Apparatus and method for training a baseball pitcher

摘要

The disclosure relates to a baseball pitcher training apparatus for training a pitcher in controlling his lower and upper body portions in the movement sequence of the human body associated with throwing a baseball during the pitch preparation phase as well as the delivery and follow-through phase to conserve stress or strain in the arm and leg muscles. The apparatus has a pitching mound and a frame structure comprising two vertical post assemblies connected at the top by a horizontal cross beam assembly. Light bag weights are suspended from the cross beam assembly. The pitcher learns his body mechanics from following a pitching line indicated by the light bag weights and gauging his position by calibration marks on the pitching mound.

主权项

1. A training apparatus to train a baseball pitcher comprising:
a primary frame structure operable between a collapsed condition and a plurality of assembled conditions defined by a plurality of different structural configurations, and said primary frame structure including: a pair of vertical post assemblies; a horizontal cross beam assembly structured for fitted, sliding receipt within said vertical post assemblies, said horizontal cross beam assembly being disposed along a common longitudinal axis to define a fully assembled length of said horizontal cross beam assembly; a pitching mound containing a pitching plate which is planar and parallel with the surface upon which it is placed and a landing slope which is an inclined plane that is contiguous to the said pitching plate and wherein the pitching mound is of a predetermined thickness and wherein a means to secure the pitching mound to the ground is provided and wherein the pitching plate and the pitching mound both have calibrations or calibrated notches on a recessed track or rail or other mechanism along which an adjustable sliding position marker is moved traversing the entire length of the pitching plate and landing slope of the pitching mound for indicating distance traveled by the pitcher in the pitching sequence, position of the pitcher's feet placement and indicating the end point of the movement sequence; a plurality of accessory components, and adjustment procedure for selectively adjusting an attached position of individual ones of said plurality of accessory components on said primary frame structure.