CN101151074A

CN101151074A - Sports apparatus

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Publication number: CN101151074A
Application number: CNA2006800103853A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 理查德·约瑟夫·约翰·纽金特
Original assignee: 理查德·约瑟夫·约翰·纽金特
Current assignee: Soccer Matrix (Uk) Limited
Priority date: 2005-03-29
Filing date: 2006-03-29
Publication date: 2008-03-26
Anticipated expiration: 2026-03-29
Also published as: CN101151074B; GB0506297D0; US20170113114A1; US20090069123A1; GB0507461D0

Abstract

Sports practising apparatus (1) for practising close ball control, includes a plurality of generally planar elements (2) arranged in a generally circular array, each planar element (2) having thereon an impact face (3) having at least one target area (8) facing in a generally inward direction. The apparatus (1) includes means to selectively activate individual target areas (8) sequentially in a predetermined or random manner, the target areas (8) being responsive to being hit by a ball impacting on the target to de activate the target area (8) and to activate the next individual target area (8) in the sequence.

Description

Sports equipment

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of sports equipment, especially but relate to especially the control ball equipment of (close ball control), harmony and agility of the technical ability that is used to improve the football player not exclusively.

Background technology

The athletic training equipment is for example known from UK Patent Application No.2332630A, and wherein the sportsman must touch or play a plurality of isolated targets continuously.Therefore, mainly be the training adminicle that is used to improve overall quality owing to not needing to exist football, this equipment.Another kind of known form of apparatus is made up of a series of targets that are positioned on the perpendicular walls, and it is used for the football player and shoots exercise to improve the shooting accuracy.There is not known setting to be designed to improve ability of controlling the ball.Speed when a most important technical ability in the football is ball-handling and ball-handling arrives shooting or pass position so that the sportsman of dribbling can beat in opponent.The present invention aims to provide and is used to improve especially ability of controlling the ball and improve the equipment of athletic harmony and agility generally of ball skills.

Summary of the invention

According to the present invention, a kind of sports training equipment of practising controlling ball of being used to is provided, it comprises is arranged to a plurality of general plane elements that circular is arranged, has striking face on each plane component, this striking face has at least one target area towards basic inward direction, this equipment comprises the device that is used for optionally starting successively in mode predetermined or at random each target area, this target area is in response to impinging upon impacting of ball on the target, with the target area and the next target area of starting by sequence of stopping using and being clashed into.

Each target can comprise rebound board, the recovery coefficient of this rebound board between the striking face of the bump ball of this plate and this plate than higher so that rapid resilience to be provided.

Each target can by the alarm signal that generates at this target place for example the sense of hearing and/or visual signal start attracting the football player to note, this sportsman is required the target of playing football and being activated with bump.

Each target also can comprise bump that is arranged for the detection ball and the device that this bump is recorded as score.

Can change from the time between the different continuous alarm signals that is activated target, to change movable difficulty.

In the preferred embodiment according to sports equipment of the present invention that will be described in more detail hereinafter, a plurality of targets-preferably in four to six scope-be arranged to circle, and the football player is positioned at the center of circle substantially.Selectively, but target can be arranged continuously around a center be inequality with the distance at described center.

The radius of circle and the shape of arrangement promptly can change the football player of circle centre position and the distance between each target, so that the difficulty of change activity once more.

Target can be a self-supporting, and can be used as portable complete utensil and provide.

Preferably, this equipment uses control module to control.Control module can be the computer of hand-held computer or PDA form.

Preferably, this equipment also comprises the one or more sensors that are positioned at the floor scope.These sensors can be positioned at the ground cushion of the control module that is connected to equipment.

Preferably, this equipment comprises visible display device.This display unit can comprise the LCD watch-dog that is positioned at athletic height of head top.

Preferably, this equipment comprises top.Top can and surround into circular arrangement with the framework supporting.Top can be a net.

A second aspect of the present invention is a kind of sports equipment, this sports equipment is included in a plurality of targets being arranged to arrange in the plane of approximate vertical, be arranged for ball conveying device to the sportsman's conveyor ball that is positioned at a distance, target array the place ahead, and be arranged for the collection used ball and they are returned the ball return mechanism of ball conveying device, wherein, this target has zero or is zero recovery coefficient at least substantially, thereby after the bump target, the bounce-back of any big degree will can not take place in ball, collect and return mechanism and only can fall under gravity into ball.

In the preferred embodiment according to the sports equipment of this second aspect of the present invention that will be described in more detail hereinafter, target is installed on one or more vertical screens or the heavy curtain, for example be arranged on three heavy curtains of three sides of rectangle, the ball sportsman is positioned at the center of this rectangle substantially.

Heavy curtain and associated components can be packaged into and be preferably portable complete utensil.

The ball conveying device can comprise and is similar to tennis serve machine but with the bigger ball equipment that uses of football for example, football is fed to the sportsman with the speed slower than tennis.

The ball conveying device can be positioned at any correct position with respect to target array, and is used to collect used ball and the device that used ball is returned the ball conveying device can be comprised passage or other similar settings.If target array is positioned at the plane of approximate vertical, then this device can be positioned at the lower region or the below of target array.

The same with the situation of the first aspect of the sports equipment that above limits, each target can be activated to attract the athletic attention of ball, and each target also can have the ball impact checkout gear that is used for the bump on each target is recorded as score simultaneously.

Each target can be activated to attract the athletic attention of ball, and each target also can have the ball impact checkout gear that is used for the bump on each target is recorded as score simultaneously.

Preferably, be provided with the device that is used to obtain athletic score.In addition, these scores can go on record and for example PC and software are being shown to other sportsmen on the internet via suitable computer link.

In a preferred embodiment, be provided with and be used to transmit and/or receive the mobile phone of data, audio frequency and/or vision signal or the interface that other telecommunication installations are used.

Mobile phone or other this telecommunication installations for example can be used for starting the described target of sports equipment or each target during its control module to generate alarm signal being connected to sports equipment, thereby attract the sportsman to notice that the sportsman must make the target that ball impact is activated then.Mobile phone or other telecommunication installations can be used for writing down athletic score, and this score randomly can may remote players worldwide be visited by other.

In order to eliminate or reduce at least greatly the possibility of sportsman's swindle, mobile phone or other telecommunication installations can comprise and be used to write down each athletic image that uses this sports equipment and the video equipment that writes down score.

In this respect, this equipment can have suitable device, this mobile phone or other telecommunication installations that are used for will having video equipment during contest physically are bearing in the zone of sports equipment, thereby athletic match can be recorded on the video fully, and other long-range sportsmen also can obtain these videos.

Description of drawings

In order to understand the present invention more fully, will various aspects according to sports equipment of the present invention be described as example and with reference to accompanying drawing, in the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is the view according to equipment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the decomposition view of the panel of equipment;

Fig. 3 is the view that the equipment of target is shown;

Fig. 4 is the view that comprises the equipment of other visible display device;

Fig. 5 is the view that comprises the equipment of ground cushion sensor;

Fig. 6 is the view that comprises the equipment of a plurality of floor sensors;

Fig. 7 is the view that comprises the equipment of top;

Fig. 8 is the view that is suitable for the equipment of computer video game;

Fig. 9 is the front view according to one of a plurality of targets of the sports equipment of first aspect present invention;

Figure 10 is the schematic diagram that forms six targets shown in Figure 9 of arranging;

Figure 11 is the schematic diagram according to the sports equipment of second aspect present invention; And

Figure 12 is the side view of the part of equipment shown in Figure 11;

Figure 13 is the front view of one of a plurality of targets of the sports equipment of a kind of modification according to a first aspect of the invention;

Figure 14 is the schematic diagram that forms six targets shown in Figure 13 of arranging.

The specific embodiment

Fig. 1 illustrates a preferred embodiment of the present invention.Equipment 1 comprises the arrangement of the plane component or the panel 2 of six interlockings, and they are arranged to closed hexagonal form.Plane component 2 is generally rectangular in form.Also can imagine the panel 2 that provides other, so that the form of interlocking panel is roughly circle.In a kind of optional layout, panel is fixed together in adjustable mode, thereby the shape of arranging can be inconsistent.Panel 2 can by rigid material for example plastics form.Panel 2 uses connection or jockey to be bonded together, this connection or jockey are the clamps 4 that cam starts in this embodiment, it comprises for example formed by wire and adjacent two rings that panel engages that are roughly U-shaped, and cross center-pole (over centre level), for example adjacent panels is moved to together so that the clamp that panel is fixed together releasedly.The sportsman stands in hexagonal centre during using this equipment to carry out contest.Panel 2 comprises shock surface or the rebound board 3 that comprises sensor.This equipment also can comprise ball serving device.Can use equipment 1 to provide the ball of rebound characteristics to change the difficulty of training period with variation.

Fig. 2 illustrates the decomposition view of plane component shown in Figure 1 or panel 2.Each panel 2 comprises rebound board 3, this rebound board have sensor for example diaphragm switch impact the impulsive force of the football of panel 2 with detection.Panel 2 each end have the sun and negative electricity plug connector 6 to help rapid and easy assembling.Panel 2 can have a plurality of sensors that form a plurality of target areas, thereby the variable size of this target area can be determined accurate football shock point.Have loudspeaker 5 on the either side of panel 2, this loudspeaker can be used for passing on indication to the sportsman.

With reference to Fig. 3, each plane component or panel 2 are marked with focus target or target area 8 at the core of rebound board 3.This panel also can comprise for example light emitting diode (LED) of light or other indicators, to pass on the running status of indication or demonstration equipment to the sportsman.

Equipment 1 can be by control module and software control.This software can independent luggable computer for example PDA or be combined on the control module in the panel 2 of equipment move.This equipment can be used by a sportsman or a plurality of sportsman.The elementary object of match is the target 8 on the rebound board 3 of panel 2 in playing with football.Software will be controlled the each side of match, the quantity of the target 8 that for example will impact, and the time delay between sportsman's continuous target 8 that must impact.The target 8 that impacts can be at random or predetermined order.The target area 8 that impacts can use the oral indication of visual detector or the loudspeaker 5 by equipment 1 to indicate.Can use software for using sportsman's score of this equipment.Various competition models or training program with different grade of difficulty can be provided.

Athletic particulars and their score can be uploaded in the central database, so that add up.Also can make an explanation to determine specific weakness or the strong point in sportsman's technical ability to the result.The result can be kept on network or internet or the based on network database, and the sportsman can check the particulars of other athletic scores.

Sensor in the panel 2 of equipment 1 can be a pressure sensibility, thereby can measure impulsive force, and the power and the distance of definite sportsman pass.

Can in ball and athletic sneakers, sensor be set.These sensors can be used for monitoring moving person and use which kick ball, and the striking point on the ball of athletic pin on football.Sneakers also can have electronic chip or label when selling, it can preserve for example unique sportsman ID of data.Chip in the sneakers also can be used for storing for example athletic score of data and statistics, and if the sportsman use different equipment, then these data can be transported to new equipment.

With reference to Fig. 4, be provided with visible display device 9 for example LCD watch-dog or screen, thereby at image or the literal that must describe or bark out before proceeding contest demonstration sportsman on the screen during the contest.Display unit can show that also matter of common sense is to help study.This equipment also can comprise speech recognition system, thereby but monitoring moving person to the reaction of literal or problem.Therefore, display screen be used to encourage the sportsman the pass in the middle of or between check.Display unit 9 also can be used for showing about for example athletic current score of athletic information or statistics.

With reference to Fig. 5 and 6, equipment 1 has one or more

other sensors

10,11 in panel 2 close-shaped.These

sensors

10,11 can be positioned at the ground cushion 14 of covering by the close-shaped floor scope that limits of panel 2.Be positioned at the

sensor

10,11 of ground cushion 14 by use, chip in the football or sensor can be used for determining the position of football in panel 2 close-shaped.Can carry out the contest that the specific region on the ground cushion 14 must be crossed or pass to football wherein.

Floor sensor

10,11 also can use with sensor in the athletic sneakers or chip, moves so that the sportsman must stand in the specific region of floor scope or between the specific region.

Panel 2 can have wireless network ability, for example bluetooth, Zigbee or WiFi, thus panel 2 can be physically spaced apart mutually to form optional training zone.Wireless capability allows the sensor and control compunication in the panel 2.

With reference to Fig. 7, equipment 1 comprises the top 13 that is supported by framework 12, and this top is used for ball is remained in panel 12 restricted portions.In this embodiment, top 13 is nets.The ball feeder can be set, so that locate at various height and ball is injected in the contest so that the sportsman practises soaring aloft to play football and head shoot with different speed.Top 13 also can comprise other target area or sensor.

With reference to Fig. 8, equipment 1 is suitable for using with computer video game, wherein comprises the input unit of the rebound board 3 of target 2 as computer video game.

With reference to the Fig. 9 in the accompanying drawing and 10, comprise with the sports equipments of 101 indications generally a plurality of-be 6-the target 102 that is arranged to the general planar that circular arranges in each vertical plane in this example.

Each target 102 comprises self-supporting rebound board 112; this rebound board 112 at the ball on surface of this plate 112 of bump and the recovery coefficient between the impact surface itself than higher; thereby will rebound in the centre that the circular that stand in rebound board 112 is arranged and can find usually facing to the football player 103 that one of them rebound board 112 is played football, ball or near sportsman 103.

Each target 102 can start from control module 105 electricity, but to generate alarm signal, be audible beep in this example, with attraction sportsman's 103 attention, the rebound board 112 of sportsman's target 102 that ball is impacted be activated then.

Target 102 is activated to generate corresponding beeping sound randomly as alarm signal.Each target 102 also comprises the device (not shown) that is arranged for the ball impact on this target of detection and this bump is recorded as score via control module 105.Each target 102 is electrically connected to control module 105 by line 106,107 separately.

Can be in the time that control module 105 changes between the continuous alarm signal that generates at each different target place, to increase or reduction activity difficulty.

When using sports equipment 101, sportsman 103 stand in the center of the circular arrangement of target 102.Target 102 is sent beeping sound randomly, thereby sportsman 103 need impact corresponding rebound board 112 with ball in the given several seconds.When each sportsman 103 finishes This move, just in control module 105, write down a score.

As mentioned above, can change movable grade of difficulty by the radius that the circular of time between increase or the minimizing beeping sound and target 102 is arranged.

Referring now to the Figure 11 in the accompanying drawing and 12, according to a second aspect of the invention generally with 111 the indication sports equipments comprise three vertical heavy curtains 118, they define three sides of rectangle, and a series of targets 114 are installed on the heavy curtain 118.

Soccer ball delivery device 115 is arranged to by long center curtain 118, so that football 116 flowed to the sportsman 113 who is positioned at heavy curtain 118 central authorities substantially.

Passage 117 extends around the lower region of heavy curtain 118, so that collect used ball 116 and this ball is turned back to conveying device 115 so that flow to sportsman 113 subsequently.

Recovery coefficient between ball 116 and the heavy curtain 118 is zero substantially, this means that 116 in the ball that impacts heavy curtain 118 can fall under gravity into to collect and backward channel 117 and can not rebounding.

With above to the first aspect of the present invention the description of sports equipment 1 is similar, when using equipment 111, the specific objective 114 of heavy curtain 118 or one of them heavy curtain 118 is activated to generate alarm signal, beeping sound for example, thus sportsman 113 can when conveying device 115 receives football 116 with football 116 aiming heavy curtain 118 or targets 114.

Provide similar setting, so that when sportsman's 113 usefulness footballs 116 impact the heavy curtain 118 that is activated or target 114, count the score.

Conveying device 115 can be adjusted at the height of head place to sportsman's 113 conveyor balls 116, and square on the ground conveyor ball is so that exercise is high up in the air plays football, and along the ground conveyor ball so that the exercise pass.

When football 116 impacted heavy curtain 118, the zero coefficient of friction between football 116 and the heavy curtain 118 can prevent that football 116 from rebounding, and football only can fall under gravity into the passage 117 that is used for ball 116 is turned back to conveying device 115.

Target 114 can strategically be installed on the heavy curtain, with the head shoot that improves sportsman 113, high up in the air playing football and pass work.

Be described with reference to the accompanying drawings as mentioned, can be packaged into portable complete utensil according to the parts of two sports equipments 1,101,111 of the present invention.

With reference to Figure 13 and 14, control module 205 can for example PC and software be connected to the internet, the match and their call got off and be shown to other sportsmen mutually thereby worldwide sportsman can network together via suitable computer link.

Selectively, they can be activated in case by generate corresponding beeping sound to definite sequence as alarm signal so that the competition field of equality to be provided, sports equipment by mutually away from a plurality of sportsmen-these athletic scores be recorded-especially true when using.

Each target 202 also comprise be arranged for detect the ball impact thereon and via control module 205 with this device (not shown) that is recorded as score that impacts.

Each target 202 is electrically connected to control module 205 by line 206,207 separately.

Can be in the time that control module 205 changes between the continuous alarm signal that generates at each different target 202 places, with the difficulty of increase or reduction activity.

When using sports equipment 201, sportsman 203 stand in the center of the circular arrangement of target 202.Target 202 is sent beeping sound as mentioned above at random, thereby sportsman 203 need impact corresponding rebound board 212 with ball in the given several seconds.Each sportsman 203 finishes This move, just score of record on control module 205.

As mentioned above, can change movable grade of difficulty by the time between increase or the minimizing beeping sound and the radius that is roughly circular arrangement of target 202.

In the modification that is proposed, control module 205 has the input interface 208 that is used for mobile phone 209, and then this mobile phone is connected to unit 205 and can be used for starting each target 202 to generate alarm signal.Mobile phone 209 also can be used for writing down athletic score, and this score randomly can may other remote players worldwide be visited.

In order to eliminate or reduce at least greatly the possibility of sportsman's swindle, mobile phone 209 can comprise that video equipment uses each athletic image of this sports equipment and writes down score with record.

Suitable device for example support or other similar devices can be set, so that have the mobile phone 209 of video equipment at the regional internal support of sports equipment between match period, thereby athletic match can be recorded on the video fully.Can make other remote players of relevant particular game can access these records.

The right that worldwide sportsman can pay the fees and play by mobile phone or internet to obtain.

Should be understood that mobile phone 209 can replace with any other suitable communicator, this communicator is used for transmitting and/or receiving data, audio frequency and/or vision signal.

Claims

1. one kind is used to the sports training equipment practising controlling ball, comprise and be arranged to a plurality of general plane elements that circular is arranged, has striking face on each plane component, this striking face has at least one target area towards basic inward direction, this equipment comprises the device that is used for optionally starting successively in mode predetermined or at random each target area, what the response of this target area impinged upon ball on the target impacts the target area that inactive quilt clashes into and the next target area of starting by sequence.

2. according to the equipment of claim 1, it is characterized in that, the target area be deactivated and order in next target area produce predetermined time-delay between being activated.

3. according to the equipment of claim 2, it is characterized in that described predetermined time-delay is adjustable.

4. according to the equipment of claim 2 or 3, it is characterized in that described predetermined time-delay each step in order is variable.

5. according to any one the equipment among the claim 1-4, it is characterized in that, but each plane component comprises that indication is described or each target area is activated, plane component is not hit, surpasses the predetermined mark of delaying time and/or finishing described order by the ball impact target area.

6. according to the equipment of any one claim of front, it is characterized in that this plane component is a rectangle substantially, and be suitable for being fixed together releasedly along straight line by the coupling arrangement that comprises electrical fitting.

7. according to the equipment of claim 6, it is characterized in that, electrical fitting on each plane component is included in the positive electricity gas connector of this element one end and at the female electrical connector of the other end, and this female electrical connector is suitable for engaging with positive electricity gas connector on the adjacent elements.

8. according to the equipment of any one claim of front, it is characterized in that each target comprises rebound board, the recovery coefficient of this rebound board between the striking face of the ball that clashes into this plate and this plate is than higher.

9. according to the equipment of any one claim of front, it is characterized in that enabling signal is audio frequency and/or video.

10. according to the equipment of any one claim of front, it is characterized in that, be provided with the device that is used for the bump of ball is recorded as score.

11. the equipment according to any one claim of front is characterized in that, this plane component is configured to portable complete utensil.

12. the equipment according to any one claim of front is characterized in that, this equipment comprises one or more floor sensors.

13. the equipment according to any one claim of front is characterized in that, this equipment comprises visible display device.

14. the equipment according to any one claim of front is characterized in that, this equipment comprises top.

15. the equipment according to any one claim of front is characterized in that, this equipment use control module for example form control as the computer of hand-held computer or PDA.

16. equipment according to any one claim of front, it is characterized in that, control module is suitable for that for example PC and software are connected to the internet via suitable computer link, thereby worldwide sportsman can network together with mutual match, and their call got off and is shown to other sportsmen.

17. sports equipment, be included in a plurality of targets being arranged to arrange in the approximate vertical plane, be arranged for ball conveying device to the sportsman's conveyor ball that is positioned at target array the place ahead certain distance, and be arranged for the ball return mechanism of collecting used ball and used ball being returned the ball conveying device, wherein, this target has zero or is zero recovery coefficient at least substantially, thereby after the bump target, the bounce-back of any big degree can not take place in ball, collects and return mechanism and only can fall under gravity into ball.

18. the equipment according to any one claim of front is characterized in that, sensor can be arranged in ball and the athletic footwear.

19. the equipment according to any one claim of front is characterized in that, athletic sneakers comprise electronic chip or label.

20. the equipment according to any one claim of front is characterized in that, this plane component has wireless network ability, for example bluetooth, Zigbee or WiFi.