Basketball Footwork Development
OwnerWill Pape, Linda Blanchard-Papeinventors
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Abstract
The present application is directed to a pair of treadable foot locators operationally configured for successive step footwork of an individual when attempting a basketball shot.
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A pair of treadable foot locators operationally configured for successive step footwork of an individual when attempting a basketball shot, the foot locators having differing perimeter shapes.
A pair of treadable foot locators for successive steps of an individual attempting a basketball layup, the foot locators having differing perimeter shapes, wherein the perimeter shapes of the foot locators are operationally configured to dictate the arrangement of the foot locators on a training surface in relation to a shooting target located at a point above the training surface, the arrangement of the foot locators dictating the path of an individual toward the shooting target when attempting a layup maintaining the frontal plane of the individual substantially perpendicular to said path during said attempt.
A method for determining the foot strike position of an individual performing a basketball layup, including:
- providing a pair of treadable foot locators including a first foot locator having a perimeter shape corresponding to a dominant leg of an individual and a second foot locator having a perimeter shape corresponding to the non-dominant leg of the individual;
- determining the length of the individual's average running stride;
- orienting the first foot locator on a training surface according to the perimeter shape of the foot locator and to the location of an elevated shooting target, the first foot locator being located a first distance from the shooting target;
- orienting the second foot locator on the training surface a second distance further from the shooting target according to the perimeter shapes of the first and second foot locators, the stride length of the first and second foot locators being less than the length of the individual's average running stride.
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