Interactive volleyball launcher system

An automatic volleyball feeder system for sending a first volleyball in the air along a trajectory for a player to hit, the feeder system comprising:

• a volleyball launcher comprising:
• an actuator assembly;
• a base assembly;
• a tubular shaped body mounted to the base assembly;
• a compressible launcher spring arranged within the tubular shaped body;
• an axially movable striker shaft arranged within the launcher spring of the tubular shaped body;
• a priming lever fixed to the striker shaft and operable to compress the launcher spring according to a downward distance the priming lever is depressed along the tubular shaped body;
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• a trigger assembly operable with the actuator assembly to release the launcher spring when loaded, thereby launching the first volleyball along the trajectory;
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• wherein the actuator assembly further comprises spring-loaded clutch plates that constantly frictionally engage the striker shaft to securely hold the striker shaft at any position of downward travel during loading even if the priming lever is unintentionally released during loading;
• a hand-adjustable load control member to limit compression of the launcher spring, and
• a target assembly comprising:
• a target member that is in cooperating engagement with the trigger assembly of the volleyball launcher to activate the actuator assembly when a second volleyball is received by the target assembly and contacts the target member, and wherein the target assembly further comprises:
• a basket, and the target member is arranged at the bottom of the basket such that the second volleyball received by the target assembly is guided into contact with the target member within the basket;
• and
• an extension member detachably coupled to the actuator assembly and the target member of the target assembly;
• a trigger adapter operable to adjust elevation at which the extension member is coupled to the actuator assembly and without limiting the downward distance that the spring is compressed;
• wherein the volleyball launcher sends the first volleyball into the air along the trajectory when activated.