Patent ID: 8678956

Claim:
A device for positioning a pitcher's push-off foot in an angular position for optimum delivery of a pitch of a baseball, comprising: a pitcher's aid that has a height separating two rectangular areas for resting on a pitcher's mound; wherein a vertical projection of the two rectangular areas on the pitcher's mound forms an outline; a “U” shaped opening extending completely through the two rectangular areas; wherein the “U” shaped opening is for positioning a heel or a toe of the pitcher's push-off foot; wherein a straight sides of the “U” shaped opening forms an oblique angle with a side of the two rectangular areas; wherein the “U” shaped opening extends more than half way across each of the two rectangular areas of the pitcher's aid for positioning the pitcher's push-off foot on a common point regardless of the orientation of the pitcher's aid within the outline; a recess with parallel walls extends completely across each of the two rectangular areas for positioning the pitcher's aid with respect to a pitcher's rubber and the home plate; the direction of the “U” shape opening with respect to the pitcher's aid is altered by inverting the orientation of the pitcher's aid that remains positioned within the outline; one or more holes extend through the two rectangular areas of the pitcher's aid for insertion of pointed fasteners into the pitcher's mound.