Throw training device

Abstract

A throw training device is provided to limit a motion of a user's non-throwing arm while throwing an object. In one embodiment, a throw training device comprises a belt, wherein the belt comprises a sleeve material attached to the belt to form an integrated sleeve. A user's non-throwing arm may be secured in the integrated sleeve to limit a motion of a user's non-throwing arm.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A throw training device comprising a belt, wherein the belt comprises a sleeve material attached to the belt to form an integrated sleeve. 
     
     
         2 . The throw training device of  claim 1 , wherein the belt comprises a horizontal portion operable to extend circumferentially around a user's torso. 
     
     
         3 . The throw training device of  claim 1 , wherein the sleeve material is attached to the belt at a first attachment point and a second attachment point, such that a portion of the sleeve material attached to a portion of the belt at the first attachment point and the second attachment point comprise an inner boundary of the integrated sleeve. 
     
     
         4 . The throw training device of  claim 1 , wherein the horizontal portion comprises a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion interconnected to the second end portion via an interconnection strap. 
     
     
         5 . The throw training device of  claim 4 , wherein the first end portion comprises a first connector and the second end portion comprises a second connector, such that the first connector is operable to selectively interconnect with the second connector to secure the belt around and to a user's torso. 
     
     
         6 . The throw training device of  claim 4 , wherein a length of the interconnection strap is selectively adjustable such that the length is at least one of: lengthened, and shortened, during an adjustment of the strap. 
     
     
         7 . The throw training device of  claim 6  further comprising an adjustment hardware, and wherein the adjustment hardware is operable to at least one of: selectively adjust the length of the interconnection strap, and selectively secure a position of the interconnection strap relative to the belt. 
     
     
         8 . The throw training device of  claim 6 , wherein the interconnection strap overlies the sleeve material, such that the adjustment of the interconnection strap at least one of: exerts a tension on the sleeve material relative to the belt, and relieves a tension on the sleeve material relative to the belt. 
     
     
         9 . A throw training device, comprising:
 a belt; and   a non-throwing arm attachment cuff, the non-throwing arm attachment cuff operatively connected to the belt.   
     
     
         10 . The throw training device of  claim 9 , wherein the belt comprises a horizontal portion operable to extend circumferentially around a user's torso, the horizontal portion further comprising an attachment point, the attachment point operable to connect the non-throwing arm attachment cuff to the belt. 
     
     
         11 . The throw training device of  claim 10 , wherein the horizontal portion comprises two end portions, each end portion operable to connect to another end portion to secure the horizontal portion around a user's torso. 
     
     
         12 . The throw training device of  claim 10 , wherein the horizontal portion is adjustable such that a circumferential length of the horizontal portion may be varied. 
     
     
         13 . The throw training device of  claim 10 , further comprising an interconnecting material, the interconnecting material operable to interconnect the non-throwing arm attachment cuff to the attachment point 
     
     
         14 . The throw training device of  claim 13 , wherein the interconnecting material comprises an elastic material. 
     
     
         15 . The throw training device of  claim 10 , wherein the attachment point comprises a fixed attachment, the fixed attachment operable to fixedly secure the non-throwing arm attachment cuff to the belt. 
     
     
         16 . The throw training device of  claim 10 , wherein the attachment point comprises a selectively removable attachment, the selectively removable attachment operable to selectively secure the non-throwing arm attachment to the belt, and selectively remove the non-throwing arm attachment from the belt. 
     
     
         17 . The throw training device of  claim 9 , further comprising a tension adjustment device, the tension adjustment device further comprising a tether and a restraint, the restraint operable to secure the tether such that the tether may be selectively secured to the restraint to at least one of:
 slacken, and tighten, the tether relative to the restraint.   
     
     
         18 . The throw training device of  claim 17 , wherein the tension adjustment device comprises an eyed strap as the tether, and a prong and frame buckle as the restraint. 
     
     
         19 . The throw training device of  claim 9 , wherein the non-throwing arm attachment cuff comprises an annular sleeve comprising an elastic material, the annular sleeve of elastic material selectively deformable when a stress is applied to allow a user's non-throwing arm to pass through the annular sleeve to position the non-throwing arm attachment cuff about a user's non-throwing arm, regardless of a user's arm circumference, such that when the stress is removed, the elastic material of the sleeve returns toward an original state thereby securing the non-throwing arm attachment cuff to the user's arm. 
     
     
         20 . A method of using a throw training device, the method comprising the steps of:
 securing a throw training device belt around a torso of a user;   securing a user's arm within at least one of: a non-throwing arm adjustment cuff, and an integrated sleeve; and   providing a tension on at least one of: the non-throwing arm adjustment cuff relative to the belt, and a sleeve material of the integrated sleeve relative to the belt, to limit at least one of: a user's arm movement relative to the user's torso, and abduction of a user's upper arm relative to the user's torso.