Patent ID: 7101287

Claim:
A training apparatus for a person practicing a sport that uses a racket or club and a ball, said training apparatus comprising: first component which includes a housing configured as a wrist watch to be worn by the person; an input element; an acoustic generator which includes an acoustic voice generator for emitting signals that generate at least two different words of equal duration when spoken, with a short pause in between said words, which is to determine the duration of a back-swing, a forward swing, and the pause in between said words being for a change in direction; a microcomputer for sending activating signals to said acoustic generator; a radio receiver for receiving signals from a second component and for activating said microcomputer; and actuating elements for programming said microcomputer, and a second component which includes a glove for a hand of the person, a push switch that includes a cap for positioning over a finger of the person, and a radio transmitter, said push switch causing said radio transmitter to send a signal to said radio receiver to activate said microcomputer.