Baseball batting practice device

Abstract

There is disclosed a baseball supported by a downwardly curved, semirigid, composite cord, which in turn normally extends forwardly from the normally forwardly disposed end of a pole, the rearward end being swingable connected to a swing structure. Guy wires from the rear of the cord just forward of the pole extend to top of the swing structure and to the swing structure below the pole swing connection. Normally vertically extending coil springs, in plurality and spaced apart, extend from upper and lower cage members which extend diagonally outwardly and rearwardly from the front of the cage as disposed just rearwardly of the swing structure. When a batter strikes the ball with a bat the pole swings from the blow, and with the swing structure and rearwardly against the coil springs on the respective side of pole swing to urge the spring thus strike against by the pole, first to flex or bow responsive to the side swing of the pole, then to straighten back into vertical position. When the springs struck by the pole re-flex, or straighten up vertically, the counterflex of the springs imparts swinging motion in opposite direction to the pole, and the pole swings back at least to original position. When the ball returns, and at elevation in the strike zone, the batter again may swing at the ball. Obviously, a left handed batter stands to the right of the normal pole axis when he swings, while a right handed batter stands to the left of such axis.

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