Patent ID: 6572497
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A baseball player training device comprising:a truncated baseball bat, said bat having a distal end and a proximal end, a shaft having a first end and a second end mounted through said distal end, a pair of swivel attachment points, said attachment points being attached to one of said first and second ends of said shaft at said distal end of said bat, a flexible yoke having two ends, each of said ends being attached in a rotatable position to one of said swivel attachment points, and an elastic cord having a first end and a second end, said elastic cord being rotatably attached to said yoke with a hook at said first end and attached with a hook to an anchor point at said second end, said elastic cord providing resistance to a force applied by the baseball player to said bat, thereby strengthening the muscles used directly in hitting a baseball.