Dribbling and ball control sports training system and method

• US 20070219024A1
• Filed: 03/16/2006
• Published: 09/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Luis Edgar Allegre
• Original Assignee: Luis Edgar Allegre
• Inventors: Allegre, Luis Edgar
• Application Number:
  US11/376,099
• Publication Number:
  US 20070219024A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/422
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/22 Field hockey
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0075 Means for generating exercise programs or schemes, e.g. computerized virtual trainer, e.g. using expert databases
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/002 for football American-football dummies A63B69/34
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0071 for basketball

Abstract

A sports training method is described comprising the following steps: classifying the dribbling and ball or puck control motions into modular predetermined motion sequences according to the sensomotor and technical skills developed, evaluating athlete'"'"'s skill level in relation to dribbling and ball or puck control in a specific sport; transmitting to the athlete the information regarding predetermined motion sequences according to the diagnosed skill level; developing dribbling technique and key sensomotor skills; developing dribbling creativity and innovation in the athlete; sequentially performing the predetermined motion sequences in individual or group dynamics; monitoring and evaluating the performance of the athlete as pertains to his/her ability to perform the predetermined motion sequences and updating the knowledge base of the training method so that the sports training method is never obsolete or is outgrown by athlete. A sports training system is also described comprising means for classifying different dribbling and ball control motions into modular predetermined motion sequences according to the sensomotor and technical skills developed, means for indicating the positioning of feet and ball, means for developing specific sports skills related to dribbling and ball control motions and also the sensomotor skills required in most sports, such as balance, accuracy, flexibility, speed, and strength, means for integrating the sense of rhythm, means for communicating the predetermined sequences to the athlete, means for monitoring and evaluation, means for rehabilitating sports injuries and means for updating and increasing the knowledge base of the training system.

Claims

1. A sports training method which comprises the following steps:

classifying different dribbling and ball or puck control motions into

predetermined motion sequences according to the sensomotor and technical skills developed,

evaluating athlete'"'"'s skill level in relation to dribbling and ball or puck control in a specific sport,

transmitting training information to the athlete according to a diagnosed skill level,

developing dribbling technique and key sensomotor skills,

developing dribbling creativity and innovation in the athlete,

monitoring and evaluating the performance of the athlete as pertains to his/her ability to perform the predetermined motion sequences and create new sequences, and

updating a knowledge base of the training method.

2. A sports training method according to claim 1, wherein the step of classifying the different dribbling and ball control motions results in modular and interconnected predetermined motion sequences.

3. A sports training method according to claim 2, wherein the steps of classifying the different dribbling and ball control motions into predetermined motion sequences is organized into different skill levels.

4. A sports training method according to claim 1, wherein the athlete'"'"'s skill level is evaluated and determined in terms of precision, speed, balance, resistance, individual technique, technique in group dynamics and creativity.

5. A sports training method according to claim 1, wherein the athlete receives the appropriate predetermined motion sequences in accordance with the previous evaluation of the athlete'"'"'s diagnosed skill level through any of several means such as printed formats, electronic media, computers, internet or mobile wireless media.

6. A sports training method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined motion sequences are described textually, graphically, or using animation, video, audio, multimedia, interactivity, motion sensations, or a combination of any or all of these.

7. A sports training method of claim 1, in which the athlete sequentially performs the predetermined motion sequences to develop dribbling and specific technical and sensomotor skills.

8. A sports training method according to claim 1, wherein the athlete develops the sensomotor skills required in sports such as balance, accuracy, flexibility, speed, strength or the technical abilities specific to dribbling and ball or puck control.

9. A sports training system according to claim 8, wherein the athlete develops a sense of rhythm defined in terms of the spatio-temporal relationship between the athlete, the ball or puck, and the player of the opposing team the athlete has to dribble around.

10. A sports training method according to claim 8, wherein dribbling and ball control skills are developed in individual and/or group dynamics.

11. A sports training method according to claim 8, wherein the athlete performs the predetermined motion sequences first with one of the legs and then with the other leg so as to develop a comparable level of ability with both legs.

12. A sports training method according to claim 8, wherein the athlete performs the predetermined motion sequences on several adjoining mat bodies or any other adjoining means for indicating the positioning of feet and ball.

13. A sports training method of claim 1, in which the athlete performs steps conducive to developing creativity and innovation in dribbling and ball control.

14. A sports training method according to claim 13, wherein the athlete is instructed to go beyond the predetermined motion sequences and combine the predetermined motion sequences learned and is instructed to improvise and create new dribbling and ball or puck control sequences utilizing one or a combination of several of the following basic motions:

step, jump and turn plus the predetermined motion sequences learned.

15. A sports training method according to claim 1, which further includes the steps of monitoring and evaluating the performance of the athlete through the use of numeric tables or by using the same media utilized for communication with the athlete such as printed formats, internet and mobile wireless media.

16. A sports training method of claim 1, wherein the objective of the predetermined motion sequences is rehabilitation of an injured muscle or group of muscles.

17. A sports training method according to claim 16, where the monitoring and evaluation of the rehabilitation process uses several parameters such as presence and intensity of pain, strength, endurance and flexibility of said muscle, and the overall physical and mental condition of the athlete.

18. A sports training system, which comprises:

means for developing dribbling creativity and innovation in the athlete,

means for classifying different dribbling and ball or puck control motions into predetermined motion sequences according to the sensomotor and technical skills developed,

means for indicating the positioning of feet and of the ball or puck or any other object similar in form and/or function to that of a ball or puck,

means for developing sports skills related to dribbling and ball or puck control motions,

means for communicating the training information to the athlete, and

means for updating the knowledge base of the training system.

19. A sports training method according to claim 18, wherein the system provides means for instructing the athlete to improvise and create new dribbling and ball or puck control sequences utilizing the following basic motions:

step, jump and turn, combined with the predetermined dribbling motion sequences that have been identified and classified by the system

20. A sports training system according to claim 18, wherein the means for classifying the different dribbling and ball or puck control motions into predetermined motion sequences is defined by the sensomotor and technical skills developed and described in terms of the positioning of the left foot, the right foot, the ball or puck and of any other body part that comes in contact with ball or puck

21. A sports training system according to claim 20, wherein the means for classifying the different dribbling and ball control motions into predetermined motion sequences is modular and interconnected in structure.

22. A sports training system according to claim 20, wherein the means for classifying the different dribbling and ball control motions into predetermined motion sequences is organized into different skill levels.

23. A sports training system according to claim 18, wherein dribbling and ball control skills are developed in individual and/or group dynamics.

24. A sports training system according to claim 23, wherein the athlete develops a sense of rhythm defined in terms of the spatio-temporal relationship between the athlete, the ball or puck, and the player of the opposing team the athlete has to dribble around.

25. A sports training system according to claim 18, wherein the means for indicating the positioning of feet and ball is based on the anatomical and biomechanical characteristics of the human body.

26. A sports training system according to claim 25, wherein the means for indicating the positioning of feet and ball has physical dimensions based on the height of the player.

27. A sports training system according to claim 18, wherein the means for indicating the positioning of feet and ball is a mat body made of plastic, fabric, laminar or similar material and is rigid and non-foldable.

28. A sports training system according to claim 18, wherein the means for indicating the positioning of feet and ball is a mat body made of plastic, fabric, laminar or similar material and is flexible and foldable.

29. A sports training system according to claim 27, wherein the upper layer of the mat body or similar object or surface allows easy sliding of feet and rolling of ball, and the bottom layer may adhere to floor so as to diminish the possibility of the mat body or similar object or surface from sliding and causing injury to the athlete.

30. A sports training system according to claim 27, wherein the means for indicating the positioning of feet and ball has visual indicia for indicating both the positioning of the ball or puck and the different parts of the body of the player that come into contact with the ball or puck.

31. A sports training system according to claim 18, in which the means for transmitting efficiently the predetermined sequences to the athlete consists of different communication formats such as printed media, electronic media, computers, internet and wireless mobile media.

32. A sports training system according to claim 18, wherein the means for evaluating both the initial skill level of the athlete before the training method is initiate and monitoring the athlete'"'"'s progress in the acquisition of the dribbling and ball control skills are the same as those used for communicating efficiently with the athlete and consists of information in different formats such as tables displayed in conventional printed media, electronic media, computers, internet and wireless mobile media.

33. A sports training system according to claim 18, wherein the means for updating the knowledge base of said system uses a graphical user interface accessed through the internet, mobile, or other portable wireless media that allows anyone, anyplace, anytime to upload new information to the knowledge base of the sports training system.