Sports Training Target With Return Net Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sports training targets do not return the projectile to the shooter after a successful shot, wasting practice time as players must manually retrieve the ball or puck, which is burdensome and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A sports training target system comprising a return net and target assembly that allows projectiles to pass through, exit, and return to the shooter, featuring an attachment mechanism and optional return bar or flap to facilitate automatic retrieval, adaptable to various sports goals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a traditional practice net is used, then players can practice shooting accuracy, but players must manually retrieve the ball from the net which wastes time and reduces productivity
Solution Approach 1:
The return net automatically returns the ball to the shooter after a successful shot, eliminating the need for manual retrieval. The system serves itself by using the goal structure and netting to propel the ball back toward the shooter, thereby maintaining shooting accuracy practice while significantly improving practice efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of the ball being lost in the net after a successful shot, the return net system recovers the ball and returns it to the shooter. This prevents the ball from being discarded in the net and ensures continuous practice without manual intervention, resolving the contradiction between maintaining accuracy practice and improving productivity
2Device complexity
If a practice net without return capability is used, then the structure is simple, but the manual retrieval process increases time consumption and reduces practice duration
Solution Approach 1:
The return net uses the existing goal structure and netting configuration to automatically return balls without requiring additional complex mechanisms. The system leverages the natural rebound and positioning of the net to propel balls back toward the shooter, adding minimal complexity while eliminating retrieval time
Solution Approach 2:
The return net is positioned and configured to create an equipotential system where balls naturally return to the shooter's starting position. By aligning the net structure to facilitate automatic ball return along the same trajectory, the system minimizes additional complexity while eliminating the time loss associated with manual retrieval
3Measurement precision
If existing practice aids are used, then shooting accuracy can be trained, but the lack of automatic ball return creates a burdensome retrieval process
Solution Approach 1:
The return net system automatically performs the retrieval function that would otherwise require manual operation. The net structure itself serves the dual purpose of capturing successful shots and propelling balls back to the shooter, maintaining shooting accuracy training while dramatically improving ease of operation by eliminating the burdensome manual retrieval process
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AI summary
A sports training target is provided. In exemplary embodiments, a sports training target may comprise a return net for substantially covering an opening defined by a frame, the return net adapted to withstand the impact of a sports projectile propelled from an originating location and allow the sports projectile to pass downward along the return net, exit a bottom portion of the return net, and return in the direction of the originating location; a target for substantially covering the return net, the target having an opening formed therein, the opening adapted to allow the sports projectile to pass behind the target to the return net, the target adapted to withstand the impact of a sports projectile; and an attachment means adapted to attach the sports training target to the frame.