Sensor Array Design and Development of Smart Sensing System for Kick Force Visualization in Soccer. (2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Weizman, Yehuda; Fuss, Franz Konstantin
• Is Part Of: Procedia technology. Volume 20(2015)
• Page Start: 138
• Page End: 143
• Publication Date: 2015
• Subjects: Soccer -- kicking -- curve kick -- foot to ball impact phase -- force -- pressure -- centre of pressure (COP) -- piezoresistive -- 4D vector diagram -- visualizasion; Technology -- Congresses; Technology -- Periodicals; Engineering -- Congresses; Engineering -- Periodicals; Engineering; Technology; Conference proceedings; Periodicals; 605
• DOI: 10.1016/j.protcy.2015.07.023
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2212-0173

Abstract

Abstract: Kicking performance in soccer is a major skill that can strongly influence the success of a team. A low-cost sensing platform was designed and developed to visualize the forces between a ball and smart sensing system. The instrumentation, consisting of piezoresistive material used as a novel pressure array and a programmable microcontroller, measures the magnitude of the kick force and centre of pressure (COP) with respect to a soccer boot coordinate system. The movement of the COP and the force vector diagram of curve kicks, colour-coded with progressing time, were displayed on a 4D model of a soccer boot in AutoCAD. The current study is a pilot to determine foot to ball impact characteristics which will ultimately be used for enhancement performance of kick accuracy in soccer.