Patent ID: 7775913

Claim:
An athletic training device comprising: (a) a stand; (b) a brace coupled to said stand; (c) a support coupled to said stand; (d) a cord coupled to said support; (e) a cord retracting device coupled to said cord; (f) a keeper coupled to said cord; (g) a ball; (h) wherein said cord retracting device is configured to retract said cord in a first direction opposite a second direction in which said ball is moving while said ball is moving in said second direction; (i) wherein said cord retracting device is provided with a retraction mechanism insufficient to retract said cord when said cord is attached to said ball, but sufficient to retract said cord when said ball is released from said cord, whereby the weight of said ball prevents said retraction mechanism from retracting said cord until said ball is released from said cord; (j) a catch coupled to said ball; and (k) wherein said catch is releasably coupled to said keeper.