Patent ID: 7771293
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A method of training a basketball player comprising the steps of: (A) providing a shooting device to aid said basketball player to keep parallel his shooting forearm to a vertical centerline of said basketball player body during a shooting motion, said shooting device comprising: an adjustable sleeve, said adjustable sleeve to be worn on a forearm of said basketball player; a visual indicator operatively attached to said adjustable sleeve, and a pivoting positioning device electronically coupled to said visual indicator; said shooting device performing the function of being seen by the basketball player when shooting a basketball and serving as a physical reference for said basketball player's point of release by being disposed to emit a variable signal when said basketball player's forearm moves between a vertical position and positions inclined from the vertical; and (B) aiding said basketball player to repeatedly perform a shooting motion while using said shooting device so that said basketball player's muscles memorize and grow to attain a proper shooting technique.