Sports equipment

Details Sports equipment Sports equipment

1999-09-13

2001-07-24

Chapman, Jeanette (Department: 3711)

Games using tangible projectile

Playing field or court game; game element or accessory...

Practice or training device

C473S448000, C473S432000, C473S055000, C473S471000, C273S402000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06264572

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to sports equipment for use in a ball game or as a training aid.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Followers of soccer, notably followers of the English national team, will be aware of tie importance of accurate shots at goal, for instance when the results of otherwise drawn games are decided by a ‘penal shoot out’. They will also be aware that a good penalty taker can make the difference between a side winning and losing.
Hitherto players have practised place-kicking primarily by shooting at either an open goal or one defended by a goalkeeper. The former is not a good simulation of a defended goal. The latter requires the presence of a goalkeeper and does not specifically train the footballer to shoot towards the optimal parts of the net.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention seeks in one embodiment to provide a training aid to providing a simulation of a defended goal.
The invention in some embodiments seeks to provide game apparatus for use in a game of skill.
According to the invention there is provided game apparatus for use with a goal area defined by goal posts joined by a cross-bar the apparatus comprising an adjustable barrier partially occluding the goal area and secured only to the cross-bar, the barrier comprising a plurality of relatively movable leaves. The area of the barrier may be adjustable. The barrier will typically be at least partially transparent, and is referred to as such in the remainder of the text. However, it is not an absolute requirement for the barrier to be at least partially transparent, and the invention encompasses opaque barriers as well as non-opaque barriers. The barrier may comprise a plastics sheet and/or a net.
Embodiments of the invention will be illustrated by way of non-limiting example by reference to the accompanying figures of which:


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