Volleyball practice system
OwnerRichard E. Daly, Jr., Richard Hollandinventors
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Abstract
A device for the practice of the running-jumping-striking volleyball maneuver known as spiking including an elevated volleyball tethered below an essentially horizontal backstop by a flexible funicular rod. The backstop and flexible funicular rod serve rapidly to damp the kinetic energy imparted by spiking. The flexible funicular rod may also serve to impart a realistic feel to the person using the device to practice spiking. Elevated support for the volleyball is provided by an adjustable arm clamped to a volleyball net's end post or, alternatively, by an arm detachably mounted to the hoop of a basketball net. The device may be assembled, erected, and used by one person.
Claims29
A volleyball practice device, utilizing a volleyball, an attachment point, and a floor, comprising:
- retaining means for holding the volleyball;
- a resilient backstop extending essentially horizontally and having a centrally located orifice;
- a flexible funicular rod one end of which is attached to said retaining means and the other end of which passes upward through said orifice of said backstop terminating on the attachment point;
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- supporting means attached to said backstop for suspending said backstop an adjustable distance from the floor.
A volleyball practice device, utilizing a volleyball, an attachment point, and a post extending vertically from the ground, comprising:
- retaining means for holding the volleyball;
- a resilient backstop extending essentially horizontally and having a centrally located orifice;
- a flexible funicular rod one end of which is attached to said retaining means and the other end of which passes upward through said orifice of said backstop terminating on the attachment point;
- a tubular supporting member having a top end attached to said backstop thence curving above and away from said backstop terminating in a bottom end that is below and displaced vertically from said backstop;
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- a bracket, said bracket having clamping means for attachment to the post and having adjustable holding means for receiving and keeping said supporting member.
A volleyball practice device, utilizing a volleyball, an attachment point, and a basketball hoop having a rim, comprising:
- retaining means for holding the volleyball;
- a resilient backstop extending essentially horizontally and having a centrally located orifice;
- a flexible funicular rod one end of which is attached to said retaining means and the other end of which passes upward through said orifice of said backstop terminating on the attachment point;
- a supporting member having a top end attached to said backstop thence extending above and away from said backstop, above and across a diameter of the rim of the basketball hoop, and terminating in a rear hook having an opening slightly larger than the thickness of the rim and facing away from said backstop, said hook is placed under the rim of the basketball hoop;
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- adjustable clamping means for attaching said supporting member to the rim of the basketball hoop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.