GoPro - Basketball

MDalby

Have any of you thought of how to use a GoPro for basketball? Where would you mount the camera?

I am thinking about getting one.

MD

mattdan12

Mark, I think I have one at work I could borrow for a couple of days if you wanted to try it out before buying. I've never personally used it though.

MDalby

Matt, that would be fun. I'll drop you a note.

Thanks Matt!

MDalby

Is it within the rules to have a GoPro camera mounted on the backboard for high school basketball games?

MileHighAko

MDalby wrote: »

Is it within the rules to have a GoPro camera mounted on the backboard for high school basketball games?

I don't know the answer, but I think that's about the only place where you'd get usable footage from the GoPro. Otherwise the wide angle makes your subjects too small to really be interesting.

I mounted a GoPro to a monopod and shot an 8th grade football game earlier this year. The results: a few cool moments when the play was coming right at me or near me. Otherwise the action was just too small to be valuable, and magnifying via software just didn't cut it. All in all, the effort to post process the video didn't match the value of having a few cool clips.

But on a backboard if you can mount it there through the glass would be really cool.

MDalby

I wonder how I would go about having a solid mounting that I can count on not having issues with the camera coming loose. I think there are suction cup mounts but I am not sure on how solid this is.

ImageX Photography

That little GoPro wouldn't go anywhere with one of these. The suction "pumps" are what ya need.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/302174-REG/Manfrotto_241_241_Suction_Grip_with.html

JimKarczewski

Depends on the state and the rules. I'd LOVE to mount a camera to the backboard at a game, but I have yet to see anyone try it in IN, possibly because of IHSAA rules.. College yes, HS No.