Patent attributes
The inventive system relates to a basketball training aid system including a cord-like basketball net having a central vertical axis, the net characterized by a plurality of cord segments and knots, and an entrance opening proportioned for attachment to a basketball rim. The net also exhibits an exit opening smaller than the entrance opening, each of the openings are concentric about the central vertical axis of the net. The system includes a mounting ring having a central vertical axis, the ring proportioned for securement to the net at about a center area of the vertical axis of the net in a plane substantially transverse to the axis, the ring includes means therein for its securement to the net at about the vertical center area of the vertical axis of the net. Further included in the system is a chute having an open entrance having a diameter greater than that of a basketball by an annular radius in a range of 1 to 2 inches, the chute entrance including an inner circumferential channel complemental in dimension to a circumferential edge of the mounting ring and proportioned for rotational motion about the ring.
