Patent ID: 9149707
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A training apparatus useful in practicing swinging at a ball comprising: a) a base member having a first length, first width and first depth and being substantially parallel with a playing surface; b) an upright post having a second length, a second width and a second depth and being substantially perpendicular to said base member; c) a rigid hollow sleeve having a third length, a third width and a third depth and being substantially perpendicular to said playing surface and sliding over said upright post; d) a rotatable tubular wand having a first end and second end bent roughly into the shape of a question mark (?); said wand mounted on the top crown of said hollow sleeve so that said wand can rotate along a predetermined longitudinal line; e) a Y-shaped target unit ball mounting member having a first and second end wherein said second end is attached to the first end of said tubular wand; f) a target unit ball attached to said ball mounting member g) a counterweight connected to the second end of said tubular wand; h) a detachable resilient cord member that returns said tubular member to its original position upon said ball being struck by an independent racquet or bat and wherein said resilient cord member is connected to the said wand; and wherein upon said resilient cord member resetting said tubular wand member, only said counterweight maintains the said tubular wand member in its original orientation prior to being struck.