The average National Football League (NFL) game features about four field goal attempts. Since 2001, around 20% of NFL games have been decided by three points or fewer, a margin that can be achieved by a successful field goal. These statistics suggest that kicks in American football can be crucial in determining the outcome of games. Currently, the kickers practice by kicking into a net on the sidelines with no feedback. The goal of this project is to develop a setup to collect data, run analysis and display the trajectory of the kick, so the kickers could adjust their kicks while practicing on the sidelines. The project was divided into four academic terms, with background research done in A term, data acquisition and analysis in B term, and setup development in C and D term. The design, execution, analysis, simulation results are presented, and the recommendations for future improvements are provided.

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Creator

• Durocher, Joseph
• Lynn, Aidan
• Skinner, Noah
• Sposato, Michael
• Litzinger, Noah

Subject

• Computing
• Project-Based Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 105051
• E-project-042523-180526

Keyword

• Football
• American Football
• MATLAB
• Kicking

Advisor

• Ebadi, Alireza

Year

• 2023

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Date created

• 2023-04-25

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Source

• E-project-042523-180526

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-06-22