Sport training apparatus
OwnerJose Fuentesinventor
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Abstract
A device is disclosed to improve the accuracy of a sport participant in the kicking or handling of a ball. A first version includes a ball attached by a tether to a vertical pole. The pole and tether limit the ball's freedom and allows the ball to rotate about the pole and return to a trainee after being struck by the trainee. A second version provides a frame mounted on the pole whereby the tether is attached to a top section of the pole. A third version includes a frame that rotates about the pole and may accept a plurality of tether attachments. Another version includes a single or double loop attached to the ball through which the tether extends. Yet another version includes a harness that encircles a ball. The ball may be a soccer ball, a baseball, a volleyball, an American football, a medicine ball or a basketball.
Claims17
A sports training apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of balls;
- a plurality of tethers, each tether having a first tether end and a second tether end, wherein each of said plurality of tethers coupled to one ball of the plurality of balls at the first tether end and configured to constrain the movement of the coupled ball;
- a vertical pole
- a height adjustable attachment element rotatably coupled with the vertical pole;
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- a plurality of arms, each arm having an inner end and an outer end, the second tether end of one tether of the plurality of tethers attached to each outer arm and each arm coupled to the height adjustable attachment element, whereby each ball is rotatably coupled to the vertical pole at an adjustable vertical height and each arm at least partially supports a weight of one ball.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.