Multi-purpose sports apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing football skills improvement devices require substantial space and do not promote intensive movement, thus failing to effectively develop stamina, speed, and ball control skills.
Innovation Solution
A multi-purpose sports apparatus with a foundation body featuring a convex playing surface and an obstacle element, allowing for adjustable curvature and height, enabling players to move intensively and develop ball control and kicking techniques in a small area.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional football skills improvement devices are used, then ball control and kicking techniques can be improved, but substantial free space is required and intensive movement is not promoted
Solution Approach 1:
The playing surface is designed with a convex curved top surface instead of a flat surface. This curvature causes the ball to bounce outward away from the foundation body, enabling players to reach the ball with foot or head without the apparatus causing obstruction, thus improving ball control skills in a compact space
Solution Approach 2:
The invention elevates the playing surface to a height of 45-75 cm above the base using a support structure. This vertical dimension change allows the ball to be kicked or headed at various heights and angles, creating more dynamic movement patterns and skill development opportunities within a smaller horizontal footprint
2Ease of operation
If traditional football skills improvement devices are used, then kicking skills can be improved, but intensive movement with frequent changes of place is not required
Solution Approach 1:
The convex curved playing surface creates dynamic ball trajectories that require players to move actively and frequently change position. The ball bounces outward in unpredictable directions, demanding rapid response and intensive movement to maintain ball control and execute kicking techniques
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus supports multiple football skills including ball control, kicking techniques, and intensive movement exercises. The combination of convex surface and elevated height creates a versatile training device that simultaneously develops technical skills and physical conditioning
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The apparatus enables players to improve stamina, speed, ball sensitivity, and control in a compact space, providing an enjoyable game that develops concentration and decision-making skills while being easy to assemble, maintain, and transfer.
Implementation Method 1
a ball impinging on the playing surface will in every case bounce outwards from the space occupied by the sports apparatus
Data Source
AI summary
The subject of the utility model is a multi-purpose sports apparatus particularly for improving footballers' technical skills, comprising a foundation body (10) containing a playing surface (11) and an obstacle element (20). The distinctive feature of the method is that the playing surface (11) of the foundation body (10) looking from the interior of the foundation body (10) has an at least partially convex top surface (15) and the foundation body (10) has a support structure (30) which separates the playing surface (11) from the base (2).