Baseball/softball batter training device
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1. A process of improving the hitting skills of a batter comprising the steps of;
- providing a batter with a batter training device that includes a backstop upon which a plurality of bat swinging zones are identified; and
providing a set of rules to a batter that identify when the batter should swing a bat at a pitched ball, wherein the set of rules includes a correlation between a ball and strike count on the batter and the batter'"'"'s expectation that the pitched ball will strike a specific bat swinging zone that is included in the plurality of bat swinging zones.
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Abstract
A pitched device for training baseball players, softball players, and umpires. The device trains batters to help the batter identify when to swing or not swing at a pitch based on a combination of what the ball and strike count is on the batter and where the pitched ball will pass in relation to the strike zone for that batter.
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19 Claims
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1. A process of improving the hitting skills of a batter comprising the steps of;
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providing a batter with a batter training device that includes a backstop upon which a plurality of bat swinging zones are identified; and providing a set of rules to a batter that identify when the batter should swing a bat at a pitched ball, wherein the set of rules includes a correlation between a ball and strike count on the batter and the batter'"'"'s expectation that the pitched ball will strike a specific bat swinging zone that is included in the plurality of bat swinging zones. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A process of improving the hitting skills of a batter comprising the steps of;
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providing a batter with a batter training device that includes a backstop upon which a plurality of bat swinging zones are identified, wherein the batter training device includes a backstop panel, wherein each of the plurality of swinging zones is identified by at least one of a red panel, a green panel, and yellow panel; providing a set of rules to a batter that identify when the batter should swing a bat at a pitched ball, wherein the set of rules includes a correlation between a ball and strike count on the batter and the batter'"'"'s expectation that the pitched ball will strike a specific bat swinging zone that is included in the plurality of bat swinging zones; and providing a set of bat swinging rules regarding one of either single pitch or a plurality of pitched balls pitched to the batter, wherein the step of bat swinging rules includes determining whether the batter correctly chose to one of either swing or not swing at the pitched ball based on where the pitched ball contacted at least one of the backstop panel, the yellow panel, the green panel, or the red panel. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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