Patent ID: 8858370
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A goal shot training device comprising: a training covering having a top edge, a bottom edge, and side edges and being configured to obscure a net of a goal, the covering being substantially cross-shaped, the cross-shape having a pair of arms extending laterally from a body of the covering that extends substantially from the ground to a crossbar of a goal, the covering composed of a knit material defining multiple openings such that air passes through the covering, each opening being substantially egg-shaped or substantially teardrop-shaped, the knit material creating negative space by obscuring visual access behind the training covering and forming at least one user-configurable opening that allows visual access of positive space including a portion of the net of the goal when the covering is affixed to the goal; wherein a user may configure the covering to practice shots originating from different positions on a playing area by adjusting the location of the covering relative to the net of the goal and may configure the covering to mimic the range of a goal keeper by at least one of adjusting the location of the body of the covering relative to posts of a goal, and removing or folding one or both arms whereby the arm no longer obscures the net; wherein when the covering is affixed to the goal, the combination of the covering and goal comprises at least: