Patent ID: 7654912

Claim:
A golf stance training apparatus comprising: a spherical housing having a diameter between 5 inches and 9 inches, said housing being comprised of an elastic material and being inflated; wherein said housing is positioned said housing between a person's legs so that housing is positioned adjacent to knees of the legs and the legs support the housing over a ground surface, and wherein a golf swing is made by the person while retaining the housing between and supported by the legs; an inflating and deflating assembly is positioned in said housing, said assembly being actuatable to selectively inflate or collapse said housing, said assembly biasing opposite sides of said housing apart from each other when said assembly is actuated to inflate said housing; a pair of saddles mounted to a perimeter wall of said housing and being positioned in said housing, said saddles being positioned opposite of each other and each having at least one air opening extending therethrough in fluid communication with an interior of said housing; at least one support arm being attached to and extending between said saddles, said at least one support arm being articulating and may be selectively collapsed or straightened, said at least one support arm being straightened by when said saddles are rotated and pulled apart with respect to each other, said at least one support arm biasing said saddles away from each other when said at least one support arm is straightened to draw air into said housing through said at least one air opening; and a pair of grips, each of said saddles having one of said grips rotatable mounted therein, said grips being rotatable with respect to said saddles, said grips including air conduits selectively aligned or misaligned with said at least one air opening to either open or close said at least one air opening.