Athletic training apparel for yoga and other sports

Abstract

Athletic training apparel useful for yoga or other sports and methods associated therewith. A pair of pants, which may be constructed from a lightweight textile base material and are relatively smooth, includes areas with an increased coefficient of friction to allow a wearer to use the higher friction areas to maintain a training position, such as a yoga asana. The higher friction areas may be formed by disposing a higher friction material upon the textile base material of the pants. In one illustrative embodiment, the higher friction areas may be placed on the portion of the pants that will be positioned on the inner thighs of a wearer. The higher friction areas may be disposed in an aesthetically pleasing manner.

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         10 . A method of yoga training, the method comprising:
 providing pants constructed from a textile base material to a student where the pants further comprise a material having a coefficient of friction that is higher than that of the textile base material disposed on the pants in at least one area that will be disposed over an area corresponding to the front hip joint of the wearer from an inseam of the pant leg to an outer seam;   guiding a student wearing the pants into a desired yoga position that brings a foot of the student into contact with the material having a coefficient of friction that is higher than that of the textile base material disposed on the pants in at least one area, such that the material having a coefficient of friction that is higher than that of the textile base material acts to retain the foot within the at least one area.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein guiding a student wearing the pants into a desired yoga position that brings a foot of the student into contact with the material having a coefficient of friction that is higher than that of the textile base material disposed on the pants in at least one area comprises guiding the student into a yoga position selected from the group comprising vrikshasana (tree), Eka Pada navasana (One Leg Boat), Janu Sirsasana (seated head to knee), Parivrtta Janu Sirsasana (revolved head to knee), and Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (One-Legged King Pigeon). 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein providing pants constructed from a textile base material to a student where the pants further comprise a material having a coefficient of friction that is higher than that of the textile base material disposed on the pants in at least one area that will be disposed over an area corresponding to the front hip joint of the wearer from an inseam of the pant leg to an outer seam comprises providing pants where the material having a coefficient of friction that is higher than that of the textile base material is disposed along at least one inseam of a pant leg along a portion of the leg. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein providing pants where the material having a coefficient of friction that is higher than that of the textile base material is disposed along at least one inseam of a pant leg along a portion of the leg comprises providing pants wherein the material having a coefficient of friction that is higher than that of the textile base material disposed along at least one inseam of a pant leg along a portion of the leg includes a larger area of material with a higher coefficient of friction disposed along the portion of the pants corresponding to a back of a knee of the wearer. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein providing pants constructed from a textile base material to a student where the pants further comprise a material having a coefficient of friction that is higher than that of the textile base material disposed on the pants in at least one area that will be disposed over an area corresponding to the front hip joint of the wearer from an inseam of the pant leg to an outer seam comprises providing pants wherein the material having a coefficient of friction that is higher than that of the textile base material is selected from the group comprising silicone rubber, PVC vinyl materials, rubberized materials, acrylic inks, latex inks, and plastisol inks. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein providing pants constructed from a textile base material to a student where the pants further comprise a material having a coefficient of friction that is higher than that of the textile base material disposed on the pants in at least one area that will be disposed over an area corresponding to the front hip joint of the wearer from an inseam of the pant leg to an outer seam comprises providing pants wherein the material having a coefficient of friction that is higher than that of the textile base material disposed on the pants is disposed as a multitude of discrete individual bodies of material. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein providing pants wherein the material having a coefficient of friction that is higher than that of the textile base material disposed on the pants is disposed as a multitude of discrete individual bodies of material comprises providing pants where the multitude of discrete individual bodies of material are disposed in a pattern that covers the at least one area that will be disposed over an area corresponding to the front hip joint of the wearer from an inseam of the pant leg to an outer seam. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein providing pants constructed from a textile base material to a student where the pants further comprise a material having a coefficient of friction that is higher than that of the textile base material disposed on the pants in at least one area that will be disposed over an area corresponding to the front hip joint of the wearer from an inseam of the pant leg to an outer seam comprises providing pants that are free of disposed material having a coefficient of friction that is higher than that of the textile base material outside of the at least one area that area corresponding to the front hip joint of the wearer from an inseam of the pant leg to an outer seam.