Patent ID: 8512170
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A training ball used for rotation training, the training ball comprising: a generally spherical ball having an outer surface; a continuous stitching on the outer surface of the ball, said stitching defining a horseshoe-shaped boundary, the stitching connecting coverings of the ball together; the ball including a first hemisphere and a second hemisphere, the first hemisphere including markings of a first color forming a first contiguous region covering at least one fourth of the ball's outer surface; the first hemisphere further including a second region having a second color different than the first color, the second color of the second region intermittently distributed between the first color of the first contiguous region forming at least four adjacent areas on the first hemisphere; wherein the stitching in the first hemisphere creates a greater contrast with the first color of the first region than with the second color of the second region.