A device is provided for receiving projectiles and creating a pattern. The device includes a plurality of hoops arranged in parallel and configured to receive the projectiles. A two-dimensional grid could be providedacross a plurality of channels of the device, or on a display of the devicein order to display the projectiles received by the plurality of hoops. In some examples, projectiles may be received by a plurality of channels, and the pattern is created within the channels and is viewable through apertures across the channels. In other examples, sensors may be used to determine when a projectile has passed through one of the hoops, and indicators may be displayed in corresponding vertical columns of a two-dimensional grid on a display.

A lacrosse teaching device includes a body, a ball receptacle, and a valve. The body includes a first leg, a second leg, and an archway interconnecting the first and second legs. The body defines a tunnel and the archway defines an opening. A ball receptacle defines a cavity and an opening. The cavity is dimensioned to hold at least one lacrosse ball. The ball receptacle communicates with the opening in the archway such that a lacrosse ball can travel from the cavity of the ball receptacle through the opening in the archway and into the tunnel. The valve is positioned between the cavity of the ball receptacle and the opening in the archway and is actuable to control movement of the at least one lacrosse ball from the cavity of the ball receptacle into the opening in the archway.

A device is provided for receiving projectiles and creating a pattern. The device includes a plurality of hoops arranged in parallel and configured to receive the projectiles. A two-dimensional grid could be providedacross a plurality of channels of the device, or on a display of the devicein order to display the projectiles received by the plurality of hoops. In some examples, projectiles may be received by a plurality of channels, and the pattern is created within the channels and is viewable through apertures across the channels. In other examples, sensors may be used to determine when a projectile has passed through one of the hoops, and indicators may be displayed in corresponding vertical columns of a two-dimensional grid on a display.

A basketball training apparatus includes a shot completion sensor, a condition sensor, and a computer. The shot completion sensor determines whether a shot goes through a basketball hoop. The condition sensor senses a physical condition of a basketball shooter. The computer is in communication with the shot completion sensor and the condition sensor, and has a processor for calculating shot completion percentage as a function of the physical condition.

What is provided is a football catching and throwing machine and method that includes an inclined upwardly angled path. The machine includes a collector configured to receive a football thrown into it; a ball translator configured to align the football and transport the football up the inclined path to a football accelerator that launches the football into the air; and a motor that operates the football accelerator.

An automatic batting training apparatus includes: a bottom part; a hopper assembly disposed on one side of the bottom part to sequentially discharge a plurality of balls stored therein; and a driving assembly disposed on the other side of the bottom part and including a transfer module adapted to transfer the balls discharged from the hopper assembly in a vertical direction and an ascending/descending module having a tee stand disposed movable upward and downward in such a manner as to allow the balls received from the transfer module to be seated one by one onto top thereof to perform tee batting.

A sport training and organization (STO) device, comprising: a base plate, a bucket, and a tee. The bucket is connected with the base plate and has an opening at one end distal from the base plate. The tee is connected with the bucket.

A device for assisting a user during basketball practice is disclosed. The device includes an ejector that launches a basketball, a control system that detects and records shooting data and programs the ejector, and an interface that has a plurality of indicia and communicates with the control system. A report generator is included that generates a report on the shooting data. In exemplary embodiments, a tracking device may detect the location of the basketball and a sensor may detect if the basketball passes through the goal.

A soft-toss pitching machine for soft-pitch practice includes a housing and a feeder tube coupled within an inside of the housing and extending from a feed aperture to a dispense aperture. A plurality of legs is coupled to the housing. A swivel is coupled to the housing and a pitcher arm is coupled to the swivel. The pitcher arm has a rest position, a first alternate wound position, and a second alternate release position in front of the housing. A pitcher hand is coupled to the pitcher arm and is configured to secure a ball with the pitcher arm in, and moving between, the rest position and the first alternate wound position. The pitcher hand is configured to release the ball when the pitcher arm moves to the release position. A drive is in operational communication with the swivel and moves the pitcher arm.

A dispenser for golf balls, ping pong balls, and the like has a tubular neoprene (polychloroprene) body with an inside diameter marginally less than the diameter of the ball to be held. The length of the body may be approximately three times the diameter of the ball, so that up to three balls may be conveniently stored in the body. The body includes an open insertion end whose inside diameter is equal to that of the body and into which balls are advanced into the body, and a sphincter-like dispensing end with an inside diameter less than the diameter of the balls. Squeezing the body results in urging a ball against the dispensing end to urge the dispensing end open enough to permit the ball to pass.