Ball Launcher
Applied Technology
Nathan Kartchner
Tyton Zeno Polley
Blake Bentley
- Grade:
- 7
- Teacher:
- Kevin Davis
Our project is about making a tool to launch soccer balls. We chose it because we like to play soccer, but we need a tool to help us get better at soccer. Our overall project worked and was fun, but motors would be better! This project is important because it allows you to play alone. Keywords: soccer, engineering, launcher
Your ball launcher project is an impressive demonstration of the engineering design process, as you clearly identified a real-world problem in sports practice, researched cost-effective alternatives to expensive motors, thoughtfully modified your design through multiple iterations to solve issues like opposing fan rotation, tire instability, and launch alignment, supported your improvements with measured distance data and visual graphs, and presented your work with labeled diagrams, evidence-based reflections, and future improvement ideas that show creativity, resilience, and a strong growth mindset as a young engineer. Nice one!
This is a very thoughtful initiative. You found a way to ensure that soccer can be easily practiced regardless of how mant people are playing, espcially goal keeping, this is a very great project. I like the way you used football pitch for background on your presentation, and finally, I love that you are envisioning this project to be used for other sports too, that is a great vision!. You have done absolutely well.