WO2002041954A1

WO2002041954A1 - System for practicing goal shooting in football

Info

Publication number: WO2002041954A1
Application number: PCT/ES2000/000451
Authority: WO
Inventors: Luis Zubia Erostarbe
Original assignee: EUBA ZUÑIGA, Joseba; Arrieta Arrieta, Leire
Priority date: 2000-11-23
Filing date: 2000-11-23
Publication date: 2002-05-30

Abstract

The system aims at improving the active reflex of a sportsman, more concretely a football player, so that said player can act in a practically reflex manner without having to think over the action to be undertaken before striking the ball. The system relies on a goal (1) having a panel (3) which is provided with areas (5) that can be lit independently, and includes two detectors (6 and 7). The first detector detects the passage of the player (9). The second detector is placed opposite the ball (8) that is to be hit in such a way that the distance between both detectors (6 and 7) determines the time the player (9) is allowed to think in order to strike the ball (8) against the illuminated area (5) that has been activated when the player passed by the detector (6). If both detectors (6 and 7) are placed at zero distance, the player will be forced to act at zero thinking time, that is, he will get used to hitting the ball (8) instantly and in a reflex manner in response to the impulse received.

Description

"SYSTEM FOR TRAINING THE FOOTBALL SHOOTING".

D E S C R I P C I Ó N

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a training system designed to educate any football player to act by way of reflexes, that is, a training system that allows the player to gradually detach himself from his need for think at the moment of executing an action, thereby accessing the power to make correct decisions in zero-thinking and, therefore, in zero time.

Therefore, the system constitutes a kind of simulator that materializes in a goal complemented with certain elements, mainly with a pair of mobile detectors, one of which acts when the player is at a certain distance or even at zero distance. "with respect to the ball on which it will impact, while the other acts at the moment of impact on the ball, all in order that the player becomes accustomed to acting in zero-time-thinking, that is, act correctly obeying a reflex impulse.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In football, all knowledge interactions - strategies, skills, difficulties, successes and mistakes are summarized in a simple fact: once on the pitch and equally fortunate, a team winner, it is because he anticipates his adversary, that is, because he plays an instant before him and does so with sufficient precision.

The very conception of the game and the fact of being a contact sport means that, with the exception of the set pieces, the game is characterized as being a continuation of unpredictable punctual moments in which the time factor is the determining element of the action. In these situations, the player has to anticipate the action of his opponent and, therefore, the success or failure of his action basically depends on his ability to anticipate.

This anticipation capacity is, in itself, a consequence of the ability to act through reflex movements. The analysis of the different actions and their causal sequences evidences that in those unpredictable situations in which the time factor is determining, the speed and precision are obtained when the actions are carried out by means of reflex acts performed without any thought intervention.

These reflex acts are characteristic of our condition, that is, any healthy brain has the ability to perceive each and every one of the senses, instantly issue precise orders based on what is perceived and achieve that we fill them in automatically or what is the same, without prior awareness and therefore without any thought intervention. This automatic, perceive-order-execute sequence, which is performed almost instantaneously, is what we generically know as reflexes.

Well, from the reasoning we can conclude that what Unlike the player who has the ability to anticipate, which does not have it, is that the former uses this ability at the time of the action, while the other does not use it and this difference in performance is purely educational.

The player who does not use the path of reflexes at the time of the action, does so because he has been trained in the need to see and know (to take to the conscious plane) that what he has seen is true and, consequently, to do not allow any action as long as this certification has not occurred, resulting in the use of the causal sequence (perceive-certify-analyze the options-choose one of them- order-execute) that forms the action by way thinking. A causal sequence that, in order to be fulfilled, requires a completely non-existent time when the player has to anticipate the action of the other and that, applied at the time of that action, generally ends up being lost in doubt, in the determination or at best in a weak action. On the other hand, the player who acts through reflexes, has that power because, for absolutely collateral reasons (luck in his first or first matches, perseverance of a coach), he has been fortunate to be able to repeat himself in situations that they are conducive to them and, consequently, have accessed unconscious training, or what is the same, immediate training.

The established reasoning evidences that, in the specific moments in which the speed and precision are essential to anticipate the action of the other, what differentiates a player who has enhanced his reflexes, from which he does not possess them, is that the first one has of the power to make decisions in zero thought, and therefore in zero time, while the second becomes slow and inaccurate because he feels the need to think. In addition, these two realities are due to a simple question of training since the slow and inaccurate player is because it has been inadequately trained in the need to think at the time of the action, while who has the power to anticipate has accessed it, through unconscious training.

Consistent with the established background, a training process that leads to a situation in which the player is forced to act in zero-time thinking, will allow any player to get used to acting due to a reflex impulse, accessing this mode of action by instinct and, consequently, to the capacity of individual anticipation.

There are currently no known systems and / or procedures for the education of reflexes in athletes, specifically in soccer players. However, in the Utility Model 9702955 an electronic training goal is planned to refine the soccer aim. Specifically, the goal presents the particularity of having light panels behind it that affect the entire surface of the panel, panels that are remotely controlled for unit lighting, so that before launching the ball the coach will turn on the panels corresponding to a certain area of the goal, in order for the athlete to throw the ball towards that area.

This system is complemented by a net or mesh that prevents the ball from impacting on the luminous panels, as well as an armor formed by stringers and crossbars that define some openings, formal and dimensionally coinciding with the luminous panels, through which the ball will pass before hitting the protective net. In the stringers and crossbars of this armor there are a series of sensors that allow to determine the passage area of the ball in order to determine the level of success in the shot.

This electronic training goal, although it perfectly fulfills its mission, only allows the athlete to fine-tune his aim, that is, it does not serve to educate the player's reflexes at all.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The system of the invention, based on the type of goal referred to above, has means that allow, in addition to being able to practice or train to fine-tune the player's aim, to improve the reflexes of the player himself to the point that he is instinctively capable of send the ball to a certain point, without thinking, practically reflects. Likewise, the system allows all the training to be carried out without the need for the coach to be present, since it will rely on a computer that will control all the sequences.

It also has the advantage of allowing a subsequent study, even statistically, of the results of the training and thus assess the progress of the player or athlete, all through corresponding computer programs controlled by it.

More specifically, the system object of the invention, based on the use of a goal with a panel on which they are Established a series of independent and illuminated areas, located behind the network, it is mainly based on two detectors, one of the player's passage and the other of impact, so that both detectors are mobile and can be located with the separation that is desired to that the first of them acts when the player passes and the lighting of one of the zones of the luminous panel takes place, on which the ball has to be thrown precisely, the second detector acting at the moment of launching, or what is same at the moment of impacting the player's foot on the ball.

In this way, the distance between both detectors determines the time that the player has to think before throwing the ball against the illuminated area that has been activated when the player passes through the first detector, and this time can be reduced to zero, if both detectors are arranged together, in which case the player will have to execute the launch instantaneously to the ignition of the area on which he is indicated as the target to hit with the ball.

Logically, these detectors will be placed beforehand, that is, in front of the goal on which the ball is to be thrown, goal that in addition to the frontal protection network of the panel with the illuminated areas, will have the appropriate supports to establish greater or smaller number of illuminated areas in the panel, so that the size and with it the difficulties for the player will increase the greater the number of zones, since these will be smaller.

What is intended is that through systematized training, the player will gradually reduce the separation distance between the detectors and thus also reduce the thinking time at the time of the action and, in addition, this process is carried out subject to the principle of success, so that the distance between the detectors should not be modified until the player has not achieved an acceptable statistical level of success in Every situation

Once this requirement has been fulfilled in each of the different stages of the training process, the player will reach a point where he will place both detectors at the same distance, having achieved, in this phase of the training, get rid of his habit of having to think at the time of the action, and will have been educated in the ability to act accurately in zero-time-thinking, or what is the same, to act correctly obeying a reflex impulse.

In addition, and with the added purpose that during the training process the trainer or another person is not required to supervise its correct operation, the proposed system is complemented by camcorders capable of automatically capturing the entire execution process, controlling and quantify, by means of a videosensor, the level of successes of each and every one of the shots with identification of the player who makes it, as well as store all the captured images and the results of each player, so that later the coach and / or the player himself can analyze the data to, depending on his progression, establish the training stage he needs.

As indicated, the system, in addition to the two fundamental detectors referred to, as well as the goal and panel with independent lighting zones, is complemented by a television camera that will capture the goal and the illuminated area of the panel that constitutes the objective of the Shooting, being able to complete with a second video camera that allows to obtain all the perspective of the play.

It will also have means of videosensor to determine the degree of success of the player based on the percentage of image of the ball that overlaps the image of the area chosen as white.

For the control and governance of all this, the system will be equipped with a computer that includes a digitalization and image capture program, as well as the videosensor and control programs for all signals, including the storage and statistical processing programs of the results, all this in such a way that the computer in question will control all the signals so that the presence of the coach is not required during the work session of the athletes.

Through this training system the player can be driven to a situation in which he is forced to act in zero-time thinking, getting used to acting due to a reflex impulse, or what is the same by accessing the action by instinct .

Regardless of the fact that due to its configuration and the controls that the system has been endowed with, the system can be used to fine-tune the aim even as a means of entertainment, the system in question is designed with the aim that through systematized training any The player progressively detaches himself from his habit of action by way of thought, thereby accessing the action by way of reflexes, that is, the faculty of making correct decisions in zero-thinking and therefore in zero-time . For this, the goal that is part of the system uses the uncertainty factor, since when the player starts his action he knows that he has to shoot at the goal, but he does not know what area of the goal he has to do it and once in the race to the ball, when the player is in front of the passage detector, the illumination of the goal area to which he has to shoot occurs, activating the system. As already said, the distance between the passage detector and the ball, next to which the impact detector is located, gives the player time to certify (know) where to shoot, certification time than in a systematized process training will reduce it by the progressive approximation of the passage detector to the position of the detector located next to the ball, until reaching both detectors at a zero distance. In this way once the player accesses that state of training, it will be his brain that acts by reflex, that is to say instantaneously, since he will have learned to act with precision in zero-time-thinking, or what is the same to act with success obeying a reflex impulse.

On the other hand, the videosensor that is also part of the system of the invention, and which has been referred to previously, intended to quantify the level of success of each of the shots, also allows to carry out an identification of the player who performs it , while the computer can store the sequential images and the results on a hard disk so that the coach can analyze them in order to, depending on their progression, establish the training status required by each player.

As is evident, the dimensions of the goal can be random, depending on its use by children, or adults, as well as space available for placement. In the same way, the panel in which the lighting zones are established, may include a variable number of these, either forming a single alignment, or forming two or more alignments, of greater or lesser size, etc., in order to increase or decrease the degree of difficulty in training.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To complement the description that is being made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical implementation thereof, a set of drawings is attached as an integral part of said description. In an illustrative and non-limiting manner, the following has been represented:

Figure 1 shows a representation according to a general perspective of an embodiment of the system of the invention, where a goal is shown with the protection network, the rear panel with some lighting areas, as well as a player in training phase and the corresponding image capture cameras, observing the two detectors that are a fundamental part of the system, one located at a point through which the player must pass before reaching the ball, and another located opposite it to capture the ball The moment of impact.

Figures 2 and 3.- They show two schematic front views of two panels with different number and size of lighting zones.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION In view of the aforementioned figures, a goal (1) intervenes in the system of the invention, which, as already mentioned, can be materialized with varying dimensions, which has a front net (2) and in a rear area a panel (3) mounted on a support and metal frame (4), on whose panel a series of independently illuminated zones (5) are established, as can be seen in Figures 2 and 3, so that those zones (5) can be be different in number and of course in sizes, in order to increase or decrease training difficulties. Thus, in figure 2 a goal (1) can be seen with a panel (3) in which sixteen zones (5) are set equal to each other, while in figure 3 the panel (3) of the goal (1) It comprises eight lighting zones (5), which logically are larger than the previous ones, and whose increase or decrease in dimensions can be carried out both vertically and horizontally, and be, as said, different or variable in number of lighting zones (5) that on the other hand can be illuminated independently and, in fact, this will be provided in the operation of the system.

As fundamental elements, the system of the invention includes a step detector (6) and an impact detector (7), which are mobile elements and can be located distant from each other, as shown in Figure 1, with greater or lesser approach, and even aligned with the ball

(8) that is at the same height as the impact detector (7).

The passage detector (6) can be constituted by an infrared barrier, a photocell or any other element that allows to determine that the athlete (9), during his career, has passed in front of such detector (6), being seen in that figure 1 to said athlete (9), before reaching the detector (6), passing through it and where the ball (8) is located on which impact.

For its part, the aforementioned impact detector (7), which occupies the position facing the ball (8), is intended to detect when an impact occurs on the ball (8), being that located at a distance variable with respect to the passage detector (6), in such a way that the separation between the two determines the reaction time, or what is the same the time that the player has to think, being able to vary depending on the training that is being carried out. Initially, it will start by placing both detectors at a certain distance and as the training progresses, its separation will be reduced until at the end they are together, or what is the same, through zero separation, a situation that will determine the state of zero thinking, that is, the player will act instantly and reflectively to the impulse received.

The system is complemented by a television camera (10) that captures the entire goal (1), as well as the illuminated area (5) of the panel (3) that will be the target of the shot, and optionally it can have a second camera video (10 ') that gets a perspective of the whole play.

The system also includes a video sensor not shown in the figures, which will determine the degree of success of the player based on the percentage of the image of the ball (8) that overlaps the image of the area (5) chosen as white, complementing all This is done with a computer that includes a digitalization and image capture program, and the videosensor and control programs for the entire system, as well as storage programs and statistical treatment of the results. According to the referred system, the form of work or training is as follows:

The athlete or player (9) starts the race towards the ball (8), as shown in figure 1 in three phases of the sequence, so that when that player (9) passes through the detector (6), The computer illuminates a zone (5) of the panel (3) so that said player (9), when it reaches the detector (7), located next to the ball (8), must throw into the illuminated area (5) that ends of referring. By gradually reducing the distance between the detectors (6) and (7) it is possible to get the player to shoot the ball (8) to the illuminated area (5) in a practically reflex way, that is to say without thinking, doing so instantaneously and reflects the panel signal.

Through this system, and when the player (9) is detected by the step detector (6), the computer saves the data corresponding to the player's name, the play number, date, with hour, minutes and seconds, establishing the program chosen a target that manifests as an illuminated area (5) of the goal (1), with the digitalization and recording of the signal by the cameras (10) and (10 ').

When the player (9) reaches the ball (8) and hits it, it is done by the detector (7), storing the hour, minute and second data.

The impact of the ball (8) on one of the targets, that is to say on one of the zones (5), is detected by the videosensor, executing actions such as the storage of the hour, minutes and seconds, also decreeing the end of the played and erasing the default target, while create a file containing the player's name, type of training program chosen, number of play, time elapsed between the start of the play and the impact on the ball, as well as time elapsed between the impact and the end of the play, percentage of success in the play, as well as the images of both cameras with the whole play, finally proceeding to reset the system for the next play.

In the event that the ball does not hit the illuminated target or zone (5), the system grants a waiting time that is previously set, after which the following actions will be executed: time, minutes and seconds are saved, decreed the end of the play, the default target is deleted, and a file is created containing the player's name, type of program and training chosen, as well as time elapsed between the start of the game and the impact on the ball, score of I hit zero and the images of both cameras with the whole play, finally resetting the entire system for the next play.

Obviously, you can set as many targets or zones (5) as you wish, all in a completely random way, according to the pre-established program and logically according to the desires of each coach, even leaving the program ready for each player Choose your own targets adjusted to the corresponding variable parameters. The system is also designed to be unlimited with respect to the times, as well as to have the appropriate storage capacity, which can be logically unlimited, even being able to establish means to check the speed applied to the ball, the player's reaction speed, statistics of successes, hours of training, etc.

Claims

R E I V I N D I C A C I O N E S

I ^a .- Training system and device to educate the reflexes of the soccer player, which being planned to improve the reflexes of soccer players or athletes who have to make ball throws, based on the use of a goal (1) with a panel (3) equipped with illuminated and independent zones (5), as the objective of the shots fired by the launch of the ball, said panel (3) being located behind a protection net (2), it is characterized in that it comprises two independent and mobile detectors (6) and (7), intended to be placed in front of the goal (1), the detector (6) determining a means of detecting the passage of the player (9) towards the ball (8) that has hitting, while the detector (7) determines a means of detecting the impact that said player (9) makes on the ball, this second detector (7) being located just next to the ball (8); having provided a television camera (10) properly located to capture the goal and the illuminated area (5) of the panel (3) that constitutes the objective of the shot, also including a video sensor that determines the degree of success of the player based on the percentage of the image of the ball (8) that overlaps the image of the zone (5) chosen as white, all complemented by a computer to support a program for scanning and capturing images, as well as controlling all the generated signals in the operation of the system itself.

2 .- System and training device to educate reflexes football player, according to claim I ^to, wherein the passage detector (6) is activated at the step of the player (9) for igniting the area (5) chosen as a target, corresponding to panel (3), said detector (6) being able to be located at any distance from the balloon (8) and by therefore of the impact detector (7), the distance between both detectors (6) and (7) corresponding to the reaction time of the player (9) corresponding to think the execution of the launch from passing between the detector (6) until it performs the impact on the ball (8).

3 .- System and training device to educate reflexes football player, according to previous claims, characterized in that the passage detector (6) is positionable at a zero distance from the impact sensor (7), determining for The player has a zero state of thought, said player acting instantaneously and in a way that reflects the impulse received and corresponding to the lighting of the zone (5) of illumination of the panel (3) provided in the goal (1).

4 .- System and training device to educate reflexes football player, according to previous claims, characterized in that the panel (3) is likely to comprise a variable number of lighting zones (5), resulting them higher or lower amplitude according to the established number of them, increasing or decreasing, respectively, the degree of difficulty that is intended to give the training.

5 .- System and training device to educate reflexes football player, according to previous claims, characterized in that optionally incorporates a second video camera (10 ') intended to be located in an appropriate place, by which it gets perspective of the whole play.