BASKETBALL SHOT TRAINING DEVICE

• US 20190022495A1
• Filed: 11/08/2016
• Published: 01/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Paul R. Metcalfe, Scott E. Urban, Tucker Neale
• Original Assignee: Paul R. Metcalfe, Scott E. Urban, Tucker Neale
• Inventors: Neale, Tucker, Urban, Scott E., Metcalfe, Paul R.
• Granted Patent: US 10,427,020 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/00043 Exercising devices consisting of a pair of user interfaces connected by flexible elements, e.g. two handles connected by elastic bands skipping ropes A63B5/20; resilient elements A63B21/02
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/00185 using resistance provided by the user, e.g. exercising one body part against a resistance provided by another body part A63B21/068 takes precedence; isometric exercise A63B21/0023
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4019 to the hand
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4021 to the wrist
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4025 Resistance devices worn on the user's body A63B21/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/10 with adhesive type surfaces, i.e. hook and loop-type fastener
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/00 Measuring of physical parameters relating to sporting activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/56 Pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/803 Motion sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/836 Sensors arranged on the body of the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/09 Adjustable dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2243/0037 Basketball
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/14 for wrist joints
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0003 Analysing the course of a movement or motion sequences during an exercise or trainings sequence, e.g. swing for golf or tennis
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0059 worn by the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0071 for basketball
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/14 for the hands, e.g. baseball, boxing or golfing gloves archer's finger tabs F41B5/1473

Abstract

A training device for training a player to shoot a basketball. The device includes a plate member configured to engage at least a portion of a hand and wrist of a non-shooting hand of the player, at least one attachment member connected to the plate member and configured to secure the plate member to the non-shooting hand of the player, and a link strap connected at a first end to the plate member and having an aperture through which a wrist of a shooting hand of the player can be aligned. The non-shooting hand and the shooting hand are linked together such that the non-shooting hand is restricted from rotation relative to the shooting hand when the non-shooting hand and the shooting hand are placed in spaced relation on an associated basketball.

Claims

1. A training device for training a player to shoot a basketball, the device comprising:

a plate member configured to engage at least a portion of a hand and wrist of a non-shooting hand of the player;

at least one attachment member connected to the plate member and configured to secure the plate member to the non-shooting hand of the player;

a link strap connected at a first end to the plate member and having an aperture through which a wrist of a shooting hand of the player can be aligned;

whereby the non-shooting hand and the shooting hand are linked together such that the non-shooting hand is restricted from rotation relative to the shooting hand when the non-shooting hand and the shooting hand are placed in spaced relation on an associated basketball.

2. The training device of claim 1, wherein the plate member includes opposite wing portions extending laterally from a wrist portion of the plate member, and the link strap is secured at respective ends thereof to the respective opposite wing portions.

3. The training device of claim 1, wherein the link strap is attached to the plate member adjacent a bottom edge thereof.

4. The training device of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the link strap is inelastic.

5. The training device of claim 1, wherein the plate member includes a main portion and a thumb portion extending from the main portion, and wherein the at least one attachment member includes a thumb strap configured to secure a thumb of the non-shooting hand to the plate member such that movement of the thumb relative to the plate member is restricted.

6. The training device of claim 5, wherein only the thumb and wrist of the non-shooting hand is secured to the plate member such that other fingers of the hand are free to move independent of the plate member.

7. The training device of claim 1, further comprising a resilient foam on a surface of the plate member configured to engage the non-shooting hand.

8. The training device of claim 1, wherein the link strap includes a resilient member for adjusting a size of the aperture for engaging the shooting hand.

9. A method of using the device of claim 1, including securing the plate component to a non-shooting hand and linking a shooting hand to the non-shooting hand with the link strap placed around the wrist of the shooting hand.

10. A method of training a player to shoot a basketball, the method comprising:

providing a training device having;

a plate member configured to engage at least a portion of a hand and wrist of a non-shooting hand of the player;

at least one attachment member connected to the plate member and configured to secure the plate member to the non-shooting hand of the player; and

a link strap connected at a first end to the plate member and having an aperture through which a wrist of a shooting hand of the player can be aligned;

securing the training device to the non-shooting hand of the player using the at least one attachment mechanism; and

linking the plate member to the shooting hand with the link strap by looping the link strap around a wrist of the shooting hand;

whereby the non-shooting hand and the shooting hand are linked together such that the non-shooting hand is restricted from rotation relative to the shooting hand when the non-shooting hand and the shooting hand are placed in spaced relation on an associated basketball.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the plate member includes opposite wing portions extending laterally from a wrist portion of the plate member, and the link strap is secured at respective ends thereof to the respective opposite wing portions.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the link strap is attached to the plate member adjacent a bottom edge thereof.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein at least a portion of the link strap is inelastic.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the plate member includes a main portion and a thumb portion extending from the main portion, and wherein the at least one attachment member includes a thumb strap configured to secure a thumb of the non-shooting hand to the plate member such that movement of the thumb relative to the plate member is restricted.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein only the thumb and wrist of the non-shooting hand are secured to the plate member such that other fingers of the hand are free to move independent of the plate member.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising a resilient foam on a surface of the plate member configured to engage the non-shooting hand.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the link strap includes a resilient member for adjusting a size of the aperture for engaging the shooting hand.

18. A training device for training a player to shoot a basketball, the device comprising:

a plate member configured to engage at least a portion of a hand and a wrist of a non-shooting hand of the player, the plate portion having a wrist portion including a pair of outwardly extending wing portions;

at least one attachment member connected to the plate member and configured to secure the plate member to the non-shooting hand of the player;

a link strap connected at first and second ends to respective wing portions of the plate member and having an adjustable aperture at a distal end thereof opposite the plate member through which a wrist of a shooting hand of the player can be aligned;

wherein the at least one attachment member includes a wrist strap connected at first and second ends thereof to the wrist portion of the plate member such that each of the respective first and second ends of the link strap are connected to the wing portions of the plate member at a position outboard of the respective first or second ends of the wrist strap;

whereby the non-shooting hand and the shooting hand are linked together such that the non-shooting hand is restricted from rotation when the non-shooting hand and the shooting hand are placed in spaced relation on an associated basketball, the link strap also limiting the distance the non-shooting hand and shooting hand can be separated.