Patent ID: 7914390

Claim:
A sports swing training device comprising: a handle having a grip portion and a resistance portion, the resistance portion comprising an access aperture, at least one retention aperture and a slot, the access aperture, more than one retention aperture and slot extending through the handle and being in communication with each other; a door clip comprising a u-channel and a lip, the lip comprising a tension element aperture, the tension element aperture comprising an enlarged access portion and a retention portion, wherein the u-channel engages a door; and interchangeable tension elements, each interchangeable tension element comprising a resistance, each interchangeable tension element having a resistance that differs from the other interchangeable tension elements, opposing enlarged ends and a middle shaft, wherein one opposing enlarged end removably engages the handle's retention aperture and the other opposing enlarged end removably engages the door clip's retention portion, wherein each of the more than one retention aperture defines a resistance arm, each resistance arm comprising a length, wherein the shortest resistance arm requires the least force to be applied by a user at the grip portion and successively longer resistance arms require proportionally more force to be applied by a user at the grip portion, and wherein the force required to be applied by a user is changed by changing to an interchangeable tension element of different resistance and/or changing the resistance arm length.