Instructional device for tennis players

• US 4,711,633 A
• Filed: 03/31/1986
• Issued: 12/08/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Michael A. Dombrowski
• Original Assignee: Michael A. Dombrowski
• Inventors: Dombrowski, Michael A., Eikeland, Nancy M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Grieb, William H.
• Application Number:
  US06/846,006
• Time in Patent Office: 617 Days
• Field of Search: 434/247, 434/252, 434/404, 434/405
• US Class Current: 434/247
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/38 for tennis A63B61/006, A63B69/0073 and A63B69/0097 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 1/22 and bearing the symbols on a surface perpendicular to the axis of rotation
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/003 Repetitive work cycles; Sequence of movements

Abstract

An instructional device is provided for tennis players to identify their stroke problems and to analyze the cause of those stroke problems. In addition, the instructional device of the present invention includes a grip analysis section to help tennis players identify and correct their grip problems.

Claims

1. An instructional device for tennis players comprising:

a base member;

first indicia on said base member indicating a plurality of stroke problems related to plurality of different strokes;

second indicia on said base member indicating the possible cause or causes of each said stroke problem;

a second member movably secured to said base member and having a first window for alignment with said first indicia and a second window for alignment with said second indicia whereby when a player aligns said first window with a selected stroke problem indicia, corresponding cause indicia will be visible through said second window.

2. The instructional device of claim 1 wherein said base member and said second member are disks rotatively connected at their respective centers.

3. The instructionaI device of claim 2 wherein said base member disk has a diameter greater than said second disk such that a peripheral rim on said base member disk is visible.

4. The instructional device of claim 3 wherein said peripheral rim includes indicia identifying different tennis strokes.

5. An instructional device for tennis players comprising:

a base member having a first side and a second side;

first indicia on said first side indicating a plurality of stroke problems related to a plurality of different strokes;

second indicia on said first side indicating the possible cause or causes of each said stroke problem;

a second member movably secured to said first side of said base member;

said second member having a first window for alignment with said first indicia and a second window for alignment with said second indicia whereby when a player aligns said first window with a selected stroke problem indicia, a corresponding cause indicia will be visible through said second window;

first indicia on said second side of said base member indicating a plurality of different grips;

second indicia on said second side of said base member describing each said grip;

a third member movably secured to said second side of said base member, said third member having indicator means for alignment with said first indicia and window means for alignment with said second indicia whereby when a player aligns said indicator means with a selected grip indicia, a corresponding grip description indicia will be visible through said window means.

6. The instructional device of claim 5 wherein said base member, second member, and third member are disks rotatively connected at their respective centers.

7. The instructional device of claim 5 wherein said second and third members have a diameter less than said base member such that a peripheral rim is formed on said first and second sides of said base member.

8. The instructional device of claim 5 wherein said first indicia is disposed within said peripheral rim portion of said second side of said base member

9. The instructional device of claim 5 wherein one of said first and third members includes indicia defining a statistics tally sheet having a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows for recording vital game statistics during play.

10. The instructional device of claim 5 wherein one of said first and third members includes indicia defining a hand diagram and a racquet handle diagram.