Patent ID: 7771294

Claim:
A throwing technique trainer device for training an athlete to throw a ball, said device comprising: (a) an elbow guide having an elbow attachment, an elbow beam, and an elbow rest, the elbow beam being straight or curved and attached to and extending outwardly from the elbow attachment to the elbow rest, and the elbow rest being attached to the elbow beam and being concavely shaped, flat, curved or convexly shaped to accommodate an elbow of the athlete; (b) a ball guide having a ball attachment, a ball beam, and a ball rest, the ball beam attached to and extending outwardly from the ball attachment to the ball rest, and the ball rest being attached to the ball beam, being shaped to support the ball used to train the athlete, and comprising a thumb notch through which the athlete places a thumb to grasp the ball, wherein the ball guide is positioned above the elbow guide of the device; (c) a pole, being vertically oriented to extend or lower to a desired height of the athlete and to which the elbow attachment of the elbow guide and the ball attachment of the ball guide are attached at an upper part of the pole of the device; (d) a base structure; and (e) means for coupling the pole with the base structure, whereby the elbow of the athlete engages the elbow rest of the elbow guide attached to the pole of the device and a hand of the athlete grips the ball resting on the ball rest of the ball guide attached to the pole of the device for establishing a proper initial throwing position of the elbow and the hand of the athlete immediately prior to the athlete beginning to step toward an intended throwing target from the device.