Patent ID: 9283458
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: A63B

Claim Text:
1. A soccer training device comprising: a soccer ball; a tether mechanism having a first tether end and an opposing tether end, wherein the soccer ball is attached to the first tether end; a swivel connector member having a 360 degree rotating element defined by a first end and an opposing end; the opposing tether end horizontally attached to the opposing end of the swivel connector member; a shaft member having a top shaft end and a lower shaft end and extending vertically downward through a hollow tubular housing; the housing defined by a top portion and a lower portion; an inertia member operationally engaged within the lower portion of the housing below a speed bearing assembly disposed within the upper portion of the housing thereby absorbing the movement of the device while in use; the shaft member extending through the inertia member and the speed bearing assembly into the lower portion of the housing and being secured in place thereto; the lower shaft end rotatably mounted within the speed bearing assembly; a top connector interconnecting the first end of the swivel connector member to the top shaft end wherein a rotating x-axis formed by the rotating swivel connector member and a y-axis formed by the rotating shaft member; and a weighted base for supporting the device on a level plane and being securely coupled to the lower portion of the housing wherein as a user kicks the ball, the swivel connector member horizontally rotates 360 degrees along the x axis while the shaft member simultaneously vertically rotates 360 degrees along the y axis causing allowing the ball to rotate at least 150 rotations per minute.