Soccer box

a soccer box and box body technology, applied in the field of athletic equipment, can solve the problems of general limitation of passing, excessive weight of rebounders with vertical walls, and inability to provide any training for passing along the ground for elastic net rebounders, etc., to achieve the effect of enhancing the rebound characteristics of products, flexible material characteristics, and solid rebound characteristics

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-03-10
ZUCCA MATTHEW +1
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The patent describes a rebound sports product made of fiberglass reinforced plastic that is lightweight, easy to assemble / disassemble, and can be placed in a carrying bag for transport. The product has exceptional rebound characteristics for soccer balls and is consistent across teams and players. It has four vertical walls connected at each end with cross-bracing to enhance wall stiffness. The use of FRP plastic with flexible material characteristics and tensioning rods further enhances the rebound characteristics of the product. The walls can be easily assembled and disassembled, and the product can be separated into two parts and folded together for enhanced portability.

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A problem with elastic net rebounders is that they are generally limited to the passing and returning of the ball in the air.
Elastic net rebounders do not provide any training for passing along the ground.
Rebounders with vertical walls are either excessively heavy (in order to have sufficient mass to achieve appropriate rebound effects).
As a result of the weight, the vertical wall rebounders are excessively heavy and impractical for regular use by coaches during practices.
They also do not provide rebound characteristic comparable to a ball being struck against a wall.

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[0045]The product can be constructed from four panels of fiber-reinforced plastic (“FRP”) grating covered with a fiber-reinforced plate. In general, the product can roughly measure between about 12 inches to about 36 inches high and 2 feet to 4 feet wide depending upon the desired dimensions and weight of the product. The FRP can be manufactured using a number of combinations of different fibers and plastic resins and can be molded or pultruded, as discussed in additional detail below. However, the characteristics of the product is its ability to effectively rebound a soccer ball either along the ground or in the air.

[0046]In an implementation, the product is intended to assist in the training and development of many of the skills needed for playing soccer. In soccer, players require different athletic abilities play the game. These athletic abilities can generally be grouped into the following skills categories: (1) Psychomotor, (2) Coordination, (3) Technical, (4) Physical, and (5...

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Abstract

A portable, lightweight soccer rebounding wall with good rebound characteristics, whereby the pace of the rebounding soccer ball is similar to that of the pace at which it was imparted against the wall. The system is easily assembled and disassembled and is sufficiently light to be carried by one person for several hundred yards. In a specific implementation, the rebounding wall includes a panel of pultruded, fiberglass cross bar grating.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent applications 61 / 724,779, filed Nov. 9, 2012, and 61 / 615,135, filed Mar. 23, 2012, which are incorporated by reference along with all other references cited in this application.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to athletic equipment and more specifically, to a soccer rebounding wall.[0003]The number of youth soccer players in the United States has doubled, to over four million players since 1990, according to the United States Soccer Federation. At the same time, the number of high school soccer players has more than doubled since 1990, to 730,106 athletes, the fastest growth rate among any major sport, according to statistics compiled by the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association. This has lead to an increase in the interest level for devices and equipment, to better train players of the sport.[0004]For some of the training, rebounders are used. For exa...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63B69/00
CPCA63B69/0097A63B69/002A63B2209/02A63B2210/50
Inventor ZUCCA, MATTHEWDEZA, ANDRES
Owner ZUCCA MATTHEW
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