The technology provides practice aids for developing croquet skills and on-mallet playing aids for improving croquet play. The practice aids are used while practicing croquet and offer benefits such as immediate feedback and practice shot repeatability. The practice aids may include a swing trainer, a single ball shot trainer, a croquet shot maker, a cannon shot maker, a mallet alignment tool, a take-off trainer, a hoop maker, and a wiring trainer. The on-mallet playing aids are used while practicing and during croquet games since the rules of croquet allow a player to mark a mallet. The on-mallet playing aids offer benefits such as improved in-game shot setup and improved shot precision. The on-mallet playing aids may include a single ball shot playing facilitator, a take-off playing facilitator, and a croquet-shot playing facilitator. The practice aids and the on-mallet playing aids may offer different ways of achieving a same result.

A multi-colored lens for eyewear is disclosed. The lens includes a plurality of segments including a lower segment coated with a blue dye, an upper segment coated with a red/orange dye and middle segment serving to transition between the blue and red/orange dyes. The multi-colored lens provides numerous advantages as a golf aid in assisting the wearer to view the ball. The lower blue segment assists a wearer in viewing a golf ball against a green surface while the upper red/orange segments assists the wearer in viewing the golf ball against a blue or gray sky.

The technology provides practice aids for developing croquet skills and on-mallet playing aids for improving croquet play. The practice aids are used while practicing croquet and offer benefits such as immediate feedback and practice shot repeatability. The practice aids may include a swing trainer, a single ball shot trainer, a croquet shot maker, a cannon shot maker, a mallet alignment tool, a take-off trainer, a hoop maker, and a wiring trainer. The on-mallet playing aids are used while practicing and during croquet games since the rules of croquet allow a player to mark a mallet. The on-mallet playing aids offer benefits such as improved in-game shot setup and improved shot precision. The on-mallet playing aids may include a single ball shot playing facilitator, a take-off playing facilitator, and a croquet-shot playing facilitator. The practice aids and the on-mallet playing aids may offer different ways of achieving a same result.

A lens for eyewear is shown. The lens includes a lower segment having a first coating applied thereon having a first color, an upper segment having a second coating applied thereon having a second color, and a middle segment being a transition period between the lower segment and the upper segment wherein the first coating and the second coating blend together to produce a range within a color spectrum. The lens of claim 1, wherein the lens is configured to enable a wearer, after hitting a golf ball, to view a flight of the golf ball through the upper segment. The first color includes a portion of the color spectrum having a wavelength range of 450-495 nm or a frequency range of 670-610 THz and the second color includes a portion of the color spectrum having a wavelength range of 590-750 nm or a frequency range of 505-400 THz.

The technology provides practice aids for developing croquet skills and on-mallet playing aids for improving croquet play. The practice aids are used while practicing croquet and offer benefits such as immediate feedback and practice shot repeatability. The practice aids may include a swing trainer, a single ball shot trainer, a croquet shot maker, a cannon shot maker, a mallet alignment tool, a take-off trainer, a hoop maker, and a wiring trainer. The on-mallet playing aids are used while practicing and during croquet games since the rules of croquet allow a player to mark a mallet. The on-mallet playing aids offer benefits such as improved in-game shot setup and improved shot precision. The on-mallet playing aids may include a single ball shot playing facilitator, a take-off playing facilitator, and a croquet-shot playing facilitator. The practice aids and the on-mallet playing aids may offer different ways of achieving a same result.

A game play device comprised of a tapered receptacle in a first embodiment or a semicircular shaped body in a second embodiment, the game play device having an inner surface, an outer surface and a base-mount coupled to the inner surface, and means for stabilizing the game play device for receiving a sport ball, the stabilizing means configured to provide stable positioning of the device on an outdoor surface and stabilized stacking of the device within a shoulder harness.

The technology provides practice aids for developing croquet skills and on-mallet playing aids for improving croquet play. The practice aids are used while practicing croquet and offer benefits such as immediate feedback and practice shot repeatability. The practice aids may include a swing trainer, a single ball shot trainer, a croquet shot maker, a cannon shot maker, a mallet alignment tool, a take-off trainer, a hoop maker, and a wiring trainer. The on-mallet playing aids are used while practicing and during croquet games since the rules of croquet allow a player to mark a mallet. The on-mallet playing aids offer benefits such as improved in-game shot setup and improved shot precision. The on-mallet playing aids may include a single ball shot playing facilitator, a take-off playing facilitator, and a croquet-shot playing facilitator. The practice aids and the on-mallet playing aids may offer different ways of achieving a same result.

A mallet for use in a game includes a shaft connected at one end to a mallet head. The mallet head includes a first planar strike face being parallel to that of the shaft axis and a second planar oblique strike face also parallel to the shaft axis, the angle between and first and oblique planar strike faces being between 0 and 90 degrees.

The present application is directed to a Family Combo Game which is played by putting billiard balls into sparkling two sided, numbered, relocatable game traps. The Combo Family Game disclosed herein is a combination of golf, croquet and billiards. The Combo Family Game Club described herein is a combination of a putting club, a pitching or chipping club resembling one or more golf type clubs, and a tapping club resembling a croquet mallet. The game is played on a turf surface of varying heights. The playing surface utilizes an elevated perimeter turf edged boarder to keep the balls in play. The game can be played on grassy area such as a lawn, backyards and in public recreation areas or parks. An optional lighting system is disclosed to light the game traps for playing at night or indoors. Optional game trap decorations and flags are also described herein.

A croquet hoop assembly may include a croquet hoop and a croquet hoop base operative to support the croquet hoop. The croquet hoop base may have support legs. A croquet hoop assembly may include a corresponding plurality of tabs extending from respective ones of the support legs; the corresponding plurality of tabs may extend a distance less than the fiber length of a playing surface. In this regard, the croquet hoop assembly may be deployed onto a playing surface comprising a membrane from which fibers extend. The support tabs may be shorter than the fibers' length, so the support tabs may engage the fibers but not penetrate the membrane, thus allowing use of the croquet hoop assembly on artificial field surfaces without causing damage to the substrate.