Training device for ball sports
AssigneeGlobaltec International Ltd.
InventorDaniel Judge
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Abstract
A training device for ball sports comprises a launching structure comprising an aperture sized and shaped to allow balls to pass linearly through the aperture along the central axis of the aperture, and a launching means configured to contact a ball within the aperture at a plurality of contact locations spaced around the surface of the ball, and to drive the ball through the aperture, and; a supporting means configured to support the launching structure above a surface; the launching structure and supporting means configured such that in use the launching structure can be rotated about the central axis to alter the position of the contact locations.
Claims20
A training device for ball sports, comprising:
- a launching structure comprising an aperture having a central axis, the aperture being sized and shaped to allow balls to pass linearly through the aperture along the central axis thereof:
- a launching mechanism configured to contact a ball within the aperture at a plurality of contact locations spaced around a surface of the ball, and to drive the ball through the aperture, the launching mechanism comprising a plurality of launching wheels connected to the launching structure so that each launching wheel partly extends into the aperture to contact a ball therein, the launching wheels being configured to rotate in use to drive the ball through the aperture;
- a supporting structure configured to support the launching structure above a surface;
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- wherein the launching structure and the supporting structure are configured such that in use the launching structure can be rotated around the central axis of the aperture to alter the positions of the contact locations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.