Troy S Sowders

US Patent:

20030181266, Sep 25, 2003

Filed:

Mar 24, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/396210

Inventors:

Troy Sowders - Evansville IN, US

International Classification:

A63B069/00
A63B041/00
A63B043/00

US Classification:

473/447000, 473/596000

Abstract:

A basketball shooting aid having visually distinctive designs, configurations and colors for the purpose of sending immediate visual feedback to the athlete, informing the athlete whether the proper technique was employed in the athlete's grip of the basketball, the athlete's release of the shot and the arc and rotation of the basketball during flight. The basketball shooting aid including a plurality of substantially elliptical and circular inter-connected seams forming substantially congruent panels distributed about the circumference of the basketball, a center seam that extends the circumference of the basketball, first and second lines that extends the circumference of the basketball in perpendicular relationship with the center seam, an equatorial track disposed between the first and second lines, the equatorial track defining a first hemispherical half and a second hemispherical half, and the equatorial track further including alternating color members displayed thereon, the first and second color members having generally defined rectangular configurations disposed between the first line and the second line. The basketball shooting aid further including at least a first patch selectively displayed within the first hemispherical half in abutting relationship with the first line, and a second patch selectively displayed within the second hemispherical half in abutting relationship with the second line, wherein the first patch and the second patch are on the same axis. For proper gripping of the basketball shooting aid, a first outlined hand and a second outlined hand are displayed.