Auxiliary practice net apparatus for attaching to a volleyball net

An auxiliary net apparatus for practicing volleyball serves and spikes and for attaching to a preexisting regulation volleyball net, that has been set up in a conventional manner, said auxiliary net apparatus comprising:

• a. a flexible, generally quadrilateral net having an upper edge, a lower edge and first and second, opposite side edges and having a width substantially less than the stretched width of the volleyball net and a height substantially greater than the height of said stretched volleyball net, said auxiliary net being gathered along said bottom edge so as to reduce the length of said lower edge;
• b. first and second, elongate, stiff side members, said members being removably attached along respective ones of said first and second side edges of said practice net;
• c. net attachment means on said first and second members, said net attachment means being configured for removable attachment of said members and said auxiliary net to an upper edge region of the volleyball net, said auxiliary net being supported solely by the volleyball net with the upper edge of said auxiliary net positioned about the upper edge of the volleyball net and with the lower edge of said auxiliary net below the upper edge of the volleyball net;
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• d. means for removable attachment of a lower regions of said auxiliary net to lower edge regions of the volleyball net.

An auxiliary net apparatus for practicing volleyball serves and spikes and for attaching to a preexisting regulation volleyball net, said net apparatus comprising:

• a. a flexible, quadrilateral auxiliary net having an upper edge, a lower edge and first and second, opposite side edges and having a maximum side-to-side width substantially less than the side-to-side width of the volleyball net and a height substantially greater than the height of the volleyball net, said auxiliary net having an elastic cord attached along said lower edge so as to substantially reduce the effective length of said lower edge when the elastic cord is in its unstretched condition;
• b. first and second, elongate, stiff side members, said members being removably attached to respective ones of said first and second side edge regions of said auxiliary net;
• c. net attachment means on said first and second members, said net attachment means being configured for removably attaching said members and said auxiliary net to an upper edge region of the volleyball net so that said auxiliary net is supported solely by the volleyball net with the upper edge of said auxiliary net positioned above an upper edge of the volleyball net and with the lower edge of said auxiliary net substantially at the bottom edge of the volleyball net;
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• d. means releasably attaching lower regions of said auxiliary net to a lower edge region of the volleyball net.