Stance helper

Abstract

A training apparatus for teaching the striking of a ball with a tool having a planer mat, the planer surface having top surface and a bottom surface, the planer surface further having a front edge and a rear edge, the planer mat further having a mechanism for selective cooperative attachment affixed to the top surface; a pair of foot placement pads, respectively a left foot and a right foot, each foot pad having a top surface and a bottom surface, and having a mechanism for selective cooperative attachment formed on the respective bottom surface for selective attachment to the means for cooperative attachment of the planer mat; and an elongate pointer, the pointer having a top surface and a bottom surface, and further having a first end and a second end, the bottom surface of the elongate pointer, proximate the second end having a mechanism for cooperative attachment formed thereon, the means for cooperative attachment adapted for selective attachment to the means for cooperative attachment of the planer mat.

What is claimed:  
     
         1 . A training apparatus for teaching the striking of a ball with a tool comprising: 
 a. a planer mat, the planer surface having top surface and a bottom surface, the planer surface further having a front edge and a rear edge, the planer mat further having a means for selective cooperative attachment affixed to the top surface;    b. a pair of foot placement pads, respectively a left foot and a right foot, each foot pad having a top surface and a bottom surface, and having a means for selective cooperative attachment formed on the respective bottom surface for selective attachment to the means for cooperative attachment of the planer mat; and    c. an elongate pointer, the pointer having a top surface and a bottom surface, and further having a first end and a second end, the bottom surface of the elongate pointer, proximate the second end having a means for cooperative attachment formed thereon, the means for cooperative attachment adapted for selective attachment to the means for cooperative attachment of the planer mat.    
     
     
         2 . The apparatus as described in  claim 1  wherein the planer mat further comprises a pair of outwardly extending aiming aids, each of the aiming aids extending outwardly proximate the front edge of the mat.  
     
     
         3 . planer mat is fabricated from a flexible material.  
     
     
         4 . The apparatus as described in  claim 2  wherein the flexible material of the planer mat is a synthetic rubber.  
     
     
         5 . The apparatus as described in  claim 1  wherein each foot placement pad is shaped to approximate a respective human foot.  
     
     
         6 . The apparatus as described in  claim 1  wherein the foot placement pads are constructed of a flexible material.  
     
     
         7 . The apparatus as described in  claim 6  wherein the flexible material of the foot placement pads is a synthetic rubber.  
     
     
         8 . The apparatus as described in  claim 1  wherein the one end of the pointer is formed to a point.  
     
     
         9 . The apparatus as described in  claim 1  wherein the one end of the pointer is formed to a golf ball shaped recess.  
     
     
         10 . The apparatus as described in  claim 1  wherein the pointer further comprises a tee hole formed in the pointer proximate one end of the pointer.  
     
     
         11 . The apparatus as described in  claim 1  wherein the cooperative attachment means is hook and loop fasteners.  
     
     
         12 . The apparatus as described in  claim 11  wherein the loop of the hook and loop fasteners is affixed to the mat and the hook of hook and loop fasteners is affixed to the foot placement pads and the pointer.  
     
     
         13 . The apparatus as described in  claim 1  wherein the cooperative attachment means is a releasable adhesive.  
     
     
         14 . The apparatus as described in  claim 1  wherein the cooperative attachment means further comprises a multiplicity of holes formed in the mat, and a multiplicity of matable holes formed in the foot placement pads and the pointer; and a plurality of selectively insertable pins for insertion in the matable holes.  
     
     
         15 . The process of teaching a repeatable golf swing comprising the steps of: 
 a. placing a planer mat at a selected location on a horizontal surface;    b. aiming the mat toward a selected target area;    c. selectively attaching a left foot pad and a right foot pad at selected locations on the planer mat to designate the location of each foot;    d. selectively attaching the pointer to the planer mat, the distal end of the pointer designating the placement of a golf ball; and    e. taking a stance and swinging to strike the golf ball.    
     
     
         16 . The process as described in  claim 15  comprising the further step of marking the location of the foot pads and the pointer on the mat.  
     
     
         17 . The process as described in  claim 15  comprising the further step of replacing the foot pads to a previously marked location on the mat.