Patent ID: 8992349
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A training device for teaching proper football throwing motion, said training device in combination with a football comprising: a glove member sized and configured to be worn on a portion of the hand and wrist of a user, and said glove member including a top side that is sized and configured to at least partially cover the dorsal side of the user's hand and wrist and a bottom side that is sized and configured to at least partially cover the palmar side of the user's hand and wrist; a compartment on the top side of said glove member and a receiving slot providing access to said compartment; at least one arched insert plate including a first side having a convex surface and an opposite second side having a concave surface, and said at least one arched insert plate being sized and configured to be inserted through the receiving slot and into said compartment such that the concave surface of said at least one arched insert plate faces towards the dorsal side of the user's hand and wrist; said at least one arched insert plate being structured and disposed for permitting flexion of the user's wrist while restricting extension of the user's wrist in response to an extension force generated during the football throwing motion; and said at least one arched insert plate being structured and disposed for permitting extension of the user's wrist in response to an externally applied extension force that is greater than the extension force generated during the football throwing motion.