Swing trainer balance block apparatus
View Patent ↗A swing trainer balance block apparatus for improving balance during swing training includes a foot board having a board top side, a board bottom side, a board front side, a board back side, a board left side, and a board right side. The board top side receives a portion of a user's foot. A base support is coupled to the foot board. The base support is coupled to the board bottom side and is elastically deformable to create instability in the foot board. One swing trainer balance block apparatus is used beneath each of the user's feet to stimulate stabilizer muscles while practicing swinging a baseball bat or a golf club.
1. A swing trainer balance block apparatus comprising:
a foot board having a board top side, a board bottom side, a board front side, a board back side, a board left side, and a board right side, the board top side being configured to receive a portion of a user's foot; and
a base support coupled to the foot board, the base support being coupled to the board bottom side, the base support being elastically deformable to create instability in the foot board, the base support having a planar support bottom surface;
wherein one of the swing trainer balance block apparatus is used beneath each of the user's feet to stimulate stabilizer muscles while practicing swinging a baseball bat or a golf club.
2. The swing trainer balance block apparatus of claim 1 further comprising the base support comprising a plurality of support blocks each coupled to the board bottom side.
3. The swing trainer balance block apparatus of claim 2 wherein the plurality of support blocks including comprises a central block and a plurality of peripheral bucks.
4. The swing trainer balance block apparatus of claim 3 further comprising the central block being circular and each peripheral block of the plurality of peripheral blocks being arcuate.
5. The swing trainer balance block apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a grip layer coupled to the foot board, the grip layer being coupled to the board top side.
6. The swing trainer balance block apparatus of claim 5 further comprising the grip layer being continuously coupled on the board top side.
7. The swing trainer balance block apparatus of claim 1 further comprising the foot board being rectangular prismatic, a board depth between the board front side and the board back side being less than a board width between the board left side and the board right side.
8. A swing trainer balance block apparatus comprising:
a foot board having a board top side, a board bottom side, a board front side, a board back side, a board left side, and a board right side, the foot board being rectangular prismatic, a board depth between the board front side and the board back side being less than a board width between the board left side and the board right side, the board top side being configured to receive a portion of a user's foot;
a grip layer coupled to the foot board, the grip layer being coupled to the board top side, the grip layer being continuously coupled on the board top side; and
a base support coupled to the foot board, the base support being coupled to the board bottom side, the base support having a planar support bottom surface, the base support being elastically deformable to create instability in the foot board, the base support comprising a plurality of support blocks each coupled to the board bottom side, the plurality of support blocks including a central block and a plurality of peripheral hocks, the central block being circular and each peripheral block of the plurality of peripheral blocks being arcuate;
wherein one of the swing trainer balance block apparatus is used beneath each of the user's feet to stimulate stabilizer muscles while practicing swinging a baseball bat or a golf club.
9. A method of swing training comprising:
having a golf club or baseball bat;
having a pair of swing trainer balance block apparatuses, each comprising:
a foot board having a board top side, a board bottom side, a board front side, a board back side, a board left side, and a board right side, the foot board being rectangular prismatic, a board depth between the board front side and the board back side being less than a board width between the board left side and the board right side, the board top side being configured to receive a portion of a user's foot;
a grip layer coupled to the foot board, the grip layer being coupled to the board top side, the grip layer being continuously coupled on the board top side; and
a base support coupled to the foot board, the base support being coupled to the board bottom side, the base support having a planar support bottom surface, the base support being elastically deformable to create instability in the foot board, the base support comprising a plurality of support blocks each coupled to the board bottom side, the plurality of support blocks including a central block and a plurality of peripheral blocks, the central block being circular and each peripheral block of the plurality of peripheral blocks being arcuate;
placing one of the pair of swing trainer balance block apparatus beneath each of the user's feet; and
and swinging the golf club or baseball bat.