Basketball training aid

Abstract

A basketball training device for improving the effectiveness of a defensive baskeball player while increasing the challenge to an offensive basketball player. The training device is comprised of a grip handle and a padded cylindrical pole; attached to the top of the pole is a polyurethane foam hand. The training device is used as an extension of the defensive player's own hand. The device is to be held at the bottom where grip handle is located. The defensive player holding the device can then distract the offensive player in a number of ways. Examples include; blocking the offensive player's vision of the basket, attempting to block the offensive player's shot, and attempting to steal the ball from the offensive player while ball handling. This device doesn't require a defensive player to expend a large amount of energy and makes up for any lack of size or quickness. This device makes it possible for a person of limited mobility to help an offensive player train and improve perimeter shooting, low post moves, and ball handling.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of Invention [0002] The present invention relates to the field of athletic training devices, and more particularly to a device for greatly increasing the defensive challenge in the sport of basketball. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] In the prior art, means of basketball training aids try to simulate defensive opponents so the user can practice and sharpen offensive skills, yet it does not create an intense game like situation, which is critical to the process of of sharpening an offensive players skills. They are uniformly deficient with respect to their failure to provide a simple, efficient, and practical device for effective practice to improve an offensive players skills and abilities in regards to perimeter shooting, ball handling, and post up moves. [0005] U.S. Pat. No. 5,485,993 (1996) issued to Lipsett describes a moveable basketball training device that includes elongated arms that simulate the outstretched arms o...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

[0007] The present invention provides a device that will greatly improve an average defender's ability to provide an intense challenge to an offensive player that is attempting to improve his / her skills.

[0009] (a) to provide a basketball training device which is ideal for tapping a shooter's arm or disrupting a shooters vision of the basket, causing an intense distraction without inflicting pain or injury.

[0010] (b) to provide a basketball training device that allows a defender to pressure an offensive player's ball handling with ease, despite a possible lack in athletic ability.

[0012] (d) to provide a basketball training device that will challenge an inside post player developing low post moves, despite the height of the person using the device.

[0013] (e) to provide a basketball training device that is light weight, durable, and easily transported from one facility to another.

[0014] (f) to provide a basketball training device that will help injured players keep their skills up without the risk of serious physical contact that could cause reinjury.

Problems solved by technology

In the prior art, means of basketball training aids try to simulate defensive opponents so the user can practice and sharpen offensive skills, yet it does not create an intense game like situation, which is critical to the process of of sharpening an offensive players skills.

They are uniformly deficient with respect to their failure to provide a simple, efficient, and practical device for effective practice to improve an offensive players skills and abilities in regards to perimeter shooting, ball handling, and post up moves.

This device presents the user with a simulated defensive player's outstretched arms but it does not create an intense game like situation.

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