Patent ID: 7618334

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a plurality of dummy basketball or volleyball body sections, each body section above a lower body section being substantially slidably collapsible into the lower sections; an uppermost dummy body section being provided with a recess for receiving a reduced diameter head section corresponding to a dummy head; said uppermost body section being provided with means for slidably receiving at least one arm, said at least one arm being comprised of a plurality of slidably collapsible section, said at least one arm being slidably collapsible into said uppermost body section; means for securing said dummy body sections in an extended position and in a contracted position; means for securing said arm sections in an extended condition and in a contracted condition; said at least one arm being rotatable and positionable in various positions to act as a defensive basketball or volleyball arm; mounting means on a bottom of a lowest body section of said dummy body sections for releasably securing it to a surface; a handle for carrying said apparatus when said body sections are in a collapsed condition; and wherein said apparatus may be extended for use as a dummy in the practice of basketball or volleyball and contracted for carriage by said handle and storage.