Discovery of a sweet spot on the foot with a smart wearable soccer boot sensor that maximizes the chances of scoring a curved kick in soccer

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Deutscher übersetzter Titel:Entdeckung eines Sweet-Spots am Fuß mit einem intelligenten, tragbaren Fußballschuh-Sensor, der die Chancen auf einen Bogen-Schuss im Fußball maximiert
Autor:Fuss, Franz Konstantin; Düking, Peter; Weizman, Yehuda
Erschienen in:Frontiers in physiology
Veröffentlicht:9 (2018) (Wearable Sensor Technology for Monitoring Training Load and Health in the Athletic Population ), Art.-ID 63; [17 S.], Lit.
Format: Literatur (SPOLIT)
Publikationstyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Medienart: Elektronische Ressource (online) Gedruckte Ressource
Sprache:Englisch
ISSN:1664-042X
DOI:10.3389/fphys.2018.00063
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Erfassungsnummer:PU201808005863
Quelle:BISp

Abstract des Autors

This paper provides the evidence of a sweet spot on the boot/foot as well as the method for detecting it with a wearable pressure sensitive device. This study confirmed the hypothesized existence of sweet and dead spots on a soccer boot or foot when kicking a ball. For a stationary curved kick, kicking the ball at the sweet spot maximized the probability of scoring a goal (58–86%), whereas having the impact point at the dead zone minimized the probability (11–22%). The sweet spot was found based on hypothesized favorable parameter ranges (center of pressure in x/y-directions and/or peak impact force) and the dead zone based on hypothesized unfavorable parameter ranges. The sweet spot was rather concentrated, independent of which parameter combination was used (two- or three-parameter combination), whereas the dead zone, located 21 mm from the sweet spot, was more widespread.