Patent ID: 8517853

Claim:
A training system, comprising: (a) a pivotable rear foot support, the rear foot support comprising, (i) a support member; and (ii) a balance plate pivotally coupled to the support member, the balance plate having a flat top surface, a flat bottom surface, a front end and a rear end, the balance plate being naturally biased to balance on the support member along a generally horizontal plane in the absence of a force applied thereto, the balance plate being adapted to teeter from the horizontal plane in both a forward and rearward direction; and (b) a stationary front foot support comprising a raised platform that is shaped to include a flat top plate, (c) wherein, in the absence of a force applied thereto, the flat top surface of the balance plate lies in parallel with the top plate of the stationary front foot support; and a downwardly extending projection formed onto rear end of the balance plate, the projection being spaced apart from the support member when the balance plate is balanced on the support member in the horizontal plane, the projection being dimensioned to selectively contact the support member when the balance plate teeters from the horizontal plane in the rearward direction.