EP1759737A1 - Training device - Google Patents

Abstract

The training device (1) includes ball providers and ball receivers (11o,11u) used to provide a user with a ball and for interacting with the ball received by the user. The ball providers and ball receivers are provided with optical and acoustic signal generators for providing optical and acoustic signals to indicate the ball interaction of the player. he ball providers and ball receivers are arranged in a playing field (10) in predetermined delimitation. An independent claim is included for the training method using the training device.

Description

The invention relates to a training device for training a user of the training device in a ball sport according to the preamble of claim 1 and an associated method.

Such training devices have at least two user-facing ball receivers for interacting with a ball and at least two ball transmitters, which serve to convey a ball to the user.

A well-known training device is, for example, a football field with two goals as a ball receiver and two ball guns built on the edge of the field as a ball sender. Alternatively, a person may be provided as a ball dispenser, who throws a ball or shoots a football player as a user. The football field serves as a playing field. To train the football players balls from the ball guns to the Football players brought on the field, these shoot in the gates, for example, to train their shooting technique.

The disadvantage of a soccer field as a coaching device of the coordination is that the training intensity is lacking and there are no possibilities for variation. Thus, the user is given a ball on the field by a given ball donor, who is to shoot this in a given goal. This training system is very immobile and lacks a surprising moment for the user of the field who knows exactly where the ball is coming from and where the ball is going.

The object of the present invention is to provide a training device which places a higher demand on the responsiveness and coordination ability of the user and thereby enables a higher training efficiency.

This object is achieved by a training device with the characteristics of claim 1. Accordingly, at least one optical and / or acoustic signal generator is provided, which indicates to the user by emitting an optical and / or acoustic signal one of the ball receiver as a selected target for interacting with a ball that one of the ball conveyors conveys to the user. Thus, the user of the training device can be displayed very quickly on the signal generator, to which ball receiver he has to carry the ball.

For the interaction of the ball with the ball receiver, the ball must at least be brought close to the ball receiver. Whether the ball at least partially penetrates the ball receiver, is picked up by it, touched it and / or rebounds from it, etc. is due to the exact configuration of the training device.

As a signal generator can serve as a speaker, for example, announcing the selected ball receiver or a light beam that refers to the selected ball receiver. The buzzer indicates in which ball receiver the user of the exerciser has to play the ball. As a result, the user can only be shown at short notice, which is his current ball receiver. Such a training device is particularly suitable for training the coordination of the user, since the user only knows after the signaling has taken place where he has to play the ball. Thus, in particular the reaction and coordination ability of the user is trained by the training device.

The training device according to the invention has the advantage that the user initially does not even know to which ball receiver he should carry the ball introduced by one of the ball on the field ball, as the target selected ball receiver is only briefly displayed by the signal generator as the current destination. In the training device, at least two ball receivers are arranged so that the user of the training device can convey a ball conveyed to him. It is envisaged that the user conveys the ball in the manner intended for the sport to the selected ball receiver: In a football coach this would be, for example, a shot with the foot or the head, while for example a basketball or handball coach has at least two ball receiver The ball can be either a classic ball, such as football, basketball, handball or golf ball, but also a ball-like object, such as a puck or a football that must be placed in a specific space area (goal, basket, etc.) in order to score points in ball sport.

Each ball receiver is preferably associated with an optical and / or acoustic signal generator, the signal generators being designed and provided to display the ball receiver assigned to them as the target of a ball which one of the ball transmitters conveys onto the playing field. The signal generator can be arranged on the ball receivers. Thus, for example, flashing lights, in particular LEDs and / or loudspeakers or megafones, which either give only a brief signal or else until the ball has been picked up by the selected ball receiver, can be arranged on the ball receivers. The arrangement of the signal generator on the respective ball receiver make the assignment of the signal generator to their respective ball receivers easy for the user of the training device.

In a preferred embodiment, a playing field is defined by the exercising device or the exercising device has a playing field on which the user stays while exercising with the exercising device. The playing field depends on the particular ball sport: For example, in football or handball, the field of play is a lawn or gymnasium, and for a water polo coach, a swimming pool.

In this embodiment, the ball dispensers and / or the ball receiver are preferably arranged on a boundary of the playing field and facing the playing field. This makes it easier to move the ball to the pitch and to access the ball receiver from the field.

In this case, it is particularly preferred that the playing field has at least one ball dispenser and / or one ball receiver on all sides of the playing field. A square playing field would thus have at least four ball receivers and four ball senders. The user can thus be given balls by the ball players on all sides of the field, and ball receivers can also be selected as targets on all sides of the field. This enhances the potential variation possibilities for the ball input as well as for the ball delivery to the ball receivers and thus poses an increased challenge to the reaction and coordination ability of the user.

It can be provided in particular that the field is completely limited by the ball providers and / or the ball receivers. The playing field is surrounded by a wall consisting of ball encoders and ball receivers, whereby a grid-like resolution of the possible directions for the ball input as well as for the Ballherausgabe is generated. It has been shown that the coordination ability of athletes is more demanding when the ball can come from many different directions and can be played in many different directions.

In one embodiment, the ball donors are at the same time designed as a ball receiver and Ballgeber. This combination of ball sender and receiver in one device element increases the number of ballers and ball receivers that can be set up with limited space at the edge of the field.

Preferably, a plurality of ball dispensers and / or ball receiver are arranged one above the other, so that not only merely for example on the ground ball receiver and / or -geber can be arranged, but also a plurality of superimposed. This further increases the number of directions from which a ball can be placed on the field or the number of directions along which the ball is to be led from the field to one of the ball receiver out.

Preferably, each ball encoder is associated with an optical and / or acoustic signal generator, these signal generators are designed and provided to display their respective assigned ball dispenser as a selected ball dispenser, which will carry a ball on the field. These signals indicate the user from which direction he has to expect the ball. The signals identifying the The selected ball giver and ball receiver may be different in order to better show the player where to expect the ball and where to play the ball. For example, the signal generator for the ball receiver in a different color shine as the signal generator for the ball encoders or one formed as an acoustic signal and the other as optical etc.

Preferably, the training device comprises a random number generator for selecting one of the ball receivers as the target of a ball. By the random generator, a ball dispenser can be selected randomly. The random generator makes it possible to train not only specific training programs but also randomly selected moves.

In one embodiment, a return device is provided which returns a ball from one of the ball receivers to one of the ball transmitters. This allows a quick repetition of the training process and thereby the demands on the user. Preferably, each ball receiver is provided with such a return device to automatically guide the balls back to the ball encoders. If the ball dispenser and ball receiver are combined in a single element, the return device can also serve to distribute the balls evenly on the ball dispensers again.

Preferably, the training device on a control device that controls the signal generator and ball dispenser. Optionally, the control device can also serve to control a random number generator. By means of the control device, the exercising process can be controlled (for example accelerated or slowed down) or the direction in which the ball is to be played and from which the ball is conveyed onto the playing field can be controlled.

In one embodiment, a timer measures the time a user of the exerciser needs to bring a ball from one of the selected ball transmitters to one of the selected ball receivers. By measuring this time, the speed of the user can be measured, or the time it takes for the user to bring the ball under his control and send it to the ball receiver.

Preferably, a storage means stores data of a user of the exerciser measured by a sensor. Register eg reception sensors, whether a ball in the selected ball receiver has arrived or not, the storage means stores whether the user has brought the ball in the selected ball receiver and how long the user has used for it. By means of a pulse measuring device, which measures the pulse of the user, also the load of the user as a function of the time can be measured.

The storage means may store user-related data, e.g. a timer measures. This allows the data of different users to be stored and compared with each other. It is also possible to observe the data of a single user over a longer period of time and to record possible improvements or deteriorations of his state of training.

In this case, it is preferably provided that the storage means stores the time as a function of the respectively selected donors and ballerinas. The stored data allows a comparison of different users in certain game situations.

Preferably, the ball encoders are mechanically constructed and electronically controlled, as well as the ball receiver.

• Auswählen eines Ballempfängers zum Wechselwirken mit einem Ball,
• Geben eines optischen und/oder akustischen Signals durch den Signalgeber zum Anzeigen des ausgewählten Ballempfängers und
• einer der Ballgeber befördert den Ball zum Benutzer.

The object underlying the invention is further achieved by a method according to claim 22 for training a user located on the playing field of a training device according to the invention. The method comprises the following steps:

• Selecting a ball receiver to interact with a ball,
• Giving an optical and / or acoustic signal by the signal generator for displaying the selected ball receiver and
• one of the ball conveyors carries the ball to the user.

After selecting a ball receiver this is indicated to the user by an optical and / or acoustic signal. This is given by one of the ball donors a ball he has to play in the selected ball receiver.

It is preferably registered by a receiving sensor, if the ball arrives in the selected ball receiver. This completes a turn and a new one can begin.

It is preferably provided that before the ball is conveyed onto the playing field, a ball dispenser is selected, to which an optical and / or acoustic signal generator is assigned and which gives a signal before the selected signal generator places the ball on the playing field. This allows the user to prepare for the ball's cross. It can also be provided that both the selected ball dispenser and the ball receiver before the Heingabe of the ball is displayed by a corresponding signal to the user. He has a short time to prepare for the move and then gets a ball leaked by the selected ball sender.

In one embodiment, controlled oxygen depletion is created on the field for the user. This will improve the endurance of the user. The oxygen control may e.g. by an airtight cover of the training device and an oxygen pump, or by oxygen control in a hall in which the training device is placed.

The method is preferably repeated, so that a plurality of balls for the user to be promoted to the field in succession, which he has to play depending on the ball sport in the selected ball receiver.

Figur 1

einen schematischer Schnitt durch eine Fußballtrainiervorrichtung mit einem Spielfeld, das an allen vier Seiten von über- und nebeneinander angeordneten Ballgebern und Ballempfängern begrenzt ist und

Figur 2

einen perspektivischer Schnitt durch die Fußballtrainiervorrichtung der Figur 1.

The invention will be explained in more detail with reference to an embodiment shown in FIGS. Show it:

FIG. 1

a schematic section through a Fußballtrainiervorrichtung with a playing field, which is limited on all four sides of above and next to each other arranged Ballgebänger and ball receivers and

FIG. 2

a perspective section through the Fußballtrainiervorrichtung of Figure 1.

Figures 1 and 2 each show a schematic, perspective section through a training device 1 from different angles. The training device 1 has a playing field 10 and is surrounded by combined ball and ball receivers 11. A return device 13, 13o and 13u is used for distributing and for returning in the combined ball senders and receivers 11 shot in footballs.

The training device 1 is a football training device. It is set up in a hall 2, but can also be set up outdoors, especially on a lawn.

The playing field 10 serves a user of the training device as a playing field. If a user wishes to be trained by the training device 1, he or she stands on the playing field 10 and waits for a ball to pass as a ball through one of the ball dispensers 11.

The Ballgeber 11 also serve as ball and ball receiver. This means that such a combined ball sender and receiver 11 can both bring a football on the playing field 10, and serves as a gate for receiving a ball played by the user in the combined ball sender and receiver 11.

The playing field is dimensioned such that a user located on the playing field 10 can reach all the ball receivers 11, irrespective of which side of the playing field they are arranged on. Achievement means that the user can carry the ball in the ball sports typical manner to the ball recipients, shoot so football or play with his head. For a football coach as a training device 1 is suitable, for. a playing field 10, which is about 6 x 10 m.

The playing field 10 is interchangeable and may consist of both turf (e.g., artificial turf) and classic gym floor material. As an alternative to a replaceable playing field, the training device 1 could also have no floor, so that the user would be trained on the floor of the hall 2.

The combined ball transmitters and receivers 11 are arranged on all four sides of the field and facing the playing field 10. The side of the training device 1, which faces the observer in FIG. 1, is cut off by the sectional view. However, the training device 1 is by no means open on this page, but also has here as on the opposite side combined ball transmitters and receivers 11.

The combined ball transmitters and receivers 11 have a substantially square opening 15 which serves as a gate and which limits the playing field 10 on one side. Behind the opening 15, the combined ball transmitters and receivers converge in a funnel shape and finally open on the side facing away from the playing field 10 Side in a round ball reservoir 14, which serves for the storage of waves that can be placed on the field 10. The ball reservoir 14 is coupled with its side facing away from the field to a return device 13.

The combined ball transmitters and receivers 11 are arranged in two rows one above the other, so that, for example, the combined ball transmitter and receiver 11o is arranged above the lower combined ball transmitter and receiver 11a. The openings 15 are approximately 2 × 2 m in size, so that three combined ball transmitters and receivers are arranged side by side and side by side on the longer playing field sides 5 on the narrower playing field sides of the training device 1 illustrated in the figures. In addition, an upper row of ball transmitters and receivers is arranged above the lower row of combined ball transmitters and receivers, so that the exercising apparatus 1 has a total of 32 combined ball transmitters and receivers 11.

The lower ball transmitters and receivers 11u are connected in the ball reservoir 14 to a lower return tube 13u of the return device 13, while the upper ball transmitters and receivers 11o are connected to an upper return tube 13o. About the retrieval device 13, 13o and 13u the ball reservoirs 14 are filled with balls, or the ball reservoir 14 balls are withdrawn if a ball reservoir 14 contains more than a certain number of balls.

Each of the combined ball transmitters and receivers is equipped with a signal generator. The signal generator is formed in the training device of Figures 1 and 2 as an optical signal generator and thereby gives a signal that it emits along the opening 15 of the combined ball transmitter and receiver 11 light of a particular color. The signal generator can e.g. be realized in that it consists of LEDs which are arranged along the opening 15 forming rods. By giving a signal through the buzzer, one of the combined ball transmitters and receivers is displayed as the selected ball donor and receiver 12 for the user.

When training a football player with the training device 1 is selected by a control device, not shown, one of the combined ball dispenser and receiver as a ball dispenser and the same or another of the combined ball dispenser and receiver 11 as a ball receiver. The signalers associated with the selected ball dispenser and the selected ball receiver then illuminate their opening and display it as selected to the user. Then a ball is introduced by the selected ball dealer on the field. The football player on the Playground 10 must now try to shoot the ball as quickly as possible in the selected ball receiver. Depending on the position of the selected ball receiver and Ballgebers the forwarding of the ball is different difficult. Also, by shortening the time in which the signalers indicate the selected ball receiver and ball dispenser, the degree of difficulty can be increased.

In a storage means, both the time at which the ball is conveyed onto the playing field by a ball dispenser and the time at which the user of the exercising device 1 shoots the ball into one of the combined ball dispensers and receivers 11 are saved. For this purpose, each ball receiver is provided with a reception sensor, which registers whether a ball has been shot through one of the openings 15. The receiving sensor may e.g. be configured as a light barrier, or register the balls that are arranged in the ball reservoir 14 of the combined ball transmitter and receiver 11.

By measuring these times it can be checked whether the user has brought the ball in the right ball receiver and how long the user has needed for the forwarding of the ball. This user-related data can be stored and the data of different users compared with each other.

The training device is primarily intended to train professional footballers. Alternatively, the training device 1 can also be designed as a kind of slot machine and have a display board on which the reaction time of the best users are displayed as a kind of "high score". By the training device 1 reaction times and speed of the user can be measured and compared.

The training device 1 can also be provided with a roof, which closes the training airtight. Oxygen deprivation allows the user of the exerciser to be trained during a more extreme load. The pre-ordered training device is a basic scheme that is expandable: The playing field can be used by several players at the same time, of which one gets leaked a ball sender who has to pass the ball to a teammate, who in turn must shoot him to the selected ball receiver. It is also possible to let two teams play against each other in a slightly larger training device, whereby the ball receivers, in which a ball located on the field must be brought, change from time to time.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

training device

2

Hall

10

matchfield

11

Combined ball dispenser and receiver

11o

Upper ball donor and receiver

11u

Bottom ball dispenser and receiver

12

Selected ball transmitter and receiver

13

retrieval

13o

Upper return tube

13u

Lower return tube

14

ball reservoir

15

opening

Claims (27)

Training device for training a user of the training device in a ball sport with - At least two user-facing ball receivers (11) for interacting with a ball and - At least two ball encoders (11) for carrying a ball to the user characterized in that
at least one optical and / or acoustic signal generator is provided, which indicates to the user by emitting an optical and / or acoustic signal one of the ball receiver (11) as a selected target for interacting with a ball that one of the ball dispensers (11) conveys to the user. Training device according to claim 1, characterized in that the interaction of a ball with one of the ball receiver (11) comprises a penetration of at least a part of the ball receiver (11), in particular a picking up of the ball by the ball receiver (11). Training device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that each of the ball receiver (11) is associated with a signal generator, which indicates to the user by emitting the optical and / or acoustic signal associated with him ball receiver (11) as a selected target for interacting with a ball , Training device according to claim 3, characterized in that the signal transmitters are arranged on the ball receivers (11). Training device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a playing field (10) for the user of the training device (1) to which the ball dispensers (11) and ball receivers (11) are facing. Training device according to claim 5, characterized in that the ball dispensers (11) and / or the ball receiver (11) are arranged on a boundary of the playing field. Training device according to claim 6, characterized in that the playing field (10) comprises at least one ball dispenser (11) and / or a ball receiver (11) on all sides of the playing field. Training device according to claim 7, characterized in that the playing field (10) is completely bounded by the ball transmitters (11) and / or the ball receiver (11). Training device according to one of claims 5 to 8, characterized in that the playing field (10) has a replaceable bottom. Training device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the ball receiver (11) at the same time as a ball receiver (11) and Ballgeber (11) are formed. Training device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a plurality of the ball dispensers (11) and / or the ball receiver (11) are arranged one above the other. Training device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that each of the ball dispensers (11) is associated with an optical and / or acoustic signal generator, these signal generators are designed and provided to their respective assigned ball dispenser (11) as a selected ball dispenser (11). who will move a ball onto the court (10). Training device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a random number generator for selecting one of the ball receivers (11) as the target of a ball which one of the ball dispensers (11) carries onto the playing field (10) and / or for selecting one of the ball transmitters (11). who will carry a ball on the field (10). Training device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a return device for returning a ball from one of the ball receiver (11) to one of the ball dispensers (11). Training device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a control device controls the signal transmitter and ball dispenser (11). Training device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a timer measures the time required by a user of the exercising device (1) to bring a ball from one of the selected ball dispensers (11) to one of the selected ball receivers (11). Training device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a storage means by a sensor measured data of a user of the training device (1) stores. Training device according to claim 16 and 17, characterized in that the storage means stores user-related times, which the timer measures. Training device according to claim 18, characterized in that the storage means stores the user-related times in dependence on the respectively selected ball dispenser (11) and ball receiver (11). Training device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that each ball receiver (11) is associated with a receiving sensor, which detects whether the ball receiver (11) has received a ball. Training device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the ball dispensers (11) and / or ball receiver (11) are mechanically constructed. Method for training a user on the playing field of a training device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by the steps: Selecting a ball receiver (11) to interact with a ball, - Give an optical and / or acoustic signal by the signal generator for displaying the selected ball receiver (11) and - One of the ball dispenser (11) conveys the ball to the user. A method according to claim 22, characterized in that is registered by a receiving sensor, if the ball in the selected ball receiver (11) arrives. A method according to claim 22 or 23, characterized in that prior to conveying the ball to the user, a ball dispenser (11) is selected, which is associated with an optical and / or acoustic signal generator and gives a signal before the selected ball dispenser (11) Put ball on the field (10). A method according to claim 24, characterized in that the selection of the ball receiver (11) and Ballgeber (11) is effected by a control device. Method according to one of claims 22 to 25, characterized in that for the user of the training device (1) a controlled oxygen reduction is generated. Method according to one of claims 22 to 26, characterized in that the method is repeated.

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