Patent ID: 8197364

Claim:
A portable beach volleyball training device adapted to be temporarily mounted in the ground, comprising: a telescoping vertical member adjustable between a predetermined minimum height and a predetermined maximum height, the telescoping vertical member having a lower end adapted to be fixedly mounted and an upper end; a horizontal member having a first end and a second end, the first end of the horizontal member attached to the telescoping vertical member adjacent to the upper end thereof; a flexible member having a first end and a second end, the first end of the flexible member connected to the horizontal member adjacent to the second end thereof; a volleyball holder coupled to the second end of the flexible member, the volleyball holder adapted to securely hold a volleyball in a manner which allows a user to strike a top portion thereof when the volleyball is positioned within the volleyball holder; wherein the volleyball holder comprises: a first strap forming a vertical loop, a first end of the first strap coupled to a second end of the first strap on the same side thereof; the first and second ends of the vertical loop coupled directly to the second end of the flexible member, a second strap forming a horizontal loop, the loop formed by the second strap having a diameter just larger than the diameter of a volleyball, the second strap coupled to two points on the first strap at two diametrically opposite points on the second strap; and wherein the vertical loop formed by the first strap contacts the volleyball along lower one-half of a vertical circumference of the volleyball but is spaced apart from an upper one-half of the vertical circumference of the volleyball such that a user can strike an upper portion of the volleyball during use without contacting the first strap; and means for temporarily securing the lower end of the telescoping vertical member anywhere in the ground.