Sport court target training aid, method for training using same, and method for advertising using same

The subject matter described herein relates to sport court target training aids, methods for using such training aids, and methods for advertising using such training aids. More particularly, the subject matter described herein relates to a tennis and volleyball court target training aid, a method for training using same, and a method for advertising using same.

In different sports, aiming and focusing on a target is often critical to success. For example, in tennis, in order to successfully return a ball in bounds, a tennis player must visually focus on a location on the tennis court or on a portion of the tennis court before swinging at the ball. Similarly, in volleyball, it may be desirable to focus on a visual target for hitting (i.e., serving, spiking, etc.) the ball in order for the ball to reach a desired location. For example, players often focus on particular objects on the sport court (e.g., the intersection of the baseline and the sideline) to send the ball in a desired direction. Thus, increasing a player\'s visual focus on an area of the court, hitting accuracy may be increased. One way to increase visual focus includes practicing with the use of training aids.

Current training aids are of various types. For example, traffic cones may be placed at locations on a sport court to help the player focus on an area. However, these devices lack one or more desirable features, such as a visual target in addition to the cone itself upon which a player can focus, a design that allows balls to hit the target without moving the target, and/or a design which is portable, stackable, and suitable for branding.

Yet another problem in the area of advertising is finding new ways to advertise to desirable advertising targets. Sport court players typically represent an important cross section of business communities. Accordingly, entities may desire to market products, services, events or the entities themselves to players, for example at tennis events. It is common practice at sporting events to distribute related products that are branded with company logos. For example, tennis balls and t-shirts are often branded with company logos and distributed to players. One problem with branding tennis balls and clothing is that they are disposable and have limited useful lives. Accordingly, there exists a need for new ways to market a product, a service, an entity, or an event to sport court players.

In light of these difficulties, there exists a long felt need for a sport court target based training aid, a method for hitting a ball using same, and a method for advertising using same.

The subject matter described herein includes a sport court target training aid, a method for training using same, and a method for advertising using same.

According to one aspect of the subject matter described herein, a sport court target based training aid is provided. The sport court target based training aid includes a base portion for resting on a sport court and a protrusion extending outward from the base portion and providing a raised target for a ball hit by a player from the sport court, wherein the base portion defines a first surface area and the protrusion defines a second surface area less than the first surface area.

According to another aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for target based training. The method includes placing, on a sport court surface, a sport court target training aid comprising a base portion and a protrusion extending outward from the base portion for providing a raised target for a ball hit by a player from the sport court, wherein the base portion defines a first surface area and the protrusion defines a second surface area less than the first surface area, and visually focusing on the sport court target training aid and hitting a ball at the sport court target training aid in a direction corresponding to the focusing.

According to yet another aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for advertising at least one of an entity, a product, a service or an event to players. The method includes placing a logo for an entity, a product, a service, or an event on each of a plurality of sport court target based training aids, where each sport court target based training aid comprises a base portion for resting on a sport court and a protrusion extending outward from the base portion and providing a raised target for a ball hit by a player from the sport court, wherein the base portion defines a first surface area and the protrusion defines a second surface area less than the first surface area. The method further includes distributing the training aids with the logos to tennis or volleyball players.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Preferred embodiments of the subject matter described herein will now be explained with reference to the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a top view of a sport court target training aid according to an embodiment of the subject matter described herein;

FIG. 2A is a perspective view of a sport court target training aid according to an embodiment of the subject matter described herein;

FIG. 2B is an inverted view of a sport court target training aid according to an embodiment of the subject matter described herein;

FIG. 2C is a sectional view of a sport court target training aid according to an embodiment of the subject matter described herein;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a sport court target training aid located on a tennis court surface according to an embodiment of the subject matter described herein;

FIGS. 4A and 4B are diagrams illustrating the stacking together of two sport court target training aids according to an embodiment of the subject matter described herein; and

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