Patent ID: 9700777
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
1. An instrumented, angle-adjustable batting tee, comprising: a batting tee configuration including a first end and a second end with the first end positioned opposite the second end on the batting tee configuration and positioned closer to a hitter than the second end and configured to hold a ball positioned on the first end of the batting tee configuration, wherein the first end is aligned with the second end; a bat speed radar coupled to the first end of the batting tee configuration and positioned within proximity of the ball positioned on the first end of the batting tee configuration below a swing plane of the hitter and fixed at a bat angle that is aligned with the swing plane of the hitter and configured to measure the bat speed of a bat when contact is initiated between the bat and the ball, wherein the bat speed is a velocity of the bat when contact is initiated between the bat and the ball; a ball exit velocity radar coupled to the second end of the batting tee configuration that is aligned with the bat speed radar coupled to the first end of the batting tee configuration and fixed at a ball angle that is aligned with a ball exit velocity vector of the ball that is associated with a ball flight of the ball after contact between the bat and the ball and is positioned below the ball flight of the ball a distance from the ball positioned on the first end of the batting tee configuration and configured to measure the ball exit velocity of the ball after contact between the bat and the ball before the ball exit velocity decreases when travelling along the ball flight and does not detect the bat as the bat travels through the ball flight, wherein the ball exit velocity is an exit velocity of the ball early in-flight after contact between the bat and the ball; and an adjustable swing adapter coupled to the batting tee configuration and is configured to adjust the batting tee configuration at an angle that corresponds to an angle of the swing plane of the hitter so that the bat angle of the bat speed radar is aligned with the swing plane of the hitter that is parallel with the angle of the batting tee configuration to measure the bat speed of the bat; wherein the bat speed radar and the ball exit velocity radar are configured to measure both the bat speed and the ball exit velocity that result from a single swing of the bat in an attempt by the hitter to initiate contact with the ball by the bat as the ball travels along the ball flight that is aligned with the bat speed radar coupled to the first end of the batting tee configuration and the ball exit velocity radar coupled to the second end of the batting tee configuration.