Patent ID: 7399240

Claim:
A basketball training device comprising: a first elongated wrist piece of elastic material having two opposing ends, wherein the ends are secured together at each end to define a substantially circular support dimensioned and configured to conform around a player's wrist; a second elongated hand piece of elastic material having two opposing ends, wherein the ends are secured together at each end to define a substantially circular support dimensioned and configured to conform around a player's hand in a substantially diagonal path from the player's outer wrist bone to between a player's thumb and forefinger; wherein the ends of the wrist piece are secured together at each end in a straight angle and the ends of the hand piece are secured together in a 45 degree angle; wherein wrist piece is secured to the hand piece to define a substantially 45 degree angle between the wrist and hand pieces, wherein the wrist and hand pieces are secured together at the player's outer wrist bone wherein the wrist and hand pieces combine to provide sufficient tension to position the player's thumb approximately 60 degrees away from the player's forefinger; and wherein the wrist and hand pieces combine to provide sufficient tension to position the player's hand between 45 and 60 degrees from a player's forearm wherein the wrist piece is approximately 1.5 inches wide and 4 to 8 inches long and the hand piece is approximately 1.5 inches wide and 6 to 10 inches long and wherein the wrist and hand pieces are substantially enclosed in a flexible outer casing, whereby the casing increases the durability and appearance of each piece.