Motor Skills Workout Apparatus

Abstract

A batting practice device for developing and enhancing a baseball player's batting skills. The device provides a computer program, control module, batting target with a display module and a target mounted display. The bat may have a weighted end or a weight within the body of the bat, which will develop batter's upper body strength.

1 . A batting practice device, comprising: a computer controlled batting target having a plurality of illuminable target elements randomly illuminated by a computer program, each target element of said plurality of illuminable target elements comprising an impact portion with a centrally-disposed illuminable portion for providing illumination of each said target element and a compression element providing feedback when said impact portion is impacted. 
     
     
         2 . The device as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the batting target comprises a circuit having a power source, memory and software in electrical communication with a control module, whereby the batter can actuate the control module and select from a plurality of pitching programs. 
     
     
         3 . The device as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising a control module, whereby a batter is able to select a particular pitching program from a plurality of pitching programs, including at least one of a fast ball, knuckle ball, slider, curve, high ball, low ball, inside pitch, outside pitch and a completely random program that will illuminate any of the illuminable target elements. 
     
     
         4 . The device as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the batting target comprises a base as an anchor to prevent movement of the batting target during use. 
     
     
         5 - 6 . (canceled) 
     
     
         7 . The device as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising a message display on the computer controlled batting target to provide feedback to a batter after the batter impacts one of the target elements. 
     
     
         8 . The device as recited in  claim 7 , wherein the feedback comprises an actuator, such as a sensor, that displays a computer programmed message on both a monitor and target display, whereby the monitor can be used by the computer program to display a pitcher pitching a ball at the batting target, whereby in realistic time one of the target elements will illuminate.