1. A system for providing automated sports training services, comprising: a basketball having a sensor disposed therein, the sensor configured to detect a movement of the basketball relative to a playing area; a wireless communication device configured to receive a first movement signal from the sensor, the movement signal corresponding to a basketball shot; and a processor unit configured to execute a software product recorded on machine readable data media to provide an analysis by: comparing the first movement signal to a plurality of reference basketball shot movement signals; identifying at least one of the reference basketball shot movement signals most closely corresponding to the first movement signal; and based on the deviation between the first movement signal and the identified reference basketball shot movement signal, presenting an instruction for achieving the identified reference basketball shot movement signal.