Shot Form Lab is a basketball training app that reads your shooting form from one phone video. Film a basketball shot from the side or the front, and in a few seconds you see your body drawn over the clip, every checkpoint scored, and any joint that was off highlighted in amber with a plain reason why and one thing to try on the next shot. It is a basketball shot tracker for form, not makes: it follows your mechanics over time, shot after shot, player after player.
Everything runs on your phone, on the court or in the driveway. No account, no sign-in, no upload. Your clips and numbers never leave the device.
WHAT IT READS IN YOUR BASKETBALL SHOT
From the side (stand about 12 ft to the shooter's side, level with the hips):
• Shooting elbow at the set point — the L that loads the shot
• Release angle — how much the arm finishes up, not forward
• Release height — where the ball leaves the hand against the top of the head
• Legs — the knee bend and dip that power a basketball shot
• Follow-through hold — whether the arm stays up after the release
From the front (stand under the rim, facing the shooter):
• Elbow under the ball — toe, knee, elbow and wrist in one line
• Shooting elbow flare — the chicken wing, measured
• Guide hand elbow — does the guide hand push the ball sideways?
Each view scores only what it can actually see. The app never guesses an elbow angle from a camera angle that hides it, and it marks everything else "not measured".
HONEST OVER IMPRESSIVE
If the basketball player is too far away, the shooting arm is hidden, or there is no shot in the clip, Shot Form Lab says so, tells you how to film it next time, and does not count it. A clip it cannot read never costs you a free analysis.
SEE WHY, THEN WHAT TO TRY — LIKE A BASKETBALL COACH
Every fault comes with a "Why it was off" — what that elbow, release or follow-through does to the ball — and a single "Try" cue for your next rep. Tap a checkpoint and the replay jumps to the frame it was judged on; scrub or play it back.
TRACK YOUR BASKETBALL SHOOTING FORM OVER TIME
Save your shots and Shot Form Lab builds each player's own normal: after ten shots every number is shown against that player's band, not a pro's. Trends shows release angle, elbow, release height, dip, tempo and follow-through over 7 days, 30 days or the season, and says plainly when a change is real and when it is just shot-to-shot wobble. Export every basketball shot as a CSV for a coach or a spreadsheet.
BUILT FOR BASKETBALL FAMILIES AND TRAINERS
Add players with just a name and a shooting hand — no age, no email. Switch between kids in one tap. One Pro covers every player on the phone.
BASKETBALL TRAINING AT HOME OR IN THE GYM
Prop the phone on a water bottle at hip height, shoot, and read the result. Works with clips you already filmed too: upload a video from your gallery, portrait or landscape, slow motion included.
FREE AND PRO
Free: 3 basketball shot analyses a week (refused clips never count), the full result with the overlay and Why/Try, history, trends and CSV export, 10 saved shots, 1 player.
Shot Form Lab Pro: unlimited analyses, unlimited players and saved shots, Ghost (your best shot drawn under every replay) and Sets (a fatigue read across one sitting: did your form hold from the first shot to the last?). Plans and the free trial come from Google Play at your local price.
WHO IT IS FOR
Youth and high school basketball players working on a jump shot or free throws, the parent filming from the baseline, and basketball trainers who work with several kids. Shot Form Lab is a basketball shooting form app — it does not count makes, run basketball drills or sell workouts. It does one job: show you what your basketball shot actually looks like and what to change.
Questions? Email dev@adelyons.com — a person reads every one.
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Basketball training app: film a shot, see your shooting form, track it