Patent ID: 7905800
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A hockey shooting training device comprising: an elongate track extending from a starting end to a target end; a carriage supported on the track for sliding movement in a forward direction along the track between a start position adjacent the starting end and an end position adjacent the target end; an engaging member coupled to the carriage for sliding movement therewith along the track, the engaging member extending upwardly above the track so as to be arranged to be engaged by a hockey stick of a user; a spool supported for rotation about a spool axis which is fixed relative to the track; a non-elastic tether having a first end wound onto the spool about the spool axis and a second end coupled to the carriage such that the tether is arranged to be unwound from the spool as the carriage is displaced from the start position to the end position; a winding mechanism arranged to provide a biasing force to wind the tether onto the spool and return the carriage from the end position to the start position; and a resistance mechanism independent of the winding mechanism which is arranged to apply a constant frictional force independently of the biasing force of the winding mechanism to the spool which controllably resists rotation of the spool and unwinding of the tether from the spool as the carriage is displaced from the start position to the end position.