Dylan Garrity and Kari Korver claim 2011 overall titles as top talent on display during CIF-SS finals.
Anaheim, CA (March 7, 2011). InfoMotion Sports Technologies, which operates the 94Fifty Sports Technologies basketball brand, announced today that Senior Dylan Garrity from Edison High School, (Huntington Beach) and Junior Kari Korver from Valley Christian High School (Cerritos) each won the 94Fifty/CIF-SS skills challenge held at the CIF-SS finals last week. Over 60 participants competed, each nominated as the MVP of their respective leagues, in both the men’s and women’s divisions.
For the competition, each player performed a series of ball-handling and shooting drills using 94Fifty’s Total Skill Measurement technology, which utilizes sensors inside the basketball to measure the skills of the player. There were two rounds to determine the overall skill champion, with a ball-handling and shooting champion named after the preliminary rounds. The first round of the competition required players to complete a set of advanced ball-handling drills and a 10-shot shooting sequence, where the sensors would record elements such as a player’s control of the ball, hand speed, coordination, and shot release speed. Ball-handling and shooting scores were then combined into a final score to select the top 5 boys and girls to compete in the final round.
“We were very impressed by the skill level of all of the players who competed, and our sensor-embedded products performed very well in allowing us to count skills that the human eye is just not meant to see. “ Said Mike Crowley, 94Fifty CEO. “The two champions earned their titles by showing they have clearly worked hard over the years to perfect their skills.”
In addition to the overall champions, 94Fifty also crowned a top ball-handler and top shooter for the men’s and women’s division. On the Men’s side, Sophomore Max McCoy from Simi Valley Royal high school won the shooting competition, while Gary Mathews (Whittier High School) took the ball-handling crown. For the women’s division, Tyler Kim (Marlborough High School) won the ball-handling crown while Korver, the overall champion, also took the shooting crown.
“We thought the competition highlighted the exceptional skill we have in Southern California, and we hope that it sets the standard for basketball skill development in our region and for the U.S.” added Rainer Wulf, Assistant Commissioner of the CIF-SS. “We wanted to do something unique and that has never been seen before, and working with 94Fifty was a great way to accomplish that goal. Congratulations to Dylan and Kari for claiming the 2011 titles”
About InfoMotion and 94Fifty® Sports Technologies: (www.94Fifty.com)
94Fifty® is the basketball brand of InfoMotion Sports Technologies Inc. (IST). InfoMotion is the world’s pioneering leader for innovating sports products that quantify and digitize muscle-memory based athletic skills and for managing online communities in which our customers can share and compare results. 94Fifty develops sophisticated but cost-effective basketball skill analysis technologies for the mass market. 94Fifty is committed to bringing new information to both elite level and youth level basketball so that players can better develop skills and their coaches and trainers have objective information about their development.
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