ABSTRACT
Impacting machines or ‘robots’ have been utilised for experimental verification of prototypes and computer models of equipment for ball sports. In the case of soccer, kicking machines are used during ball development as they provide repeatable impact conditions unobtainable during human testing procedures. The study aimed to develop a kicking machine to allow the accurate and repeatable simulation of the impact between foot and ball that occurs within the various kicks in games of soccer and rugby.
