Development of a soccer ball launching device

• Main Authors: Mohd Hasnun Arif, Hassan, Zahari, Taha, Mohd Ali Hanafiah, Shaharudin, Lim, Kok Wee, Zulfika, Anuar
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English; English
• Published: Springer Singapore 2018
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery; TS Manufactures
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/21160/1/Development%20of%20a%20Soccer%20Ball%20Launching%20Device-fkp-2018-1.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/21160/7/book28%20Development%20of%20a%20soccer%20ball%20launching%20device.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/21160/; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8788-2_53
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah

Soccer players are allowed to use their heads to direct the ball to the teammates during the game. Studies have shown that purposeful heading of the ball in soccer might cause long-term traumatic brain injury. In order to analyze the impact of soccer heading on the brain in the laboratory, a device...