Patent ID: 9067113
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An Apparatus for training three specific player-positions in the sport of baseball, either individually, in pairs or all three at the same time, while providing the accuracy and restriction needed for leveraging the effectiveness of each specific player-position, comprising: a support base having a clamping collar attached to an upper surface of the support base, said support base for placement on a substantially horizontal surface, wherein said clamping collar further includes a threaded coupling secured thereto; a post, removeably received within said threaded coupling, said post including a tee-collar; a pipe slidably received within said post, said pipe allowing for free adjustment to an individualized strike zone height position, wherein said pipe includes an elbow collar attached at an upper end of said pipe; a first horizontal rod mounted to said elbow collar of said pipe, and a first pair of tee-extensions slidably received on said first horizontal rod and extending downwardly for defining an inner and outer boundary of a strike zone; and a second horizontal rod mounted to said tee-collar on said post, and a second pair of tee-extensions slidably received on said second horizontal rod and extending upwardly for defining an inner and outer boundary of a strike zone; wherein said apparatus is positioned in a batter's box opposite a batter, with an adjusted personalized strike zone extending to and just in front of a home plate, allowing a “True Strike Zone” to be visualized simultaneously by all three inter-dependent player positions i.e. pitcher, catcher and batter and allowing each to master their player position skills, while allowing an entire baseball team to practice fielding hit baseball(s).