Sports practicing system and method
OwnerRobert W. Connorsinventor
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Abstract
A sports practicing system includes: a lever arm including an aperture; at least one ball secured to the lever arm; a pivot about which the lever arm rotates; an upper member to which the pivot is connected, the upper member including first and second ends; a base for placement on a ground, the base supporting the upper member; and an elastic strap stretched from the first end of the upper member to the second end of the upper member, an inner portion of the strap intersecting the pivot so the strap deflects the lever arm and the ball when the lever arm rotates about the pivot due to the ball being struck.
Claims21
A sports practicing system comprising:
- a lever arm including an aperture;
- at least one ball secured to the lever arm;
- a pivot about which the lever arm rotates;
- an upper member to which the pivot is connected, the upper member including first and second ends;
- a base for placement on a ground, the base supporting the upper member;
- and
- an elastic strap stretched from the first end of the upper member to the second end of the upper member, an inner portion of the strap intersecting the pivot so the strap deflects the lever arm and the ball when the lever arm rotates about the pivot due to the ball being struck.
The sports practicing system of claim 4, which includes an aperture through each of the first and second balls, and which includes first and second bolts or a stretchable cord extending through the apertures to secure the balls to the first and second ends of the lever arm.
A kit for a sports practicing system, the kit including:
- a lever arm;
- at least one ball for securing to the lever arm;
- a pivot about which the lever arm rotates;
- an upper member to which the pivot is connected;
- structure for securing the pivot to the lever arm and upper member;
- a strap for deflecting the lever arm;
- and
- a plurality of members for forming a base for supporting the upper member.
A sports practicing method comprising:
- enabling a ball to be pivoted about a pivot;
- counterweighting the ball on an opposing side of the pivot from the ball;
- and
- reversing a rotational direction of the ball after being struck to rotate back towards a user so that the ball can be re-struck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.