| US 7,497,035 B2 | ||
| Soccer training apparatus and method | ||
| Alexander I. Kos, 961 Orchid Dr., Brentwood, Calif. 94513 (US); and Sylvain Y. Koffi, 256 Elmwood La., Hayward, Calif. 94541 (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 02, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/368,090. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/658253, filed on Mar. 02, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0196084 A1, Sep. 07, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A43B 5/02 (2006.01); A43B 23/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 36—133 [36/139; 36/128; 36/7.2; 473/446] | 23 Claims |
| 1. A soccer training apparatus comprising:
a contact patch device configured to removably attach to a foot or a shoe of a user at an instep portion of the foot or shoe;
and
a soccer ball having an exterior surface that is adapted to cooperate with a contact region of the contact patch device to
removably attach to the contact region upon contact with the contact region to indicate correct contact of the foot or shoe
with said soccer ball at the instep portion.
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