Training football

Abstract

A training football having one or more markings for the positioning of a user's fingers and/or thumbs. The markings may include positioning indicia for fingers and/or thumbs of both the right hand and left hand of a user.

1 . A training football comprising:
 a football shaped ball; and   at least one of a finger position indicia and a thumb position indicia located on, or within, an outer surface of the football shaped ball.   
     
     
         2 . The training football of  claim 1  wherein said at least one of a finger position indicia and a thumb position indicia comprises at least one of an arrow shape, an outline of a finger shape, an outline of a thumb shape, and a reference to at least one of a thumb and a finger of a user's right hand or left hand. 
     
     
         3 . The training football of  claim 1  wherein said at least one of a finger position indicia and a thumb position indicia is impregnated within the outer surface of the football shaped ball. 
     
     
         4 . The training football of  claim 1  wherein said at least one of a finger position indicia and a thumb position indicia is formed as part of the outer surface of the football shaped ball such that it extends above the outer surface of the football shaped ball or forms a depression within the outer surface of the football shaped ball. 
     
     
         5 . The training football of  claim 1  wherein said at least one of a finger position indicia and a thumb position indicia comprise a color sufficiently distinguishable from a color of the football shaped ball such that said at least one of a finger position indicia and a thumb position indicia can be easily seen by a user. 
     
     
         6 . The training football of  claim 1  wherein said at least one of a finger position indicia and a thumb position indicia comprise at least one arrow and at least one letter positioned near the arrow. 
     
     
         7 . The training football of  claim 6  wherein said at least one letter comprises a reference to at least one of a specific thumb and a specific finger of a user's right hand or left hand. 
     
     
         8 . The training football of  claim 1  wherein said at least one of a finger position indicia and a thumb position indicia comprises a reference to at least one of a specific thumb and a specific finger of a user's right hand or left hand. 
     
     
         9 . The training football of  claim 8  wherein said at least one of a finger position indicia and a thumb position indicia comprises at least one reference to at least one of a specific thumb and a specific finger of the user's right hand and at least one reference to at least one of a specific thumb and a specific finger of the user's left hand. 
     
     
         10 . The training football of  claim 9  wherein said at least one reference to at least one of a specific thumb and a specific finger of the user's right hand comprises a first color and said at least one reference to at least one of a specific thumb and a specific finger of the user's left hand comprises a second color. 
     
     
         11 . The training football of  claim 9  wherein said at least one of a finger indicia and a thumb indicia comprises a reference to a user's left ring finger, a reference to a user's left index finger, a reference to a user's left thumb, a reference to a user's right index finger, a reference to a user's right ring finger, and an arrow showing a direction to rotate the football shaped ball. 
     
     
         12 . A training football comprising:
 a football shaped ball;   a cover member which covers at least a portion of the football shaped ball; and   at least one of a finger position indicia and a thumb position indicia located on, or within, an outer surface of the cover member.   
     
     
         13 . The training football of  claim 12  wherein said at least one of a finger position indicia and a thumb position indicia comprises at least one of an arrow shape, an outline of a finger shape, an outline of a thumb shape, and a reference to at least one of a thumb and a finger of a user's right hand or left hand. 
     
     
         14 . The training football of  claim 12  wherein said at least one of a finger position indicia and a thumb position indicia is impregnated within the outer surface of the cover member. 
     
     
         15 . The training football of  claim 12  wherein said at least one of a finger position indicia and a thumb position indicia is formed as part of the outer surface of the cover member such that it extends above the outer surface of the cover member or forms a depression within the outer surface of the cover member. 
     
     
         16 . The training football of  claim 12  wherein said at least one of a finger position indicia and a thumb position indicia comprise a color sufficiently distinguishable from a color of the cover member such that said at least one of a finger position indicia and a thumb position indicia can be easily seen by a user. 
     
     
         17 . The training football of  claim 12  wherein said at least one of a finger position indicia and a thumb position indicia comprise at least one arrow and at least one letter positioned near the arrow. 
     
     
         18 . The training football of  claim 17  wherein said at least one letter comprises a reference to at least one of a specific thumb and a specific finger of a user's right hand or left hand. 
     
     
         19 . The training football of  claim 12  wherein said at least one of a finger position indicia and a thumb position indicia comprises a reference to at least one of a specific thumb and a specific finger of a user's right hand or left hand. 
     
     
         20 . The training football of  claim 19  wherein said at least one of a finger position indicia and a thumb position indicia comprises at least one reference to at least one of a specific thumb and a specific finger of the user's right hand and at least one reference to at least one of a specific thumb and a specific finger of the user's left hand. 
     
     
         21 . The training football of  claim 20  wherein said at least one reference to at least one of a specific thumb and a specific finger of the user's right hand comprises a first color and said at least one reference to at least one of a specific thumb and a specific finger of the user's left hand comprises a second color.