FOOTGGY: Design of a smart football training device
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https://doi.org/10.46842/ipn.cien.v30n1a12Keywords:
soccer, systematic review, training devices, design criteria, user requirementsAbstract
This article introduces the design concept for FOOTGGY, a smart football training device. Based on a previous systematic review, a semi-quantitative matrix was constructed and applied to eight selected patents, evaluating speed, angle, accuracy, control, reaction time, biomechanical variables, 3D spatial parameters, and unpredictability. The results show greater coverage in the physical control of the system and less integration of biomechanical and cognitive variables. FOOTGGY is proposed as a device with launcher module, LED stimuli, sensors, real-time feedback and IoT/AI integration. The core metric is a maximum accuracy error of 2%, aimed at assessing the player's technical performance, accuracy, variability, and repeatability.
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