Now that we've come to the end of Project 2, the team wanted to come full circle and take a quick look back at what has been a very important element of designing the multisport practice cage: collaboration (also our New Year’s resolution for 2011!). For this project, as you know, the team had the opportunity (and pleasure) to work with Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School. Before the team even started the process, field testing with the students at Assabet Valley made a huge impact on the design.
When designing things like the practice cage, testing and empirical research are essential. There are so many elements of the cage that have to be taken into consideration, including the various physical movements required of each sport, and the corresponding action of each ball. Getting the chance to talk with the students who live and breathe these sports day in and day out gave us a real insider’s perspective. Without this, we wouldn’t have been able to accommodate for the outside factors that directly impact the player beyond the elements essential to simulating realistic game play.
Beyond the initial field testing and work with the student athletes, the feedback we received from the Let’s Go Design community was incredibly helpful. The community stepped up to provide ideas on movement or other outside elements that we had yet to consider with regard to the cage. The design became a truly collaborative effort – and the thoughts put forth by our LGD fans helped our team think outside the box to push the design even further.
The team has really enjoyed developing the practice cage and are happy with the final results. What’s great about the Let’s Go Design series is that the design is never done. We’re always interested in hearing what you think and how you’d improve or revise the final version of the cage! Leave us your thoughts, ideas or musings via Twitter or Facebook or in the comments section below!
And oh…any guesses to what Project 3 might be based on our tweets this week?
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