Basketball practice device and method
View Patent ↗A basketball practice device for training a player to shoot with hir or her arms up includes a base member. The basketball practice device also includes a vertical member coupled to the base member. The vertical member has a lower end coupled to the base and an upper end. The basketball practice device further includes a horizontal member coupled to the upper end of the vertical member. Vertical guideposts may be coupled to the horizontal member.
1 . A basketball practice device, the device comprising:
a base member which when in an assembled and deployed position is supported by a surface or ground;
a vertical member releasably coupled to the base member and extending vertically at least three feet;
wherein the vertical member has a lower end coupled to the base member and an upper end;
a horizontal member coupled to the upper end of the vertical member;
wherein the horizontal member is at least two feet long;
a plurality of vertical guideposts spaced from one another and releasably coupled to the horizontal member;
a plurality of snap-on T-clamps, wherein the snap-on T-clamps releasably couple the plurality of vertical guideposts to the horizontal member;
wherein the base member comprises:
a substantially flat member having as a first side and a second side,
wherein the first side is for receiving both feet of a user, and
wherein the second side, which is opposes the first side, is against the surface or ground when in the assembled and deployed position;
wherein the base member comprises a first panel and a second panel, wherein the first panel has a first engaging ridge and the second panel has a second engaging ridge that is complementary to the first engaging ridge to releasably couple the first panel and the second panel when in the assembled and deployed position, and wherein the first engaging ridge and the second engaging ridge at least partially overlap vertically when in the assembled and deployed position;
wherein the plurality of vertical guideposts extends vertically from the horizontal member by at least 2 inches;
wherein the vertical member extends vertically between three and 6.5 feet;
wherein the vertical member comprises visual indicia indicating height information; and
wherein the horizontal member is coupled to the vertical member by a T-joint member.