Abstract: A baseball training system and method for training a player is shown. The baseball system and method includes a collector for collecting thrown balls and directing them to a throwback unit which has multiple adjusters for adjusting various characteristics of a ball being thrown back. The throwback unit can be adjusted to accommodate different ball sizes to change a trajectory of a ball being thrown back by the throwback unit.

Abstract: A portable basketball practice system or apparatus and method are shown having a plurality of pads situated on a plurality of adjustable arms that provide a toggle assembly, respectively. A position of the pads can be adjusted relative to a box-out area and can be engaged by a player during a basketball practice or training session. After a pad is engaged and driven away from the box-out area, the other pad is driven toward the box-out area. The player experiences a predetermined amount of resistance in order to simulate “boxing out” during a rebound drill. The apparatus and method may be provided separately or integrally with a basketball backboard and hoop. The apparatus and method may also include or be used with a rebounder so that the player can simulate “boxing out” before, during or after capturing a rebound.

Abstract: A portable basketball practice system or apparatus and method are shown having a plurality of pads situated on a plurality of adjustable arms that provide a toggle assembly, respectively. A position of the pads can be adjusted relative to a box-out area and can be engaged by a player during a basketball practice or training session. After a pad is engaged and driven away from the box-out area, the other pad is driven toward the box-out area. The player experiences a predetermined amount of resistance in order to simulate “boxing out” during a rebound drill. The apparatus and method may be provided separately or integrally with a basketball backboard and hoop. The apparatus and method may also include or be used with a rebounder so that the player can simulate “boxing out” before, during or after capturing a rebound.

Abstract: A basketball retrieval and return apparatus is used in combination with a pole-supported basketball backboard to collect shot basketballs that either ricochet off the backboard or fall through a rim attached to the backboard for returning the basketballs to the practicing player or players. The apparatus includes a bracket removably mountable to the lowest portion of the backboard, an elongated support bar pivotally mounted to the bracket, and a U-shaped ring bar attached to the support bar and which extends outwardly from and perpendicular to the backboard when the ring bar is pivoted from a non-use to a use position. In order to maintain the ring bar in its use position, a U-shaped support member is attached to the ring bar and pivots downward toward the level surface or ground so that a pole brace attached to the support member can have one end mounted to a pole bracket which is secured generally to the mid-point of the pole.