Patent ID: 7399241

Claim:
A pitch training system for indicating when a baseball is thrown through a strike zone, said system comprising: a zone assembly for detecting the baseball passing through said zone assembly, said zone assembly indicating when the baseball passes through a strike zone as determined by said zone assembly; a backstop being aligned with and positioned a distance from said zone assembly, said backstop intercepting the baseball thrown through said zone assembly; and a ball return engaging said backstop and said zone assembly, said ball return receiving the baseball thrown at said zone assembly and returning the baseball back towards the origination of the baseball, said ball return including a plurality of ramps, one of said ramps being coupled to said zone assembly to receive the baseball when the baseball falls adjacent to and in front of said zone assembly, one of said ramps being coupled to said backstop to receive the baseball when the baseball falls adjacent to and in front of said backstop, said ball return including a trough positioned under an end of each of said ramps, said through receiving the baseball from said ramps and directing the baseball back toward the origination of the baseball, said trough being telescopic to permit a length of said trough to be adjusted.