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US 2017/0080317 A1Published application
Catch and throw ball training device
OwnerJose Luis MATUTE SALGADOinventor
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Abstract
A ball training device having an elongated elastic tether, a ball connected to one end of the tether and a means for attachment the device to the wrist of a user, or to a lacrosse stick, at the other end of the tether. A holder that comprises a co-ordinating plurality of straps that are affixed to the ball is used to attach the ball to the tether. The device is used to practice ball handling skills for catch and throw sports such as baseball, softball, lacrosse and cricket.
Claims13
A method of making a ball training device comprising:
- a) stretching a first circular elastic strap around an outside surface of a ball between a top apex and a bottom apex of the ball;
- b) stretching a second circular elastic strap around the outside surface of the ball between the top apex and the bottom apex of the ball, such that the second elastic strap overlaps the first elastic strap at the top apex and at the bottom apex;
- c) gluing the first elastic strap and the second elastic strap to the outside surface of the ball;
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- d) inserting a first end of an elongated elastic tether underneath the first and second elastic straps at the top apex, and tying the first end of the tether to the tether itself
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