Tennis stroke training device
AssigneeRolson & Co.
InventorBruce Roland
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A training device for assisting a trainee in stroking a tennis racquet in such manner that the head of the tennis racquet does not shift in a vertical plane below the wrist of the trainee and, as such, always remains above the wrist of the trainee in such vertical plane. This training device comprises a harness which is secured to the body of the trainee and a cord which extends from the harness to the racquet. The opposite end of this cord is removably attached to the racquet at a point which is intermediate the head portion and the handle of the racquet. In this way, the trainee will always maintain his wrist below the head of the racquet and, in addition, the cord is adjustably sized so that it may be used to limit the forward and backward swing of the racquet in any stroking thereof by the trainee.
Claims11
A tennis training device for assisting a trainee in stroking a tennis racquet having a head capable of engaging a ball and a handle capable of being grasped by a trainee;
- said training device comprising:
- a harness for securement to the body of a trainee, said harness comprising only first and second body loops, said second loop sized and shaped to extend across the chest, over the shoulder of the arm opposite the racket holding arm and across the back of the body of a trainee;
- said first loop being sized and shaped to extend around the shoulder of said racket holding arm of a trainee and said second loop being attached at its ends to said first loop at opposite points thereon;
- a cord extending from said first loop towards said racket, an attachment means on one end of said cord to secure said cord to a tennis racket at a point intermediate the portion of a head engaging a ball and the portion of the handle grasped by a trainee.
A tennis training device for assisting a trainee in stroking a tennis racquet having a head capable of engaging a ball and a handle capable of being grasped by a trainee;
- said training device comprising:
- a harness adapted to be secured to the body of a trainee, said harness comprising only first and second body loops, said second loop extendable across the chest, over the shoulder of the arm opposite the racket holding arm and across the back of the body of a trainee;
- said first loop being extendable around the shoulder of said racket holding arm of a trainee and said second loop being attached at its ends to said first loop at opposite points thereon;
- a cord extending from said first loop towards said racket, and attachment means on one end of said cord to secure the cord to a tennis racket at a point intermediate the portion of a head engaging a ball and the portion of the handle grasped by the trainee, said cord being substantially non-elastic and of a length to prevent the head of a tennis racket when stroking same from being located below the wrist of a trainee.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.