Tether Tennis Game Apparatus

A tether tennis game apparatus, which includes a hollow pole that has a helix formation extending externally therefrom along an operative top segment thereof, the helix formation defining a helical guide path along the segment, between an operative top end of the segment and an operative bottom end of the segment, within which a loop formation, that is formed at one end of a flexible line which has a ball connected to its other end and that can be located around the pole, is displaceable;

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• an indicator arrangement including an elongate indicator element located for axial displacement within the pole, the element being displaceable from a spring-loaded trapped position, in which it is retracted into the pole, to a release position, in which it has moved operatively upwardly and extends from the operative top end of the pole;
• two trigger elements, located within the helical guide path defined by the helix formation of the pole near the respective operative ends of the path, each trigger element defining a guide formation and stop means, the guide formation being configured operatively to guide a loop formation, formed at the end of a flexible line to which a ball is connected and engaging the line with the pole, when rotatably displaced around the pole and axially displaced with respect to the pole along the helical guide path, to the stop means and the stop means being configured to stop the rotation of the loop formation around the pole and to be displaced in response to stopping the rotation of the loop formation around the pole;
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• a trap arrangement located within the pole and defining a trap formation for releasably trapping the indicator element in its springloaded trapped position, the trap formation and the indicator element being displaced with respect to one another, in response to displacement of the stop means, for releasing the indicator element for displacement to its release position.