Purpose
Hooper is an AI tool for basketball scenarios, and its core purpose is to let users automatically generate statistics and highlight reels for basketball games or training using only a phone. Its official positioning is "Elevate your game," and it is aimed at basketball enthusiasts, parents, teams, leagues, and similar groups, with the goal of bringing basketball technology that was originally available only to NBA professional players to a broader population.
Main Capabilities
- Video analysis based on computer vision and AI: Hooper's computer vision technology uses AI to automatically analyze basketball videos captured with a smartphone, identify players and key game events, track detailed data, and generate highlight clips and shot-by-shot analysis, with no special camera and no manual tagging required.
- Highlight and data generation: Automatically generates personal mixtapes and statistics.
- Automatic removal of dead time: Can automatically skip ineffective segments such as stoppages and breaks in a game, and jump directly to the best possessions.
- Review makes and misses: Supports reviewing made and missed shots for immediate improvement.
How to Use
- Use a phone to record a game or a solo shootaround;
- Record or upload the video to Hooper;
- Hooper automatically completes the analysis and generates highlight clips and statistics.
Supported scenarios include training sessions, pickup runs, league games, and tournaments. The official offering also provides multiple submission methods such as video upload, video URL, or Veo link.
Use Cases
- Personal training and pickup: Used for training sessions and solo shooting practice, automatically generating mixtapes and data.
- Teams and leagues: Aimed at coaches and team staff, providing an "AI-powered team film room." One plan covers the entire roster, including game film, statistics, and a web-based film room. The official description says this setup used to cost thousands of dollars, and is now $29.99 per month, including 10 hours of shared footage time per month, with additional time available for purchase at any time.
- The Hooper Hub: View full games, play-by-play, and each player's clips in a browser.
- Developers and integrations: Leagues, tournaments, and clubs can build their own applications on top of Hooper's visual AI. After submitting game footage, you can obtain every highlight clip and every shot data point for integration into your own app, website, or livestream. Submit games via upload, video URL or Veo link, and after processing is complete, a webhook delivers each player's clips by jersey number as well as shot-by-shot data.
- MCP client access: You can connect Hooper to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client, letting the assistant analyze games, extract clips, and answer data questions in natural language.
Background and Validation
The official page mentions "Trusted by thousands" and "Games processed," and says it is the official partner for the introduction of AI technology in national youth basketball in Japan; JLIN NextGen Camp used Hooper's technology to bring AI-powered film review to NextGen athletes.
Limitations
The page does not clearly state specific information such as free quota, trial policy, pricing tiers other than the $29.99 per month team plan, supported video formats and resolutions, recognition accuracy, data processing time, privacy policy details, refund policy, or regional availability. The above content is not yet provided.
