A Comparative Study of Ball Launch Measurement Systems; Soccer Case Study (P44)

Ronkainen, Jouni; Holmes, Christopher; Harland, Andy R.; Jones, Roy

doi:10.1007/978-2-287-09411-8_29

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“…The transit time is a guide of the time (in milliseconds) between the ball being released to impacting the bat players were identified based on bowling style and level of experience; see Table 3. High-speed video filming is a popular method of measuring ball spin in sport, and, although there are errors associated with the digitization and measurement process, it remains the favoured measurement method within this domain [17]. During the current testing protocol, the major errors associated with high-speed camera measurements were minimized by setting the ball flight path to be as close to perpendicular to the camera field of view as possible (to minimize the radial lens distortion) and limiting the measurement region to the centre half of the field of view (to minimize lens barrel distortion).…”

Section: High-speed Video Filming In Trainingmentioning

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Quantification and characterization of cricket bowling technique for the development of the parameters required for a novel training system for cricket

Justham

West

Cork

2008

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P:

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Cricket bowling has traditionally been referenced using ball release speed, and existing classifications consider the four major bowling types as fast, fast-medium, medium, and spin. A research project based at Loughborough University has recognized the need for an extended bowling classification that not only considers the ball speed, but also its initial flight characteristics, including any spin imparted at release. The purpose of this paper has been the development of an extended bowling classification, which has been used in the development of a requirements specification for an advanced ball delivery system for cricket, to ensure the accurate recreation of technically correct bowling deliveries.Data collected during training and match play have been used to define bowling quantitatively. The initial ball flight characteristics of 30 elite-level bowlers have been filmed in training using a Photron FASTCAM ultima APX high-speed video camera. These videos have been used to determine the speed, the rate of spin, and the initial flight trajectory of the ball at release. Additionally, Hawk-Eye ball-tracking software has been used to investigate the full flight characteristics of seven elite bowlers during a five Test match series.

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Section: High-speed Video Filming In Trainingmentioning

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Quantification and characterization of cricket bowling technique for the development of the parameters required for a novel training system for cricket

Justham

West

Cork

2008

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“…For recording the ball flight, radar tracking systems 11 and high-speed video systems 8,12 tend to be difficult to initially set up, slow to repeat, and none have been proven to be sufficiently accurate for detailed flight assessment, such as orientation effects. 13 To develop a high-fidelity flight model and subsequent post-processing techniques to directly compare the flight characteristics of balls from wind tunnel data will reduce the need to physically test the aerodynamics of new prototype balls in such an uncontrolled way.…”

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Characterisation of football trajectories for assessing flight performance

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Passmore

Spencer

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Much discussion surrounds the flight of association footballs (soccer balls), particularly where the flight may be perceived as irregular. This is particularly prevalent in high-profile competitions due to increased camera coverage and public scrutiny. All footballs do not perform in an identical manner in flight. This article develops methods to characterise the important features of flight, enabling direct, quantitative comparisons between ball designs. The system used to generate the flight paths included collection of aerodynamic force coefficient data in a wind tunnel, which were input into a flight model across a wide range of realistic conditions. Parameters were derived from these trajectories to characterise the in-flight deviations across the range of flights from which the aerodynamic performance of different balls were statistically compared. The amount of lateral movement in flight was determined by calculating the final lateral deviation from the initial shot vector. To quantify the overall shape of the flight, increasing orders of polynomial functions were fitted to the flight path until a good fit was obtained with a high-order polynomial indicating a less consistent flight. The number of inflection points in each flight was also recorded to further define the flight path. The orientation dependency of a ball was assessed by comparing the true shot to a second flight path without considering orientation-dependent forces. The difference between these flights isolated the effect of orientation-dependent aerodynamic forces. The article provides the means of quantitatively describing a ball's aerodynamic behaviour in a defined and robust mathematical process. Conclusions were not drawn regarding which balls are good and bad; these are subjective terms and can only be analysed through comprehensive player perception studies.

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“…The validation stage was carried out indoors and split into two: velocity and launch angle measurement. In order to recreate a realistic soccer strike scenario a purpose-built mechanical kicking simulator [20] was utilized to ensure repeatable strikes at a set velocity in a similar scenario to an actual player striking the ball. The LTS system was set up perpendicular 1.7 m from the line of ball travel.…”

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Laser tracking system for sports ball trajectory measurement

Ronkainen

Harland

2010

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Citation: RONKAINEN, J. and HARLAND, A.R., 2010 DOI: 10.1243/17543371JSET67Abstract: The sports ball market is a multi-million dollar industry; original equipment manufacturers are continually trying to develop sports balls and in order to achieve improvement in performance they often utilize launch and/or flight monitors to allow consistent measurement and benchmarking of their balls under test. This paper introduces a laser tracking system (LTS), which has been specifically designed for soccer ball tracking. This LTS combines two different concepts together in an innovative optical solution to allow the system to track an arbitrarily moving soccer ball in a completely non-contact and non-marking methodology, tracking a ball in real time up to approximately 10 m/s. The system was programmed to act as a launch monitor capable of reporting the ball launch velocity and launch angle. In order to achieve the fully functional LTS, the hardware and software choices are clearly outlined, as well as describing the tracking methodology used to achieve the real-time tracking capability.

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A Comparative Study of Ball Launch Measurement Systems; Soccer Case Study (P44)

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Quantification and characterization of cricket bowling technique for the development of the parameters required for a novel training system for cricket

Quantification and characterization of cricket bowling technique for the development of the parameters required for a novel training system for cricket

Characterisation of football trajectories for assessing flight performance

Laser tracking system for sports ball trajectory measurement

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