Patent ID: 9352206
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: A63B

Claim Text:
1. Apparatus for training an individual in a swing in the sport of tennis by guiding the placement of first and second feet of an individual being trained during the tennis swing execution through the provision of a plurality of markings supported on a substrate and indicating positions for said first and second feet during tennis swing execution, comprising: (a) a planar member; (b) a first marking disposed on said planar member corresponding to the position of the ball of the foot of said first foot at a first swing first point in time during the execution of a first tennis swing, said first swing first point in time being relatively proximate to the commencement of the execution of said first tennis swing, said first foot being the right foot of a right-hand dominant player or the left foot of a left-hand dominant player; (c) a second marking disposed on said planar member corresponding to the position of the sole of said second foot at said first swing first point in time during the execution of said first tennis swing; (d) a third marking disposed on said planar member corresponding to the position of said first foot at a first swing second point in time during the execution of said first tennis swing, said second marking corresponding to the position of said second foot at said first swing second point in time during the execution of said first tennis swing, said first swing second point in time being after said first swing first point in time, wherein said planar member comprises a video display and said markings comprise video images.