in mind for a while. It's quite feasible to place motion sensors into a cue with a wireless transmitter. These sensors would monitor the stick's motion on every axis and send the data to a laptop and plot your motion through a stroke. It would also sense the force of the shot's impact. The stroke and impacts could be studied very carefully so the player could find flaws in their shooting and breaking stroke.

FYI, some info and resources relevant to this topic can be found here:

http://billiards.colostate.edu/threads/stroke.html#acceleration​

You might find some of this information helpful.

Good luck with your project,
Dave

 

[Wags]

I'm an electrical engineer. I've had this concept in mind for a while. It's quite feasible to place motion sensors into a cue with a wireless transmitter. These sensors would monitor the stick's motion on every axis and send the data to a laptop and plot your motion through a stroke. It would also sense the force of the shot's impact. The stroke and impacts could be studied very carefully so the player could find flaws in their shooting and breaking stroke.

If this product was created, do you think you'd practice with a special cue to gain the benefit of the data collection? Would you rather have your cue embedded with the sensor? Would you take the time to learn the software? Would you pay a few hundred dollars for this product?

Thanks for your feedback and comments!

If it works and produces information that that would be helpful in teaching, or, measuring improvement, I would buy it as a teaching aid.

 

[LeagueShirts]

Thanks for the link Dave. I think this tool would be very useful. Since the first product that I was considering is older and may not be still in production, I'll see if there are others currently available.