Soccer Training Device with Embedded Ball Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current training devices for soccer goal shots, particularly volleyed shots after corner or flanked balls, fail to provide a realistic and safe environment for elite players to practice and improve their skills, as they often require complex setups, are not suitable for point games, and do not allow for focused individual training under high physical stress.
Innovation Solution
A device featuring ball-shooting machines positioned alongside the goal, a vertical catching net, and a ball transport channel that allows for continuous ball service, embedded in the ground to maintain a flush playing surface, enabling realistic and repeatable training scenarios with unpredictable ball trajectories, speeds, and distances, suitable for both individual and combination training.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If complex training devices with multiple ball-shooting machines are arranged around the field, then multiple players can train simultaneously, but the device complexity increases and game operations are hindered
Solution Approach 1:
The training system is segmented into two distinct modes: a first training mode with a single ball-shooting machine for individual focused training, and a second training mode with multiple ball-shooting machines for simultaneous multi-player training. This segmentation allows the system to provide different training capacities without requiring a permanently complex structure, resolving the contradiction between training productivity and device complexity.
2Productivity
If ball-catching devices and funnel-shaped collection devices are used, then balls are collected and reused, but the risk of injury increases and the devices hinder game operations
Solution Approach 1:
The ball collection and transport function is extracted from the playing field area and relocated to a separate ball transport facility positioned outside the playing field. Balls are transported through a channel that runs along the sideline, away from the active play area. This extraction eliminates the injury risk associated with funnel-shaped collection devices on the field while maintaining ball reuse efficiency.
3Reliability
If walls and complex construction measures are erected to contain balls, then balls are prevented from rolling back onto the playing field, but the device is not suitable for point game operations
Solution Approach 1:
The training device is designed with dynamic configurability, allowing it to be set up in a first configuration for training with ball containment and transported to a second configuration for point game operations. The ball transport facility can be selectively activated or deactivated, and the ball-shooting machines can be repositioned or removed. This dynamic design enables the same facility to provide reliable ball containment during training while being adaptable for unobstructed point game operations.
4Productivity
If balls are shot at high frequency onto the playing field, then training intensity increases, but players interfere with each other
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from two-dimensional field-based ball delivery to three-dimensional ball delivery by shooting balls from elevated positions at angled trajectories. Balls are delivered from above and at angles rather than from ground level in straight lines, creating立体 coverage of the playing area. This dimensional change allows multiple ball trajectories to coexist without intersecting at ground level, enabling high-frequency ball delivery without player interference.
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AI summary
The method involves serving balls one after another by a ball shooting machine to a training player in an area defined variable representing an action area of a player. The player shoots the served balls according to receiving of air directly in direction of a goal with an intention to reach the goal. The shot balls are collected from a goal net or an extensive ball catching net (5) that is provided perpendicular to a goal line. The shot balls are delivered to the ball shooting machine via a ball transporting channel (6) that runs to the ball shooting machine, for a new ball service. An independent claim is also included for a device for training the volley played goal kick according to the entry of corner balls and/or cross balls.