Hockey Skills Training System and Method of Using the Same

• US 20160250538A1
• Filed: 02/26/2016
• Published: 09/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: That's Epic! LLC
• Original Assignee: Courtney John Bulloch
• Inventors: Bulloch, Courtney John
• Granted Patent: US 9,950,231 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/50 Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 63/004 Goals of the type used for football, handball, hockey or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0026 for ice-hockey

Abstract

A hockey skills training system comprising a foldable high density polymer game board surface; a pair of nested goals disposed on one side of the shooting surface; a handle attached to the shooting surface; and at least one puck; and at least one puck shooting device.

Claims

1. A playing surface for a hockey skills training system, said playing surface comprising a hard low friction polymer surface;

a first goal disposed at one end of said surface, said first goal comprising a semi-rigid arch member extending across the end of said surface;

a second goal, said second goal disposed across the end of said surface and nested within said first goal.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the surface is foldable.

3. A system for hockey skills training, said system comprising:

a high density polymer game board;

a pair of nested goals disposed at one end of said surface;

removable attached netting attached to each goal;

a handle attached to said shooting surface;

at least one puck; and

at least one puck shooting device.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the game board is foldable.

5. A method of playing a hockey skills training game, said method comprising the steps of:

providing a pair of game boards;

placing each one of said game boards a predetermined distance apart from one another;

placing a plurality of pucks on one game board;

providing a pair of teams, each team comprising at least one player;

placing a team at each board;

alternating turns between each team to allow at least one member of each team to shoot at least one puck towards the opposing net on said opposing board; and

keeping track of the number of successful attempts by each team.