Adjustment of football exit velocities between turfgrass species

Engineering of Sport 15 - Proceedings from the 15th International Conference on the Engineering of Sport (ISEA 2024)

Football is one of few sports that is played with continual contact between the ball and the playing surface. Turfgrass species, irrigation, and mowing height, can influence how a football performs on a given surface. Yet, these findings have been based on static measurements such as vertical ball rebound and ball roll, whereas angled ball rebound may provide a more realistic depiction of soccer ball movement during competition as it is a more dynamic test to assess playing surface influence on soccer ball performance. Thus, the objective of this study is to determine the effects of irrigation practices, mowing height, and turfgrass species on soccer ball performance using angled ball rebound.