Basketball Shot Simulator

A stick figure, a hoop, and Matter.js. Tune the forces and their timing, take a shot, or let the solver hunt for combinations that go in.

Tune the knobs, then shoot.

Timing matters: the wrist flick is what releases the ball. Arm force only transfers if the release lands mid push, and the jump only helps while the figure is in the air (after the apex it hurts).

Leg jump

Force 5.0

Jump at 50ms

Arm extension

Force 7.0

Push at 150ms

Wrist flick

Force 5.0

Release at 250ms

Angle 52°

Distance

From hoop 600

Wind

0° pushes the ball toward the shooter, 90° straight up, 180° toward the hoop.

Power 0

Direction 180°

Shots that go in

Tick the checkbox next to a knob to lock it; the solver then only searches configurations that keep its current value.

Nothing searched yet. The hard work only happens on click, and it solves for the current distance.

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