Sport training apparatus and method of use

Abstract

A training apparatus having a harness mountable about a user's waist and thigh and a pull securable to the harness at a region corresponding to the iliac of a crest of the user for pulling the harness to encourage or resist turning of the user's hips to respectively teach or strengthen weight transfer from a back foot to a front foot of the user. A method is provided for training a person in an activity requiring transfer of weight and momentum from a lower area to an upper area of a person.

1 . A method of training a person in an activity requiring transfer of weight and momentum from a lower area to an upper area of the person comprising the steps of:
 (i) securing a pull to an area corresponding to an iliac crest of a trailing hip of the person;   (ii) having said person commence said activity; and,   (iii) applying force to said pull to (a) urge said person's hips to turn to encourage weight transfer motion from a back foot to a front foot of said person in coordination with said activity or to (b) resist the turning of person's hips to strengthen the weight transfer motion.   
     
     
         2 . A training instruction kit comprising:
 a harness mountable about a user's waist and thigh;   a pull securable to said harness at a region corresponding to the iliac crest of a hip of said user for pulling said harness to encourage or resist turning of the user's hips to respectively teach or strengthen weight transfer from a back foot to a front foot of said user; and,   a set of instructions incorporating the method steps of  claim 1 .   
     
     
         3 . The training instruction kit of  claim 2  wherein at least a section of said pull is resilient. 
     
     
         4 . The training instruction kit of  claim 3  wherein said section is exchangeable for another section having a different resiliency. 
     
     
         5 . The training instruction kit of  claim 4  wherein said section comprises indicia indicative of a degree of resiliency. 
     
     
         6 . The training instruction kit of  claim 2  wherein said harness comprises a waist strap secured to a thigh strap; and,
 said waist strap and thigh strap are each provided with interengaging securement means for securing said waist strap and said thigh strap firmly about said user's waist and thigh respectively. 
 
     
     
         7 . The training instruction kit of  claim 6  wherein said pull comprises a cord or strap and at least a section of said pull is resilient. 
     
     
         8 . The training instruction kit of  claim 7  wherein said section is releasably connected to a remainder of said strap. 
     
     
         9 . The training instruction kit of  claim 7  wherein said pull has a proximal end proximal to said harness and a distal end distal to said harness and wherein said distal end is provided with a securing means for securing said distal end to an object, person or apparatus. 
     
     
         10 . The training instruction kit of  claim 3  wherein said pull comprises a cord or strap.