Basketball training device

A basketball training device functioning to simulate a presence of a defending player comprising:

• a training assembly, said training assembly including a strap, said strap being circumferentially disposed around a waist of a user functioning to releasably secure said training assembly to a user, said training assembly further including a support pad, said support pad configured to be adjacent a lower torso region of a user, said training assembly further including a first portion and a second portion, said second portion having a first position and a second position, said first portion being movably connected to said support pad, said second portion being hingedly attached to said first portion opposite said support pad, said second portion being in a general vertical alignment with said first portion in said second position, said second portion being configured to provide an operable connection to an activation cord for either a right-handed or a left-handed player, said training assembly further including an activation cord, said activation cord being operably connected to a hand of a user, said activation cord operable to move said second portion from a first position to a second position, said activation cord being operably connected to at least one finger of one hand of a user, wherein the one hand is a dominant hand utilized by a user to shoot a basketball, said second portion being transitioned to said second position subsequent a user moving the one hand operably connected to said activation cord to at least a height that is equivalent to a user's shoulder region
• a visual inhibitor, said visual inhibitor operably connected to said second portion, said visual inhibitor operable to at least partially block a view of a basketball goal by a user, said visual inhibitor being proximate a facial region of a user when said second portion is in said second position, said visual inhibitor being shaped in the form of a human hand.

A basketball training device operable to simulate a presence of a hand of a defensive player wherein the basketball training device is operably connected to a dominant shooting hand of a user comprising:

• a support pad, said support pad having a first layer and a second layer, said support pad having a lower end and an upper end, said support pad being generally square in shape, said first layer being substantially rigid, said second layer being constructed of a foam material, said second layer configured to be adjacent a lower torso region of a user and releasably secured thereto;
• a first support member, said first support member being generally rigid and substantially planar in manner, said first support member being rectangular in shape, said first support member having a first end and a second end, said first end of said first support member hingedly connected to said lower end of said support pad;
• a second support member, said second support member being generally rigid and substantially planar in manner, said second support member being rectangular in shape, said second support member having a first end and a second end, said first end of said second support member hingedly connected to said second end of said first support member, said second support member operable to move between a first position and a second position;
• an activation cord, said activation cord operably connected to at least one finger of the dominant shooting hand of a user, said activation cord releasably secured to said second support member proximate said second end, said activation cord operable to transition said second support member between said first position and said second position;
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• a visual inhibitor, said visual inhibitor movably connected to said second end of said second support member and extending outward therefrom, said visual inhibitor operable to at least partially block a view of a basketball goal by a user when said second support member is in said second position.