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Elastic tethered practice balls

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-10-27
ANDERSON SCOTT PETER
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Benefits of technology

The invention provides a way to use a swivel on a ski or snowboard to prevent the tether from getting tangled or getting too tight. It also prevents the tether from getting too loose and causing the ski or snowboard to move unnaturally. This technology is important for ensuring safety during training and practice.

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While such available practice apparatus are mostly simple in concept and inexpensive and may be suitable for introducing new players to a particular ball skill, most such practice apparatus have not achieved widespread adoption, especially for committed athletes wanting to improve their game skills.
One of the major difficulties with such practice apparatus is the lack of replication of the ball travel as would occur in the game being practiced.
Another disadvantage of such practice apparatus is the lack of variation of ball skills which may be practised with any one form of elastically tethered practice ball.

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[0050]The elastically tethered football apparatus 10 illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 is adapted for practising AFL football plays such as, kicking and marking, bouncing on the run and hand balling and retrieving. These plays may be practised at a slow rate or at a fast pace as required to suit the user. To achieve the desired practice play, the harness assembly 12 which is secured to the upper torso of a user, is height adjusted by adjusting the shoulder straps so that the body mount 14 is located substantially centrally at a selected height on the chest of the user, as illustrated.

[0051]Referring to FIGS. 3 to 6 in particular, it will be seen that the harness assembly 12 includes a length adjustable chest strap 15 and a pair of shoulder straps 16 and 17 which loop over the chest strap 15 and which may be adjusted to selectively position the height of the chest strap 15 on the user. The chest strap 15 incorporates a clip-together buckle assembly 18 such that the harness assembly 10 may...

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Abstract

Tethered practice ball apparatus including: an elastic tether; ball or a ball substitute for the game being practised operatively secured to the elastic tether; and a harness for securing the tether to a practising athlete, the harness including a body mount forming a termination for the tether and which may be selectively and securely positioned on a user's torso whereby the rebound force vector applied by a stretched tether will direct the returning practice ball toward a selected target on or adjacent the practising athlete.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]This invention relates to elastically tethered practice balls. The invention has particular application to elastically tethered practice ball apparatus incorporating practice balls elastically tethered to a user and which may be used by an individual to practice ball skills.[0003]2. Description of Related Art[0004]Elastically tethered practice balls have been provided for practising many types of games. These vary from games such as tennis, where the ball is struck by a bat or racquet, to games such as football, where the ball is handled and propelled by the user. While such available practice apparatus are mostly simple in concept and inexpensive and may be suitable for introducing new players to a particular ball skill, most such practice apparatus have not achieved widespread adoption, especially for committed athletes wanting to improve their game skills.[0005]One of the major difficulties with such practice apparat...

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IPC IPC(8): A63B69/00
CPCA63B69/0086A63B2208/0204A63B2243/007A63B43/007A63B2209/10A63B2225/09A63B2243/0025A63B2243/0033A63B2243/0037A63B2243/0066A63B2102/20A63B2102/06A63B2102/02A63B2102/18A63B2102/182
Inventor ANDERSON, SCOTT PETER
Owner ANDERSON SCOTT PETER