Patent ID: 8905869

Claim:
A training device for spreading apart a pair of adjacent fingers of a basketball player when shooting a basketball, the training device comprising: a central wedge member having a wedge configuration and being of a resiliently compressible material to have a generally rigid construction for spreading apart adjacent fingers of a basketball player that are in engagement with the generally rigid central wedge member; and a separate band member of resilient and flexible material different from the resiliently compressible material of the central wedge member and secured to the central wedge member to extend completely about the central wedge member in encircling relation thereto for generally keeping the adjacent fingers engaged with the central wedge member, with the generally rigid central wedge member providing greater resistance to shifting of the adjacent fingers toward each other over the resistance provided by the resilient and flexible band member to other finger movements of the adjacent fingers away from the central wedge member so that the generally rigid central wedge member establishes a minimum spread of the adjacent fingers with the resilient and flexible band member allowing the player to readily increase the spread of the adjacent fingers from the minimum spread thereof.