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Soccer training aide

  • US 7,172,521 B1
  • Filed: 08/15/2005
  • Issued: 02/06/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device, available in mirror image left and right footed kicker models, to aid in instructing basic kicks of a soccer ball for use by students in a game of soccer, the device comprises:

  • a mat having an upper side and a bottom side, the bottom side being substantially skidproof on grass, the upper side being divided into a trio of laterally connected areas;

    namely, a right area, a center area and a left area, referred to respectively as the RMA;

    the CMA and the LMA;

    the RMA of the right footed kicker model being generally flat and preferably having indicia thereon to direct an approaching student kicker to a raised ball support positioned at an end of the mat distant from the approaching kicker to retain a ball in a position that simulates placement of the ball on a grassy field;

    the CMA being a separate elongated fiat section having a central opening, said opening being large enough to receive only a single foot, and preferably carrying information on a surface of said section advising the student to place a non-kicking foot within the central opening; and

    the LMA of the right footed kicker model being a generally flat area preferably having instructional indicia printed thereon.

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