Patent ID: 7625314

Claim:
A mobile unit configured to train an athlete, comprising: at least one port configured to receive information associated with an athlete during a training session; a control unit receiving an initial training program into a database associated with the control unit, wherein the initial training program includes instructions for moving the mobile unit according to an initial training path designed to target a group of athletic skills of an athlete during the training session; wherein the control unit recalls the instructions of the initial training program from the database so that the control unit can adjust the motion of the mobile unit according to the instructions of the training program; wherein the control unit analyzes the information associated with the athlete to evaluate the athlete's performance of a specific athletic skill chosen from the group of athletic skills and adjusts the motion of the mobile unit by determining a new training program that includes instructions for moving the mobile unit according to a new training path during the training session to target the specific athletic skill; and wherein the mobile unit is suspended above a practice field.