Tethered ball and support structure

An outdoor support means for a sporting appliance comprising;

• two vertical sleeve means imbedded in the ground at positions horizontally separated from one another;
• two vertical support posts having a lower end slidably receivable in said vertical sleeve means;
• lower elbow joints fixed on an upper end of said vertical support posts;
• two angled support posts attached at their lower ends to said lower elbow joints;
• upper elbow joints fixed on an upper end of said angled support posts;
• a horizontal support post fixed at each end to said upper elbow joints;
• wherein
• said vertical posts, said angled posts, and said horizontal post lie substantially in a common plane forming an overhead arch and said overhead arch is supported in a vertical position from the ground when said vertical posts are inserted into said sleeves and said overhead arch is lowerable to the ground when said vertical posts are lifted from said sleeves
• said outdoor support means, further comprising;
• a suspended tether rotatably supported at its upper end on said horizontal post;
• a ball attached to a lower end of said tether, wherein
• said arch, suspended tether, and ball comprise a batting aid whereby a user may practice batting said ball without retrieving the ball after each time it is batted.