Tennis serve training device
OwnerLisa Dodsoninventor
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Abstract
A tennis skill training device having a grip emulating a tennis racquet grip sized to be held by a user when employing the device for training. The grip has a length and circumference, a butt end and a distal end. The device further includes a flexible umbilical having first and second ends, the first end being attached to and emanating from the distal end of the grip and a weight attached to the second end of the umbilical, the length of the device being measured from its butt end of the pip to the weight being approximately the length of a tennis racquet. The device is particularly suitable for carrying out a method of training a user to properly serve a tennis ball.
Claims12
A tennis skill training device comprising a grip emulating a tennis racket grip sized for being held by a user when employing said device for training, said grip having a length, a circumference, a butt end and a distal end, a flexible umbilical having first and second ends, said first end attached to and emanating from said distal end of said grip and a weight attached to said second end of said umbilical, the length of said device measured from said butt end of said grip to said weight being approximately the length of a tennis racket.
A method of training a user to properly serve a tennis ball to commence a game of tennis, said method comprising providing a device having a grip emulating a tennis racquet grip sized for being held by a user when employing said device for training, said grip having a length, a circumference, a butt end and a distal end, a flexible umbilical having first and second ends, said first end attached to and emanating from said distal end of said grip and a weight attached to said second end of said umbilical, the length of said device measured from said butt end of said grip to said weight being approximately the length of a tennis racquet, swinging said weight overhead to emulate the overhead swing of a tennis racquet and bringing said device downward in a continuous arc of motion while maintaining tautness of said umbilical between said grip and said weight.
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