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Ball hitting training device

  • US 7,670,238 B2
  • Filed: 03/22/2007
  • Issued: 03/02/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of using a ball hitting training device, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a ball hitting training device, the device comprising;

    two pockets,wherein each pocket further comprises a bat handle opening and a bat head opening; and

    wherein each pocket is constructed to receive a bat through the bat head opening; and

    at least one fastener adapted to cinch the device around two bats,wherein the at least one fastener is attached to the device near the bat handle end;

    loading a first bat into the device, wherein the first bat comprises a knob, a handle, and a head, by inserting the knob of the first bat into the bat head opening and feeding it through the pocket to the bat handle opening;

    loading a second bat into the device, wherein the second bat comprises a knob, a handle, and a head, by inserting the knob of the second bat into the bat head opening of the unoccupied pocket and feeding it through the pocket to the bat handle opening;

    twisting the first and second bats such that their respective handles and knobs touch and the knob of one bat is closer to the bat handle openings than the knob of the other bat;

    cinching the fastener around the first and second bats;

    placing the first and second bat head ends on the ground in front of the user such that the hitting surface is parallel to the user'"'"'s chest;

    placing the bat handle closest to the user into the dominant hand, such that the handle rests on the fingers of the dominant hand;

    positioning the non-dominant hand on a section of the handle adjacent to that occupied by the dominant hand and located between the dominant hand and the knob, such that the handle rests on the fingers of the non-dominant hand;

    gripping the bat handles of both bats firmly;

    lifting the bats into a hitting stance;

    swinging the bats, such that when the bats enter the strike zone, one bat is directly above the other bat.

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