Athletic Training System With Angled Rebound Panel
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current athletic training systems lack the ability to effectively simulate the dynamic angles and velocities of a ball in real-world scenarios, limiting the training effectiveness for athletes in passing and receiving skills.
Innovation Solution
An athletic training system featuring a ball redirection portion with angled surfaces and a rebounding panel portion, allowing for adjustable angles and velocities to randomly redirect incoming balls, incorporating multi-piece construction and coupling mechanisms for stability and adjustability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed-angle rebounding device is used, then the device structure is simple, but it cannot simulate dynamic angles and velocities of balls in real-world scenarios
Solution Approach 1:
The rebounding panel is designed to be movable rather than fixed, allowing it to dynamically adjust its angle in response to incoming balls. This enables the device to simulate varying angles and velocities encountered in real-world athletic scenarios, transforming a static structure into an adaptive training tool that replicates game conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is divided into separate functional components including a rebounding panel, support structure, and mounting mechanism. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently - the panel for dynamic movement, the support for stability, and the mounting for adjustability - thereby achieving complex functionality through modular design.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a single-piece construction is used, then the manufacturing process is simple, but the device lacks adjustability and stability
Solution Approach 1:
The device is constructed from multiple separate pieces including the rebounding panel, support frame, and mounting components. This multi-piece construction enables independent adjustment of each component's position and angle, providing the necessary adaptability while allowing each individual piece to be manufactured using standard processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting mechanism and support structure are designed to accommodate various configurations and angles, making the device universally adjustable for different training needs. This multi-functional design allows the same basic structure to serve multiple training purposes without requiring custom manufacturing for each configuration.
3Reliability
If adjustable components are added to simulate varying angles, then training realism is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Rather than using multiple fixed components at different angles, the invention employs a single dynamic rebounding panel that can move to various angles. This approach achieves training realism through controlled movement of one component rather than through the arrangement of multiple static components, thereby maintaining simplicity while improving reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The device achieves varying ball redirection angles by changing the position and orientation parameters of the rebounding panel rather than by adding multiple components. By adjusting parameters such as panel angle and position, the system simulates different game scenarios, improving training effectiveness without proportionally increasing device complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances training realism by providing a dynamic and adjustable environment for athletes to practice ball handling skills at varying angles and velocities, improving technique and reaction time.
Implementation Method 1
a ball redirection portion including at least one angled surface... configured to rebound the ball at varying angles and velocities
Data Source
AI summary
An athletic training system may include, but is not limited to: a ball redirection portion including at least one angled surface; and a rebounding panel portion including a substantially planar structure. The at least one angled surface may be an arcuate surface and/or a planar surface angled relative to path of an incoming ball.