
Practical Guide to Build a Force Platform for Sports
Welcome to the Practical Guide to Build a Force Platform for Sports, a DIY Tutorial available 24/7 for the next 365 days. Delivered in English, this tutorial provides a comprehensive range of resources to help you gain a deeper understanding of how to create and use these technologies.
Force platform are useful tools in sports science, enabling fitness coaches, sports scientists, performance analysts, and physiotherapists to measure the ground forces exerted by athletes. This valuable data supports the development of customized training programs, tracks athletic progress throughout the season, and monitors athletes' responses and readiness.
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the complete process of building an accurate and cost-effective force platform. You will learn how to use it to evaluate force in sports contexts and how to analyze and interpret the data collected. Additionally, we will cover how to integrate the force platform with the Chronojump app for seamless data collection, as well as how to leverage Python programming for more specific and customizable data analysis workflows.
Curriculum
- 5 Sections
- 17 Lessons
- 5h Duration
Eletronic Components Required
- Load Cells
- Arduino Nano
- Signal Amplifier HX711
- Other Components
Components Required for Structure
- Aluminum Metallic Plates
- Drilling Holes for Load Cell Attachments
- Other Components
Electronic Schema
- Understanding the Load Cell Wiring Diagram
- Understanding the Pins of the HX711 Module
- Optimizing HX711 Sample Rate from 10 SPS to 80 SPS
- Connecting the Load Cells to the HX711 Amplifier Module
- Connecting the HX711 Amplifier Module to the Arduino
- Connecting Two Load Cells in the Same Channel
Arduino Sketch
- Installing the Arduino Bootloader
- Uploading the Sketch to the Arduino
Examples of Collected Data
- Analysing the Countermovement Jump
- Analysing the Isometric Mid-Thigh Pull