Patent ID: 8771107

Claim:
A baseball pitching training apparatus comprising: a resilient flexible target comprising: a plurality of target zone openings disposed through a front surface adapted to receive a pitched ball corresponding to a plurality of locations of said pitched ball; a plurality of upper apertures along an upper edge; a plurality of lower apertures along a lower edge; and, a plurality of mesh pockets affixed to a rear surface aligned with each of said plurality of target zone openings for retaining said pitched ball passing through any one of said plurality of target zone openings; a plurality of entrance strips extending across each target zone opening of said plurality of target zone openings, said plurality of entrance strips of an associated target zone opening of said plurality of target zone openings being sufficiently spaced apart to allow said pitched ball to pass through said associated target zone opening and into an associated mesh pocket; and a rectangular frame for supporting said target in a substantially vertical plane.