Patent ID: 7753811

Claim:
A grip training kit for training a user to properly grip a baseball for throwing a predetermined baseball pitch, said grip training kit comprising: a plurality of balls sized and shaped to be thrown by a user, finger position indicia positioned on a surface of each of said plurality of balls, said finger position indicia comprising: a plurality of depressions formed on said surface of said plurality of balls, said plurality of depressions demonstrating to said user proper finger placement for a proper grip of said plurality of balls for throwing a predetermined baseball pitch; each of said plurality of balls having a different arrangement of depressions corresponding to a different baseball pitch; at least one of said plurality of balls including a plurality of elongated depressions which angle generally toward a common point on said surface of said plurality of balls; wherein said elongate depressions tapering in width from a wider end of the elongated depression toward a narrower end of the depression; wherein said plurality of balls, each including a top portion, a bottom portion and a middle equatorial portion between the top and bottom portions, each of the top, bottom and middle equatorial portions having at least one of said plurality of depressions therein; at least one of said plurality of balls in said kit having a first surface texture outside of the depression and a second surface texture within the depressions, the second surface texture being different from the first surface texture and corresponding to user finger placement for a proper grip of each one of said plurality of balls; and at least one of said plurality of balls in said kit including a ring finger depression.