DEVELOPMENT OF AN OMNI-DIRECTIONAL BALL LAUNCHER

Abstract

To excel in football, a player must enhance both technical and tactical abilities. This improvement is achieved through repeated practice of ball-handling positions. A study introduces a design for a football throwing machine, capable of consistently directing and propelling the ball for thorough educational assessment. The machine features a ball loading canister to accommodate multiple balls, and two polyurethane throwing wheels mounted on a horizontally fixed body. Each wheel’s speed can be adjusted independently. Horizontal ball movement is controlled by the difference of speeds at each motor, and vertical ball movement is controlled by the lifter mechanism, while electronic systems manage velocity, direction, trajectory. Speed and direction control operation are controlled with two separate DC motor speed controllers. At this project we used the universal motors which can run from DC and AC power source. However, we using the DC 36V power source with charge controller mounted into the device frame.