Apparatus and method for a batter's training mat

Abstract

A batting training system is disclosed, the system including but not limited to a baseball plate having visible color-coded pitch location indicators thereon; and a matt adjacent the baseball plate, the matt having colored zones that match a pitch location indicator color, wherein a batter is trained to look to the zone that matches the pitch location indicator for a ball. A method is disclosed for using the system to train a batter.

1 . A system, the system comprising:
 a mat having a front region and a back region;   a baseball plate having a plurality of color-coded pitch location indicators thereon; and   wherein the front region of the mat is in front of the baseball plate, the front region of mat having a plurality of colored zones that match a color-coded pitch location indicator color, wherein the colored zone indicates to a batter where to look while hitting a ball, wherein a batter is trained to look to the colored zone that matches the color-coded pitch location indicator for a ball; and   a batting tee, wherein the batting tee is placed on one of the plurality of color-coded pitch location indicators on the baseball plate for training the batter training the batter to keep their head steady on the color-coded zone matching the pitch location indicator color during a swing at the ball on the tee.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , the system further comprising:
 a circular region formed on the back portion of the mat, wherein the circular region is a foot position indicator for a batter to placing a batter's foot on while hitting a ball off the batting tee and maintaining the batter' head and eye stability toward a zone located on the front forward of the batting tee and baseball plate.   
     
     
         3 . A method for training a batter, the method comprising:
 placing a ball on a batting tee on a first color-coded pitch location indicator on a baseball plate on a back region of a mat, so that a batter sees one of a plurality of color-coded zones formed on a front region of the mat, wherein the front region of the mat is located in front of the baseball plate, wherein the color coded zones indicate to the batter where to look while hitting a ball off of the batting tee on the for training the batter while hitting a baseball.   
     
     
         4 . Currently Amended) The method of  claim 3 , wherein the color-coded zone
 is a same color as the pitch location indicator, the method further comprising:   training a batter to keep a batter's head stationary toward the color-coded zone   matching the pitch location indicator color during a swing at the ball on the tee.