Patent ID: 7172521

Claim:
A device, available in mirror image left and right footed kicker models, to aid in instructing basic kicks of a soccer ball for use by students in a game of soccer, the device comprises: a mat having an upper side and a bottom side, the bottom side being substantially skidproof on grass, the upper side being divided into a trio of laterally connected areas; namely, a right area, a center area and a left area, referred to respectively as the RMA; the CMA and the LMA; the RMA of the right footed kicker model being generally flat and preferably having indicia thereon to direct an approaching student kicker to a raised ball support positioned at an end of the mat distant from the approaching kicker to retain a ball in a position that simulates placement of the ball on a grassy field; the CMA being a separate elongated fiat section having a central opening, said opening being large enough to receive only a single foot, and preferably carrying information on a surface of said section advising the student to place a non-kicking foot within the central opening; and the LMA of the right footed kicker model being a generally flat area preferably having instructional indicia printed thereon.