Games using tangible projectile – Playing field or court game; game element or accessory... – Practice or training device
Patent
1995-08-15
1997-07-22
Brown, Theatrice
Games using tangible projectile
Playing field or court game; game element or accessory...
Practice or training device
473429, A63B 6100
Patent
active
056496990
ABSTRACT:
A racquet sports training device which can be used by one person alone, either indoors or outdoors, and which enables the user to hit a ball with the racquet and have the ball returned to him thereby allowing repeated hitting and even while the user is on the run. An elastic cord is connected at one end to a ball of the type for hitting by the racquet during playing of the particular sport, and there is provided a component for releasably connecting the opposite end of the cord to the racquet. A swivel is connected to the cord in a manner preventing tangling of the cord during use of the training device. As a result, the user can practice hitting the ball with the racquet, and after each time the ball is hit in a direction away from the racquet the elastic cord returns the ball in a direction toward the racquet. When the device is used for training in tennis, a pressureless tennis ball is connected to one end of the elastic cord, and the opposite end of the cord is connected to the strings of a tennis racquet by means of a vibration damper. In an alternative version of the tennis training device, the one end of the cord is connected to the strings on the upper end of a net on a tennis court.
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