Shooting and training aid for basketball players
AssigneeStar Shooter Company, LLC
InventorJay W. Wolf
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Abstract
A shooting and training aid for basketball players to prevent interference of the non-shooting hand when shooting a basketball. This interference is caused by the non-shooting hand unnecessarily providing force for the shot as well as the fingers on the non-shooting hand dragging on the side of the ball. The shooting and training aid is provided with several adjustable members which ultimately would wind around the arms of the non-shooting hand, include a loop attached to the base of the thumb of the non-shooting hand as well as a pocket member into which at least the tip of the middle finger of the non-shooting hand is inserted.
Claims14
A basketball shooting and training aid to be applied to the non-shooting arm and hand of basketball players, comprising:
- a first band member for attachment to the non-shooting arm of a basketball player at position between the basketball player's shoulder and elbow;
- a first strap member having a first end attached to said first band member and a second end provided with a loop for encircling the base of the thumb of the non-shooting hand of the basketball player;
- a second strap member attached to said first strap member at a position proximate to said loop;
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- a pocket member attached to said second strap member into which the middle finger of the non-shooting hand of the basketball player is inserted,
- wherein, as the non-shooting hand is extended during a shooting motion, said first band member, said first strap member, and said second strap member including said pocket member tighten, thereby providing the proper release from a basketball of the thumb, middle finger and remaining fingers of the non-shooting hand, during the shooting motion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.