Abstract: Sports training apparatus has a substantially vertical base and a hoop-carrying member adapted to be attached to the base in a pre-selected position. The hoop-carrying member has attached at least one mounting bracket and hoop assembly of a mounting bracket supporting a hoop. The base can have a backboard attached also, with the backboard including at least one ball-support bracket adapted to receive and/or retain a ball, and the backboard is spaced from the base in a direction opposite the hoop. The hoop-carrying member can be adapted to be attached to the base in a plurality of pre-selected vertical positions, and the top portion of the base can have an angular portion carrying at least one hoop, in which the angular portion carries a hoop adapted to be located in a plurality of positions along its path.