Patent ID: 8734159

Claim:
A physical skills training apparatus, comprising: a one-piece main body having a front and an opposing back surface, the main body including eight vertically-disposed, elongate apertures disposed adjacent one another, wherein each two immediately adjacent apertures are separated by a section of the main body, further wherein four of the apertures are disposed on one side of a vertical centerline of the main body and the other four of the apertures are disposed on an opposite side of the vertical centerline of the main body, further wherein the immediately adjacent two apertures on a given side of the centerline provide a gripping, grasping or holding structure adapted for gripping, grasping or holding of the main body by a right or a left hand of a user positioned on a front-surface side of the main body and the other immediately adjacent two apertures on the given side of the centerline provide a gripping, grasping or holding structure adapted for gripping, grasping or holding of the main body by a respective left or right hand of a different user positioned on a back-surface side of the main body.