Patent ID: 8187124

Claim:
A process for teaching a person the proper technique for swinging a baseball bat to improve the person's ability to contact a ball moving through a strikezone, the process comprising: using a batting swing trainer including a shaft having a first end and a second end and a constant diameter between the first and second ends, the first end including a first handle sized to accommodate both of the person's hands, the second end including a head for contacting a ball and being connected to the shaft such that the head is not movable relative to the shaft, the head being concentric with the shaft and having a diameter greater than the shaft and less than the head of a comparable baseball bat, a stop positioned on the shaft adjacent to the first handle, and a second handle movable between a first position and a second position and sized to accommodate all fingers on one of the person's hands in a batting grip; positioning the batting swing trainer in a first swing position, in which the first handle is gripped by one hand, the second handle is gripped by all fingers of the other hand, both elbows are bent and the second handle is positioned substantially over a rear shoulder of the person; and swinging the trainer from the first swing position to a second swing position, wherein in the second swing position the batting swing trainer is positioned above the person's knees and equal to or lower in elevation than the person's shoulders, while simultaneously moving the second handle from the first position where it is adjacent to the second end to the second position where the second handle is adjacent the stop.