Training device for soccer players
US5737858A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 15, 1996 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA43C19/00
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Soccer training shoes are provided having ball contact elements that cause a soccer ball to more readily bounce away from the foot of the user. In one aspect of the invention, a training device is provided for temporary attachment to the shoe of a soccer player for providing hard inside and outside ball contact elements that cause a soccer ball to more readily bounce away from the foot of the user and thus promote the development of the "soft feel" that is desirable for catching, trapping and dribbling activities. The training device is essentially in the form of a web of straps that encompass the toe and instep portion of a soccer shoe and with forward, intermediate and rear transverse straps each being provided with a relatively hard ball contact element for location along the vamp of a soccer shoe in the immediate region of the inside and outside edges of the sole of the shoe. The transverse straps are positioned so as to place the ball contact elements in closely spaced relation to collectively define an elongate strip of relatively hard ball contact material on the inside and outside edges of the soccer shoe. The web of straps defining a major portion of the training device ma…
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