Gene C Cook

US Patent:

62838776, Sep 4, 2001

Filed:

Dec 30, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/475354

Inventors:

Gene Cook - Great Falls MT

International Classification:

A63B 6900

US Classification:

473450

Abstract:

An apparatus and method for training basketball players to shoot a basketball with one hand instead of using two hands in shooting. The apparatus is comprised of a belt placed around a player's torso, a band placed around the wrist of the player's weak or guide hand and a line assembly connecting the belt and the band in such a way that forward movement of the weak or guide hand is prevented during the act of shooting. The method is comprised of placing a belt around a player's torso, placing a band around the wrist of the player's weak or guide hand, adjusting the effective length of a line assembly connecting the belt and the band with the player's body in the shooting position so that forward movement of the weak or guide hand is prevented to during the act of shooting.