OT: Built something to track real 1v1 games like 2K; would love feedback

[mista_c]

Hey everyone,

I’ve been building a free basketball app called Courtside Connect that lets you track your 1v1 games, keep a running win-loss record, and build a profile over time.

You log who you played, the final score, and who won. Both players confirm it, and it updates your record automatically. You can follow other players, view their stats, and eventually challenge people right from the app.

The idea came from seeing how much basketball happens outside of leagues and realizing that none of it gets tracked. It’s all word-of-mouth, or just “I cooked him, I swear.”

It’s still early, and right now it’s a mobile-friendly web app (no App Store download). I’m based in Toronto but hoping this can eventually grow across Canada and beyond.

Would love any feedback, ideas, or questions. You can check it out here: https://courtsideconnectapp.com/

Appreciate you reading!

[Merit]

Cool idea. I wish you success with it. The concept is neat, but it needs people to choose to be on it and to be honest as well.

This would be useful in a competitive 1 on 1 setting, but as far as I know there isn’t anything like that. What would be valuable IMO is providing a level similar to say pickleball so you have expectations of what it means to be a level 5/4/3/2/1 etc. (eg. Dribble with both hands, finish with both hands, 5 moves with counters, >50% on open shots etc.) would be useful as a way to profile kids in a coaching context too.

[ontnut]

Hey everyone,

I’ve been building a free basketball app called Courtside Connect that lets you track your 1v1 games, keep a running win-loss record, and build a profile over time.

You log who you played, the final score, and who won. Both players confirm it, and it updates your record automatically. You can follow other players, view their stats, and eventually challenge people right from the app.

The idea came from seeing how much basketball happens outside of leagues and realizing that none of it gets tracked. It’s all word-of-mouth, or just “I cooked him, I swear.”

It’s still early, and right now it’s a mobile-friendly web app (no App Store download). I’m based in Toronto but hoping this can eventually grow across Canada and beyond.

Would love any feedback, ideas, or questions. You can check it out here: https://courtsideconnectapp.com/

Appreciate you reading!

It's interesting as an idea. I would think the most important thing is how do you guarantee the results are correct? What if the other person (presumably the loser) declines to confirm, or argues the points each player scored? Especially without witnesses, I can see this being an issue. Would players not be allowed to "track" another game until they confirm the previous one? Honesty on the court is not something I'd bank on.

Is there someway to track where and when each game was played? Might give more credence/evidence to the results. Like, if you beat a guy 4 years ago before he grew 6 inches and 20lbs, I think that would be pertinent info.

Another idea would be to have a way to submit video evidence of the game for record purposes (might be part of a later release).

Good luck with the idea - I think it has potential, but definitely foresee some hiccups here esp in the record keeping.

[Clay Davis]

You should call it TRASHTALK. Really play up the rivalry that kids have in 1v1 basketball. The rizz of who owns the court! I can imagine kids talking ish then one of them pulling up the TRASHTALK app to shove it in their opps faces. Add AI SUPPORT. So that you can record games, then the on-app AI will cull it down to point conversions. Should not be so hard to do the latter but what do I know....

[Ell Curry]

Hey everyone,

I’ve been building a free basketball app called Courtside Connect that lets you track your 1v1 games, keep a running win-loss record, and build a profile over time.

You log who you played, the final score, and who won. Both players confirm it, and it updates your record automatically. You can follow other players, view their stats, and eventually challenge people right from the app.

The idea came from seeing how much basketball happens outside of leagues and realizing that none of it gets tracked. It’s all word-of-mouth, or just “I cooked him, I swear.”

It’s still early, and right now it’s a mobile-friendly web app (no App Store download). I’m based in Toronto but hoping this can eventually grow across Canada and beyond.

Would love any feedback, ideas, or questions. You can check it out here: https://courtsideconnectapp.com/

Appreciate you reading!

Great idea. I used to play tennis against randoms from Facebook and Whatsapp Groups (you self report a quality score and play others with same or similar scores), could be a good way for people to get a partner to play against, or organize little tournaments.

Personally I can't score and my only real strength is passing so I won't be one of your users, but hope it succeeds. Obvious route to having city tournaments and such.

[deeps6x]

Build something to track the number of calls each of the refs make for and against each team throughout the season.

[onions17]

Great idea. I used to play tennis against randoms from Facebook and Whatsapp Groups (you self report a quality score and play others with same or similar scores), could be a good way for people to get a partner to play against, or organize little tournaments.

Personally I can't score and my only real strength is passing so I won't be one of your users, but hope it succeeds. Obvious route to having city tournaments and such.

Ben Simmons is that you?