Sports training aid

Abstract

A sports training aid comprising a frame with skate-like and hockey stick-like members attached thereto and including transverse member arranged to support a backboard to simulate an opposing player. This training aid is intended to assist the novice hockey player in developing the skills associated with maneuvering the hockey puck around and/or through an opponent. The device consists of a frame having a longitudinal member connected to a transverse member, the transverse member having leg members each terminating in a skate simulation member and a distal end of the longitudinal member terminating in a hockey stick-like member, an upright frame member supports a backboard.

I/we claim: 
     
         1 . A sports training device, comprising:
 a frame member, said frame member including a transverse member and a pair of supporting leg members, said transverse member including an elongated body having a first end and an oppositely disposed second end, each of said first end and said second end terminating in a downwardly curved attachment portion wherein said attachment portion further includes at least one abutment member, said abutment member being arranged for snap fit with a respective leg member; and   a longitudinal member.   
     
     
         2 . The sports training device of  claim 1  wherein said elongated body of said transverse member further includes a top surface and an oppositely disposed bottom surface, said top surface having a longitudinally extending slot formed therein. 
     
     
         3 . The sports training device of  claim 2  further including a back board, and wherein said bottom surface of said transverse member includes a laterally extending bracket member, said bracket member including at least one support flange, said bracket member and said support flange arranged to support said back board in said slot. 
     
     
         4 . The sports training device of  claim 2  wherein said top surface of said elongated body of said transverse member includes a pair of spaced apart, parallel edges, each edge terminating in a respective side wall, each of said side walls extending normal to said top surface, and wherein at least one of said side wails includes a mounting peg. 
     
     
         5 . The sports training device of  claim 4  wherein said mounting peg is positioned between said first end and said second end, and extends normal to said side wall. 
     
     
         6 . The sports training device of  claim 4  wherein said longitudinal member further includes a distal end and a proximal end, said proximal end being connected to said transverse member and extending perpendicularly from and spaced between said first end and said second end. 
     
     
         7 . The sports training aid of  claim 6  wherein said proximal end of said longitudinal member is connected to the transverse member at said mounting peg. 
     
     
         8 . The sports training aid of  claim 6  wherein said distal end of said longitudinal member approximates the appearance of a hockey stick and terminates in a hockey stick, blade-like member.