Patent ID: 6679794
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A method for training a person to accomplish a desired basketball shot comprising:providing a training apparatus (40) which defines a location for the person to utilize the apparatus; providing a basketball goal (26, 30); positioning the apparatus relative to the goal so that the defined location has a desired relationship to the goal; positioning the person in the defined location in a preferred stance for the desired shot; at least one of: positioning a first member (60) of the apparatus in front of a lower portion of the person, wherein the lower portion is at or between the person's knee and ankle; and positioning a second member (68) of the apparatus in front of an upper portion of the person, wherein the upper portion is at or between the person's waist and shoulder; and repeatedly: providing the person with a basketball (98); and as the person performs an unaided range of motion and shoots the basketball at the goal at least one of: restraining, with the first member, a lower leg of the person from rotating forward to or beyond a threshold rotation; and restraining, with the second member, an upper arm portion of the person's shooting arm from rotating down to or beyond a threshold rotation, so that the person learns the range of motion for shooting the basketball without excessive rotation of the lower leg and upper arm while experiencing the same sensory input as in the absence of the training apparatus.