The subject of the utility model is a multi-purpose sports apparatus particularly for improving footballers' technical skills, comprising a foundation body (10) containing a playing surface (11) and an obstacle element (20). The distinctive feature of the method is that the playing surface (11) of the foundation body (10) looking from the interior of the foundation body (10) has an at least partially convex top surface (15) and the foundation body (10) has a support structure (30) which separates the playing surface (11) from the base (2).

A spherical ball is for throwing with a spin so that the ball curves and rises during flight. The spherical ball may include a body defining an internal cavity therein, and an outer surface. The outer surface may include solid planar surfaces, each and every one of the solid planar surfaces directly adjoining multiple adjacent ones of the solid planar surfaces. The directly adjoining multiple adjacent ones of the solid planar surfaces may define a repeating pattern having a pentagon-shaped solid planar surface surrounded by hexagon-shaped solid planar surfaces. Boundaries between the directly adjoining ones of the solid planar surfaces may be integral and continuous with adjacent portions of the outer surface.

A sports training device for pitching and throwing has a ball core and a cover material. The core member defines a passageway extending through the ball core and also defines an anchor recess into a surface of the ball core. The anchor recess is aligned with and communicates with the passageway. A cloth member has a geometric shape with at least one corner and defining an attachment portion and a body portion extending away from the attachment portion. The attachment portion extends through the passageway and is attached to an anchor member sized to be received in the anchor recess. A cover material is installed over the ball core with the body portion of the cloth member extending through a cover opening and out from the ball core.

A reduced-gravity training ball that allows the user to more easily react to the ball's movement and accelerating skills than a regulation ball. A training system may be provided to coach the user through a series of drills and fitness exercises with the ball. The training ball may come in several weights that train the user by gradually using heavier balls that have more gravity. In one embodiment, a training ball has a lightweight inner bladder with an inflation port, and an exterior layer that covers the inner bladder. The exterior surface may be provided with lines, indentations, graphics and/or other features that improve the performance of the ball and/or that replicate some or all of the characteristics of the exterior surface of the regulation ball it simulates.

A sports training device for pitching and throwing has a ball core and a cover material. The core member defines a passageway extending through the ball core and also defines an anchor recess into a surface of the ball core. The anchor recess is aligned with and communicates with the passageway. A cloth member has a geometric shape with at least one corner and defining an attachment portion and a body portion extending away from the attachment portion. The attachment portion extends through the passageway and is attached to an anchor member sized to be received in the anchor recess. A cover material is installed over the ball core with the body portion of the cloth member extending through a cover opening and out from the ball core.

A game ball of composite construction, having a spherical hollow shell, with a pattern of perforation or holes arranged on and through the surface thereof, to substantially increase the aerodynamic drag upon the composite, and thereby effective reduce the distance the composite can travel upon being struck by a bat or club. In order to modulate and better emulate or mimic the feel and track of the composite in play, the composite is further modified by the inclusion of a plurality of randomly ordered discrete spherical elements, within said hollow shell, to effectively displacing about 50% of the interior volume of the hollow shell, and thereby contributing from about 20% up to about 75% to the mass of said composite In the composite embodiment of this invention game ball is a golf ball.

As one implementation example, an application comprising a recreational game performs a method comprising displaying at least a portion of a recreational object. The recreational object comprises a central portion comprising a center and a plurality of arm members in which the arm members are joined to the central portion and balanced about the center, the arm members each comprising a channel for enabling air passage through the arm members and into the central portion in which the air passage affects a flight speed and a rotational speed of the recreational object passing through air. The method further comprises receiving input from an application user, the input operable to manipulate the recreational object to achieve a goal of the recreational game.

Through the use of an internal support system integrated with the interior shell of a hollow ball, the concentration of impact stress to the ball's shell during game play is reduced through better dispersion and resistance of applied force, while also reinforcing the ball's shell at its weakest points, which are the holes, thus making it more resilient and thereby less susceptible to breakage. Enhanced fortification against impact stress applied during gameplay serves to increase the usable life of the ball.

A set for playing a sport, designed for an exchange of shots between two players. The set includes: a ball; and a table having a playing surface longitudinally extending between opposite action edges, between which the players are caused to exchange shots with the ball. The playing surface has a curved longitudinal profile, between the action edges delimiting a concavity open above the table. The playing surface and the ball being configured to absorb bounces of the ball on the playing surface.