Patent ID: 8292761

Claim:
A method of guiding a throwing arm of a person in a ball throwing movement in a forward throwing direction, the method comprising: providing a guide member extending between a starting end and a releasing end; supporting the guide member such that the guide member curves upwardly and forwardly in the forward throwing direction from the starting end positioned rearwardly of the person to the releasing end spaced above a head of the person; placing a ball in the hand of the throwing arm of the person; sliding the ball along the guide member from the starting end to the releasing end such that only the ball engages the guide member by displacing the hand of the throwing arm of the person alongside the guide member from the starting end of the guide member to the releasing end of the guide member in a ball throwing movement; and releasing the ball from the hand of the throwing arm of the person only after the ball is disengaged from the guide member.