Patent ID: 6913551
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A basketball shooting training aid for use with a basketball backboard having a substantially planar front surface and a conventional basketball goal having a circular rim mounted to said front surface of said basketball backboard, the basketball training aid comprising: a shield having a first end and a second end and being formed into a substantially semi-elliptical shape; and a first gripping means and a second gripping means affixed respectively to said first end and said second end of said shield, each of said gripping means being releasebly attachable to said front surface of said basketball backboard so that said shield is held in place slightly above and substantially parallel to said basketball goal by said gripping means, with said semi-elliptical shape of said shield extending away from said front surface of said basketball goal, thereby causing an upper surface of said shield to be positioned above a top surface of said circular rim and outside a front edge of said circular rim; wherein the gripping means may be attached at any location on said front surface of said basketball backboard convenient to training shooting from a position defined by substantially any angle and distance relative to the goal; wherein the gripping means may be toollessly released from said front surface of said basketball backboard; and tethering means engaged with said gripping means to prevent said basketball training aid from falling to the ground if said gripping means disengage from said front surface of said backboard.