Adjustable Basketball Throw Training Device with Obscuring Screen

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing basketball training aids are limited in their ability to effectively train players for throws from standing, running, and jumping positions, are not flexible for different age groups and skill levels, and pose a risk of injury while failing to improve game accuracy due to unrealistic obstacle representations.

Innovation Solution

A device with adjustable vertical guide posts and a spacer element that covers the player's view of the basket, allowing for variable training conditions that simulate game-like scenarios, reducing the time for aiming and increasing accuracy, while being safe and adaptable for all skill levels.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If a cover surface is positioned directly above the base to cover the player's view of the basket, then the training effectiveness is improved by limiting aiming time, but the risk of injury increases if the player hits the obstacle or gets caught on the structure

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvethrowing accuracyVSAvoidinjury risk

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The spacer element acts as an intermediary component positioned between the cover surface and the base, creating a safe distance that prevents direct contact between the player and the cover surface while maintaining the obscuring function for training effectiveness

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The cover surface is positioned in a different spatial dimension (offset horizontally by the spacer element length) rather than directly above the base, allowing the training function to be maintained while eliminating the injury hazard zone

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Device complexity

If the cover surface is fixed in position, then the device structure is simplified, but the adaptability for different age groups, sizes and performance levels is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedevice structureVSAvoidadaptability for different players

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The guide posts are designed with adjustable mechanisms that allow the cover surface position and orientation to be dynamically changed according to different player requirements, transforming a static structure into an adaptable training device

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The support structure is divided into modular components (base, guide posts, spacer element, cover surface) that can be independently adjusted and reconfigured to suit different training scenarios and player capabilities

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Measurement precision

If the cover surface is positioned to effectively limit aiming time, then training effectiveness for game conditions is improved, but the device becomes less suitable for beginners while maintaining effectiveness for experienced players

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvethrowing accuracy under time pressureVSAvoidsuitability for different skill levels

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The adjustable guide posts enable the cover surface to be positioned at different heights and angles, allowing the obscuring effect to be modulated from minimal (beginner-friendly) to maximal (experienced player challenge), making the device adaptable to all skill levels

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

4Measurement precision

If the cover surface is made extendable to increase coverage area, then the aiming time limitation is enhanced for better training effect, but the device complexity and adjustment mechanisms are increased

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvethrowing accuracyVSAvoidextendable mechanism

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The extendable stretching frame allows the cover surface area to be dynamically adjusted during training sessions, enabling coaches to modify the obscuring effect intensity without requiring multiple different devices, thereby managing complexity through controlled adjustability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP2760553B1Method and device for throw training

Publication Date: 2017.10.11 HEILING ATTILA

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AI summary

The invention relates to a device (1) for ball-throwing training, which comprises a stand-base (4) and a supporting structure (3) having at least two vertical guide posts (30, 31) able to be longitudinally adjusted relative to one another, and a spacer element (35), one end of one of said guide posts (30) being arranged at the stand-base (4) and a distal end of another guide post (31) being arranged at this spacer element (35). Said device also comprises a covering surface (2) which is fixed to said spacer element (35) so as to at least partially obscure the visibility of a playing field, particularly of a throwing target, and which comprises an extendable screen (20) and a stretch-frame (23) able to be adjusted between the rigid upper end and the extendable lower end of this screen (20). Said spacer element (35) is arranged, on the side of the guide post (31) that lies opposite the stand-base, in such a manner that the covering surface (2), in its normal position, is arranged at right-angles to this spacer element (35) and, in this normal position, the projection surfaces at the base of the covering surface (2), and the stand-base (4), do not overlap.