Soccer skills and techniques training mat set

• US 8,998,752 B2
• Filed: 04/08/2013
• Issued: 04/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dragomir Penkov Parvanov
• Original Assignee: Dragomir Penkov Parvanov
• Inventors: Parvanov, Dragomir Penkov
• Primary Examiner(s): Aryanpour, Mitra
• Application Number:
  US13/858,919
• Publication Number:
  US 20140274484A1
• Time in Patent Office: 729 Days
• Field of Search: 473/446, 473/422, 473/438, 434/251, 434/247
• US Class Current: 473/446
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0694 Visual indication, e.g. Indicia
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/12 specially adapted for children
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2243/0025 Football American football A63B2243/007
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/00 Training appliances or apparatus for special sports training of parachutists B64D23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/002 for football American-football dummies A63B69/34

Abstract

A training device for teaching and practicing simple and advanced soccer skills and techniques. The device includes a set of mats with printed indicators or indicia on the upper side or surface of each mat, the printed indicators are left and right foot indicia which are either printed in solid lines, or dashed lines, a printed circle indicating the soccer ball placement, solid and dashed lines with arrows for indicating the direction of travel, numbers for designating the sequence and order for the foot indicia, and instructional text for carrying out the designated soccer technique. Each training mat demonstrate a different soccer technique. The soccer student follows the instructions printed on the mat surface by placing their feet on the foot indicia and follow the sequence of steps shown on the mat.

Claims

1. A set of soccer skill training mats for instructing a user proper foot placement and ball handling techniques, the set of mats comprising:

a plurality of mats, each mat having an upper surface and a lower surface;

the upper surfaces including a set of instructional indicia for aiding a user to carry out a sequence of soccer techniques;

wherein each of the upper surfaces include a different instructional indicia; and

wherein the instructional indicia are identified by using;

a plurality of left and right foot indicators identified with a first set of indicia, the first set of indicia identifying proper foot placement on the upper surface of each mat;

a plurality of left and right foot indicators identified with a second set of indicia, the second set of indicia identifying proper foot movement off of each mat and over the upper surface of each mat;

at least one circular indicator identified with a third set of indicia for designating placement of a soccer ball;

at least one arrow identified with a fourth set of indicia for indicating the path of travel for a soccer ball after the soccer ball has been handled with at one of a right or left foot of a user;

a plurality of arrows identified with a fifth set of indicia for indicating a desired path and direction of movement of a user'"'"'s right and left foot;

a sequence of numbered steps, identified by the first, second, fourth and fifth indicia; and

further comprising written instructions for aiding a user to carry out the designated soccer techniques.