Patent ID: 7811185

Claim:
A method for training and improvement of batting skill comprising the steps of: a. before swinging a bat, orienting a batter with his or her body in an initial position facing a plate distally separated from a pitcher's mound from which a pitcher throws a ball toward the batter, wherein the batter's front side is closest to the pitcher's mound and the batter's back side is farthest from the pitcher's mound and in which the batter's back side includes a trailing back arm, a trailing back leg, and a back shoulder over which the batter holds the bat in the initial position of the batter; b. connecting a mechanical aid to the trailing back leg of the batter; c. connecting the mechanical aid to the trailing back arm of the batter; d. connecting a stretchable band of predetermined length between the trailing back leg of the batter and the trailing back arm of the batter; e. displaying a visual indicator comprised of a easily visible portion of the stretchable band when the stretchable band is stretched and extended; f. covering the stretchable band with a sleeve having two separable sections that separate to display the easily visible portion of the stretchable band when the stretchable band is stretched and extended; and g. stretching and extending the stretchable band by rotating the batter's body and extending the bat's handle outward in front of the batter's body.