Patent ID: 7811183

Claim:
A ball kicking training apparatus comprising: (1) a base having a flat bottom and a cavity for receiving a post; (2) a post capable of being snuggly fitted into the cavity in the base such that said post is held in a vertical orientation and wherein the post is further provided with a hole in which a rotatable axle is mounted; (3) a rotatable axle having a lower portion that is rotatably mounted in the hole in the post and an upper portion that terminates in a socket that is sized, adapted and arranged to receive a ball component and thereby creating a ball and socket joint; (4) an arm whose inner end passes through a hole in the ball component of the ball and socket joint and wherein said arm has an outer end that is attached to a ball to be kicked by a user of this ball kicking training apparatus; and (5) a ball attached to the outer end of the arm.