Basketball shooting training method
AssigneeRobert James Griffee
InventorsRobert James Griffee, Rick Albert White
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are embodiments of basketball shooting aids. In some embodiments, a basketball shooting aid includes a glove portion and at least one stiffener to at least partially restrain the thumb of a user. In some embodiments, a basketball shooting aid can include plural stiffeners, such as two stiffeners, with one positioned on either side of the user's thumb. In some embodiments, a basketball shooting aid includes a stiffener and at least one strap for securing the stiffener to a user's hand. In some embodiments, a basketball shooting aid can help a basketball player to practice his or her shot.
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A basketball shooting training method for training a basketball player to shoot baskets with a basketball, the basketball player having a dominant hand and a non-dominant hand, each of said hands having a thumb and a plurality of fingers including an index finger, a palm side with a palm and a back side opposite to the palm side, the thumb and fingers of the basketball player's hands also each having a metacarpophalangeal joint and the thumb of the basketball player's non-dominant hand having an interphalangeal joint, the method comprising:
- restraining the motion of both the palm side and back side of the thumb of the basketball player's non-dominant hand without restraining the motion of the thumb of the basketball player's dominant hand, the restraining the motion of the palm side and back side of the basketball player's non-dominant hand comprising positioning a first stiffener extending from a portion of the palm of the basketball player's non-dominant hand along the palm side of the basketball player's non-dominant hand to a location distally of the interphalangeal joint of the thumb of the basketball player's non-dominant hand and positioning a second stiffener extending from a portion of the palm of the basketball player's non-dominant hand along the palm side of the basketball player's non-dominant hand to a location distally of the interphalangeal joint of the thumb of the basketball player's non-dominant hand;
- allowing the movement the fingers of the basketball player's non-dominant hand while restraining the palm side and back side of the thumb the basketball player's non-dominant hand such that the fingers of the basketball player's non-dominant hand can move relative to one another to various spread apart positions and are movable toward and away from the palm of the basketball player's non-dominate hand;
- having the basketball player repeatedly shoot baskets with the basketball while restraining the motion of both the back side and the palm side of the thumb of the basketball player's non-dominant hand;
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- thereafter having the basketball player shoot baskets with the basketball without restraining the motion of both the back side and palm side of the thumb of the basketball player's non-dominant hand.
A basketball shooting training method for training a basketball player to shoot baskets with a basketball, the basketball player having a dominant hand and a non-dominant hand, each of said hands having a thumb and a plurality of fingers including an index finger, a palm side with a palm and a back side opposite to the palm side, the thumb and fingers of the basketball player's hands also each having a metacarpophalangeal joint and the thumb of the basketball player's non-dominant hand having an interphalangeal joint, the method comprising:
- restraining the motion of the thumb of the basketball player's non-dominant hand against movement toward the index finger of the basketball player's non-dominant hand;
- allowing the movement the fingers of the basketball player's non-dominant hand while restraining the thumb the basketball player's non-dominant hand such that the fingers of the basketball player's non-dominant hand can move relative to one another to various spread apart positions and are movable toward and away from the palm of the basketball player's non-dominate hand;
- having the basketball player repeatedly shoot baskets with the basketball while restraining the motion of both the back side and the palm side of the thumb of the basketball player's non-dominant hand;
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- thereafter having the basketball player shoot baskets with the basketball without restraining the motion of both the back side and palm side of the thumb of the basketball player's non-dominant hand.
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