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US 2025/0083017 A1Published application
Baseball and softball training device for improved spin rate and efficiency
AssigneeTravis Ficklin
InventorsTravis Ficklin, Robin Lund
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Abstract
A ball (e.g., baseball or softball) training device features a ball and at least one weight positioned along either a first axis or second axis of the ball. Use of the ball training device improves both spin rates and spin efficiency for pitchers by providing proprioceptive feedback about the break of the ball as it is released from the hand.
Claims16
A ball training device for pitchers, comprising:
- a ball;
- and
- at least one weight inside the ball extending along an axis, the weight configured to spin longitudinally when the ball training device is thrown by a pitcher.
A ball training device for pitchers, comprising:
- a first ball portion comprising a lip;
- a second ball portion comprising a groove;
- wherein the lip of the first ball portion is configured to mate with the groove of the second ball portion;
- the first ball portion further comprising a first weight aperture;
- the second ball portion further comprising a second weight aperture;
- a weight configured to be received within the first and second weight apertures when the lip and groove are mated.
3 more elements
A method of pitch training using a ball training device, the method comprising:
- throwing a first ball training device comprising a weight on a first spin axis corresponding to a two-seam fastball;
- and
- throwing a second ball training device comprising a weight on a second spin axis corresponding to a four-seam fastball.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.