Patent ID: 8177653
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: A43B,A63B

Abstract:
1. A swing training apparatus, comprising: a first plate; a second plate; a movable joint that connects the first plate to the second plate so that the first plate can rotate with respect to the second plate and about a shared plate axis of rotation; an angular resistance mechanism connected between the first plate and the second plate that increases angular resistance between the first plate and the second plate as an angle of rotation about the plate axis of rotation is increased; and a wearable shoe attachment device that is connected to the first plate and that positions a shoe of an athlete so that as the athlete rotates a foot and the shoe enclosing the foot with respect to a part of the foot and about a foot axis of rotation the foot axis of rotation and the plate axis of rotation coincide, wherein the wearable shoe attachment device is connected to the first plate so that the swing training apparatus moves with the foot while walking or running.