REFLEX SKILL PRACTICE DEVICE AND METHOD

摘要

The present invention provides for a reflex skill development device for use in athletic games, particularly baseball. The device comprises a rebounding ball (40) attached to one end of a resilient tether (17) with a handle (19) attached to the second end of the tether (17). The present invention also relates to a resilient hollow practice ball (40) for producing widely varying rebound characteristics. The ball (40) comprises a resiliently flexible cover (58) having an outer spherical contour, the cover on the interior thereof including an elongated thickened region (43) disposed along a circle of the ball. The thickened region (43), the peripheral edges (53, 54) of the thickened region (43) and the remainder of the cover (58) cooperate to produce radically different magnitudes and angles of rebounds depending upon the area of the ball in contact with a surface.