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Basketball Footwork Development

a technology for basketball and footwork, applied in the direction of sports equipment, etc., can solve the problem that children of 12 or younger often do not learn athletic activities via oral instruction alon

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-01-02
PAPE WILL +1
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However, children of about twelve or younger often do not learn athletic activities via oral instruction alone, but rather best develop motor skills through a combination of both oral and visual instruction.

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[0065]With reference to FIG. 12, in a first non-limiting example foot locators 20, 30 are provided for teaching the right-handed layup to one or more children ages seven to thirteen, the foot locators 20, 30 having the following dimensions and specifications:

[0066]D1: about 35.6 cm; about 14.0 inches

[0067]D2: about 12.7 cm; about 5.0 inches

[0068]D3: about 10.2 cm; about 4.0 inches

[0069]D4: about 9.53 cm; about 3.75 inches

[0070]D5: about 5.08 cm; about 2.0 inches

[0071]D6: about 5.08 cm; about 2.0 inches

[0072]Thickness: about 0.38 cm; about 0.125 inches

[0073]Material of Construction: Foam Rubber

[0074]The non-dominant leg foot locator 30 is oriented on a basketball court on top of the low block on the lane facing the basketball goal 100, whereby the midline 25 of the foot locator 30 forms a path A-A toward the basketball goal 100. The dominant leg foot locator 20 is then oriented on the basketball court according to the alignment members 40 of the foot locators 20, 30 a distance about ...

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The present application is directed to a pair of treadable foot locators operationally configured for successive step footwork of an individual when attempting a basketball shot.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]Not applicable.STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0002]Not applicable.FIELD OF THE APPLICATION[0003]The application relates generally to developing footwork in the sport of basketball.BACKGROUND[0004]Teaching and developing a basketball player's shooting technique, including the layup style shot, typically begins at a young age. However, children of about twelve or younger often do not learn athletic activities via oral instruction alone, but rather best develop motor skills through a combination of both oral and visual instruction.[0005]As is quite common in athletics, individuals frequently offer differing philosophies as to how athletes should best approach a particular athletic activity, e.g., shooting a layup style shot. Instructors and coaches may differ as to what each regards as proper footwork, proper hand and / or proper elbow placement, proper upper torso orientation in space, etc., as each relates to...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63B69/00
CPCA63B69/0071A63B2071/0694A63B2209/00A63B2209/10
Inventor PAPE, WILLBLANCHARD-PAPE, LINDA
Owner PAPE WILL