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US 6,283,876 B1Granted
Tennis training system
OwnerMichael E. Northcuttinventor
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Abstract
A ball striking training system that delivers balls to a user's hitting zone without a horizontal velocity component includes a hopper to hold a plurality of balls and a feeding mechanism which delivers tennis balls to an outlet tube where they are dropped from a chosen height so that they bounce to the height desired by the user. The balls may be struck by a learner into a target area that includes a collection mechanism to collect the balls so that they may easily be returned to the hopper of the feeding mechanism. The system can be set up to be used indoors or outside at the user's convenience.
Claims19
A ball striking training apparatus comprising:
- a ball delivery means and a target/retrieval means;
- wherein
- said ball delivery means comprises a ball canister,
- a feeding mechanism, and
- a delivery tube, said delivery tube comprises a vertical rise section, a transverse section, a drop section, a collimator to reduce the diameter of said delivery tube, and a delivery port that delivers a ball from a position raised above a floor or ground surface, said delivery port delivers the ball directly downward with no horizontal velocity component, such that after the ball strikes the floor or ground, the ball bounces upward to an apex, at which point it is momentarily motionless.
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