Patent ID: 6500078
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A baseball pitcher training device for training a pitcher to maintain proper control of his upper and lower body portions prior to and during delivery of a baseball pitch, said training device comprising:an elongated balance beam of limited width having an upper and lower surface; support means attached to the lower surface of said balance beam at opposite ends thereof to provide stability to said balancing beam; friction means on said upper surface of said balance beam covering substantially the entire surface; a pitching rubber mounted on the upper surface of said balance beam adjacent to one end thereof; and foot locating means operably positioned on said balance beam whereby a pitcher positions his feet on said balance beam with one foot adjacent to said rubber and the other foot adjacent to said foot locating means in his initial stance position and proceeds through the various steps required to deliver a pitch with said other foot landing on said balance beam on the opposite side of said foot locating means without over or under rotating the upper and lower body portions of said user.