Patent ID: 8795105

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a first pair of end posts; a second pair of end posts; a first array of nets supported between the first pair of end posts; a second array of nets supported between the second pair of end posts; and the first and second arrays are positionable along respective opposite first and second sides of a tennis net when the first and second pairs of end posts are coupled to posts of the tennis net; whereby the apparatus is configured such that when the apparatus is installed on the tennis net: a tennis ball hit into the first side of the tennis net above the first array or hit into a net of the first array other than a bottommost net of the first array will pass the first array to be funneled behind the first array and against the first side of the tennis net such that the tennis ball will slow down and come to rest at or adjacent a bottom of the first side of the tennis net; and a tennis ball hit into the second side of the tennis net above the second array or hit into a net of the second array other than a bottommost net of the second array will pass the second array to be funneled behind the second array and against the second side of the tennis net such that the tennis ball will slow down and come to rest at or adjacent a bottom of the first side of the tennis net.