Patent ID: 8808117

Claim:
An athletic paddle training apparatus comprising: an elongate handle portion defining a longitudinal axis and being configured to be gripped by an associated user; a coupling region at a distal end of the handle portion; a game play head operatively coupled with the handle portion at the coupling region, the game play head having first and second game play regions on opposite first and second sides thereof in a direction substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis, the first game play region defining a substantially planar first game play surface on the first side and the second game play region defining a substantially spherical second game play surface on the second side of the game play head, the first game play surface being a substantially circular planar surface defining on an outer extent thereof a circular edge defining a first circle, the second game play surface being laterally offset by a predetermined selected distance relative to the longitudinal axis of the handle portion and being an outwardly directed substantially convex surface defining on a first outer extent thereof a circular edge defining a second circle and on a second outer extent thereof, a domed region; an outer shell covering the game play head, a first portion of the shell covering the first game play region and defining the circular planar surface and a second portion of the shell covering the second game play region and defining the outwardly directed convex surface; a substantially planar rigid reinforcement member disposed in the game play head; and a resilient compressible material disposed between the planar reinforcement member and the second portion of the shell covering the second game play region.