Sports grips

Abstract

Described are sports training aid(s) such as tennis grips. The tennis grips have markers showing a player where to place their hands and fingers to get a correct grip for a particular tennis shot. Also described are marker indicators having marker indicator comprising one or more indicators indicating to a subject where to put markers on a grip.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This Application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 597,460, filed on Feb. 10, 2012 which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The sports aids and methods described herein relate to improving and / or teach specific grips used in various sports, such as tennis.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Tennis players of all levels, from beginners to advanced, at some point struggle with their tennis game. Struggle, such as unforced errors, is often a result from the way a player holds the grip on the racket, i.e. the tennis grip. The arrangement of the player's hand(s) and finger(s) dictates the way the player grips the racket. Tennis grip technique is like riding a bicycle, once a player learns it the correct way it becomes very simple and the player do not have to learn it again. However if a player learns to hit a tennis ball using an incorrect grip or way of gripping the racket it ...

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Benefits of technology

[0005]Disclosed herein are training aid(s) and methods that will teach tennis players of all levels to hold the tennis racket for every tennis stroke in a technically sound and correct way so that their game can improve instantly and dramatically. The training aid(s) will speed up the learning process and improve tennis games around the world. The training aid(s) are suitable for every age group children, teen and adults players of all levels. In one embodiment, the training aid(s) can be a sports grip, such as a tennis grip. The tennis grips will improve technique at every level from the beginner all the way through to the advanced and professional level for a particular sport.

[0008]In one embodiment, the tennis grip is a Skinz-grip. A Skinz-grip can be seen in FIG. 4. A Skinz-grip is a tennis grip that is tubular in nature and slides or rolls onto the handle of the racket. The Skinz-grip can also contain marker(s) as described elsewhere herein. The Skinz-grip can have markers that will align when the grip is rolled onto the handle of the racket. This grip easily slides on and off the handle allowing the tennis player to change the tennis grip and work on another tennis technique grip by placing on another tennis grip. The Skinz Grip can be reversible with the same guide or different guide on the reverse side. This Skinz grip would be suitable for children whose attention span is short so markers in the form of pictures on the grip will allow the child to change grips according to the picture(s) they wanted for that lesson or practice in order to keep their attention and enhance their learning process. This grip is suitable for all ages. In one embodiment the tennis grip can be a “Perfect-Put-On grip” as shown in FIG. 5. A Perfect-Put-On grip has markers or connection points that assist tennis players of all levels and teachers them how to put on a tennis grip the correct way. These markers will have a starting point, an end point and different points in between. The markers can be any type of marker, pictures, numbers, letters, lines, shapes, shades, symbols, prints and anything that aligns the grip up correctly. The grip with the makers will be specific to whether or not you′re a right or left handed tennis player. If you are a right-handed tennis player the tennis grip will have a start point, an end point and points in between the start and end. These points or markers will align and the grip will slightly overlap and rotate spirally in a clockwise / north east direction until it gets to the top of the handle. For a left-handed tennis player the grip will spiral in a anti-clockwise north west rotation around the tennis handle. These points or markers will align and the grip will slightly overlap and rotate spirally in a clockwise / north east direction until it gets to the top of the handle. For a left-handed tennis player the grip will spiral in a anti-clockwise north west rotation around the tennis handle. The Perfect-Put-On grip can be a reversible tennis grip, whereby, for example, if you are a right-handed tennis player you spiral in a northeast direction and on the opposite side of the tennis grip the markers will be for a left handed tennis player with directions to spiral it in a northwest direction.

Problems solved by technology

Struggle, such as unforced errors, is often a result from the way a player holds the grip on the racket, i.e. the tennis grip.

However if a player learns to hit a tennis ball using an incorrect grip or way of gripping the racket it is extremely difficult to unlearn the bad tennis grip of holding the racket and relearn the correct gripping technique.

To develop and redevelop muscle memory can take a very long time.

For example, playing with an incorrect tennis technique grip of holding the racket on the various tennis strokes result in muscle memory associated with bad gripping technique.

It takes a long time to undue the bad muscle memory and replace it with muscle memory associated with a correct gripping technique.

Players with bad gripping technique typically reach a certain level and plateau and can never seem to get better in order to play at a higher level because the bad gripping technique prevents them from getting better.

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