Games using tangible projectile – Playing field or court game; game element or accessory... – Practice or training device
Patent
1995-06-19
1997-02-04
Shapiro, Paul E.
Games using tangible projectile
Playing field or court game; game element or accessory...
Practice or training device
A63B 6900
Patent
active
055990169
ABSTRACT:
A muscle memory basketball training aid and method is provided. The training aid includes a pair of base assemblies and a rectangular frame detachably coupled to the base assemblies. The frame includes a pair of shooting bars and a pair of end bars detachably coupled to the shoot bars. A pair of extension members are detachbly coupled to the base assemblies and to the frame. A locking device is provided that enables longitudinal adjustment of the extension members relative to the base assemblies, for adjusting the height of the frame assembly relative to the base assemblies. The locking device enables each extension member to be adjusted independently of the other, so that the frame assembly may extend obtusely above the base assemblies, to accommodate plural users of different heights. The training aid is implemented by adjusting the frame assembly to a predetermined height, determined by adjusting the extension members, until the shooting bar extends parallel to a user's wrist, when the user's shooting arm is extended into a finished shooting position. The user is positioned under the opening in the frame and provided with a basketball. The user projects the basketball through the opening in the frame, such that the arm changes from an initial position to the finished shooting position, projecting the basketball towards a target. The motion is repeated to establish muscle-memory of the muscles in the user's shooting arm and the associated muscles, to train the muscles associated with shooting the basketball.
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Hill Robert Charles
Shapiro Paul E.
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