TRAINING BALL FOR INDOOR USE AND A METHOD FOR TRAINING WITH A LIGHTWEIGHT BALL

摘要

A “reduced-gravity” training ball that allows the user to more easily react to the ball's movement and accelerating skills than a regulation ball. A training system may be provided to coach the user through a series of drills and fitness exercises with the ball. The training ball may come in several weights that train the user by gradually using heavier balls that have more “gravity.” In one embodiment, a training ball has a lightweight inner bladder with an inflation port, and an exterior layer that covers the inner bladder. The exterior surface may be provided with lines, indentations, graphics and/or other features that improve the performance of the ball and/or that replicate some or all of the characteristics of the exterior surface of the regulation ball it simulates.

主权项

1. A method of training for a sport that utilizes a training ball that simulates a regulation ball but that is lighter in weight, the method comprising the steps of:
training indoors with a first ball having an inner bladder and an exterior layer extending about the inner bladder, the inner bladder having an inflation port that is adapted to extend through the exterior layer for filling the inner bladder with a gas, the first ball having a first weight that is sufficiently light to be used in a normal household setting; and after training with the first ball, training indoors with a second ball having an inner bladder and an exterior layer extending about the inner bladder, the inner bladder having an inflation port that is adapted to extend through the exterior layer for filling the inner bladder with a gas, the second ball having a second weight that is heavier than the first weight and that is sufficiently light to be used in a normal household setting.