Games using tangible projectile – Playing field or court game; game element or accessory... – Practice or training device
Patent
1997-08-17
1999-04-06
Grieb, William H.
Games using tangible projectile
Playing field or court game; game element or accessory...
Practice or training device
A63B 6900
Patent
active
058909850
ABSTRACT:
A portable basketball training aid to improve the player's shooting accuracy while being distracted by vision restrictors which simulate realistic game conditions. The training aid is used, in the vicinity of an elevated basketball hoop and board. The training aid includes a plurality of height extendible flexiable supports extending upward from the top of the hollow support member in a direction approximately parallel to the support member. The training aid has an upper extent and a lower extent, the lower extent being attached to a compressible anchor member made from any suitable material and shape, for example, a foam cylinder. The compressible anchor member is confined within the rigid hollow support member and held in place by friction. The friction being formed at the intersection of the compressible member and the inside wall of the rigid hollow member. In its uncompressed state, the compressible member is of a width greater than the inside width of the hollow member. The upper extent of each flexible support is affixed to the attached vision restrictor. The anchor member is retained from exiting the hollow support member by a cap. The flexible supports for the vision restrictors pass through the cap to force separation of the restrictors when in their extended positions. The material of the supports being such as to undergo bending deflection responsive to air movement. The bending deflection enables the vision restrictors to move in the presence of minimal wind simulating the distractive efforts of an opponent's guarding technique.
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