Patent ID: 6878077

Claim:
A swing training device for baseball players for teaching the proper position of the bat during the swing and assisting in overcoming swing defects, comprising, in combination: a stand, said stand having a base and an upstanding post; a cross bar supported on said upstanding post, said crossbar having a horizontal orientation; a series of strategically positioned upstanding standards mounted on said cross bar, said standards being made of a pliable material, so as to permit a baseball player to feel contact with said standards without altering the baseball player's swing and circumscribing an arc, which arc defines the proper position of the bat during various parts of the swing from a start position through contact with a ball; one said standard of said series of standards disposed at the rear of the batter, a second standard being located at a point midway in the batter's swing, and yet another of said standards being located at the outermost extension of a proper swing.