Title: Tennis serving toss aid

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1. A tennis serving toss aid comprising:

a ring;

interior wall defining a circular interior opening, said opening being two-and-three-quarters inches in diameter to closely receive a tennis ball and prevent wobble of said ball within said ring and to permit a tennis ball to extend down through the opening so as to rest upon the palm of the hand and initially guide said ball during its release; and

said ring further including an exterior surface means for holding in the tossing hand of a tennis player, said external surface being for holding the fingers in a tennis serving toss position in which the fingers are positioned like a cup and out of engagement with a tennis ball while the tennis ball rests on the palm of the hand.

2. The aid of claim 1 wherein said interior surface is a circular cylinder about a central axis of said aid.

3. The aid of claim 2 wherein said external surface is a surface of revolution around said axis.

4. The aid of claim 3 wherein said external surface of revolution is half circular in section.

5. The method of training a tennis player for a tennis serving toss comprising the steps of:

positioning a tennis serving toss aid on the palm of the player's serving toss hand, said aid comprising a ring having an interior opening for freely receiving and permitting the release of a tennis ball and having an outer surface for holding in the fingers of such toss hand; and

placing a tennis ball in the ring so that the ball rests upon the palm of the hand through the ring; and

tossing the tennis ball from the hand and from the ring to train the finger positions and the hand and wrist motions for proper tennis serving toss and repeating the toss utilizing the ring until the fingers, hand and wrist are trained in the proper serving toss positions and movements.

Other info:

Inventors: Gabrielidis, Pericles (Van Nuys, CA, US)

Application Number: 878303
Filing Date: 1978-02-16
Publication_date: 1979-12-25
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 473/464
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

4253	Feb, 1871	Coddin, Jr.	63/3.
2086493	Jul, 1937	Ellingwood	63/3.
3521883	Jul, 1970	Hamilton	273/26.
4034981	Jul, 1977	Veneziano	273/29.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Pinkham, Richard C.
Assistant Examiner: Brown, T.
Attorney: Shapiro; Allan M.