Patent ID: 8460121

Claim:
A putting training apparatus comprising: a frame, a golf putter having an elongate shaft with first and second ends spaced lengthwise of the shaft, a putter head at the first end and a gripping handle at the second end; and a stabilizer assembly on the frame that is engageable with a user's frontal region with the putting training apparatus operatively positioned to maintain a user's forearms braced consistently relative to each other and the gripping handle with the user's hands gripping the gripping handle in a manner to perform a putting stroke, wherein the putter head has a fixed orientation on the frame, wherein the stabilizer assembly comprises first and second arm supports that engage the user's forearms, an elongate member that extends between the first and second arm supports to fix the arm supports in a spaced relationship to each other, and an elongate component that connects to the elongate putter shaft at a location between the gripping handle and putter head in spaced relationship to the gripping handle and putter head, the elongate member and elongate component defining a “T” shape with a stem and a cross bar, the elongate component defining the stem and having a length greater than a length of the elongate member that defines the cross bar.