Abstract: A method of locating properly and comfortably a protective helmet on the head of a person. A fit, locating and comfort band is mounted around the persons head, namely adjacent the ears and the back of the head and over the forehead. Thereafter, a protective plastic helmet having a foam lining is mounted over the band as a separate and distinct operation. The method further comprises employing a harness above the band to aid in keeping it in place while the helmet is subsequently mounted, and to protect the top of the head from discomfort caused by a central foam element of the helmet. The apparatus comprises the band and harness and helmet employed in combination with each other, but with no need for the band or harness to be connected to the helmet. In accordance with another aspect of the method and apparatus, an inflatable bladder is employed to aid in maintaining the band and helmet in the desired positions.

Abstract: A new type of baseball suited for use as a training aid, particularly for pitchers, catchers, and hitters comprising a conventional baseball having a colored lined marking on the cover, and preferably a red colored stripe spiralling downward from the top of the ball to the bottom.

Abstract: A new type of baseball and softball practice tee that is bendable and is quickly restored to its upright vertical position when hit during batting practice comprising an upright pedistal adapted at one terminal end to holding a ball, and the other end being inserted into the top end of an upright container the bottom end of which is flat and much smaller than the upper width of the container with the edges rounded upward making in effect a pear shaped container bottom, the bottom of the container possessing an enclosed cavity filled with weighted material of sufficient weight so as to force the container to quickly return to its vertical position when it is knocked over by the batter.

Abstract: An athletic glove pocket retaining and former device comprising a ball like object having at least one bendable strap having means, such as Velcro, attached to the approximate middle of said strap joined to said ball like object, and having joining means, such as Velcro, attached to the terminal ends of said strap so as to permit the strap ends to be tightly joined together when the ball like object is placed in the pocket of the glove.

Abstract: A portable seat for catchers positioned behind home plate which lessens the strain on the knees and legs of the catcher and thereby helps the catcher maintain top performance and extends his life as a catcher, the seat comprising a base plate adapted to being placed on a level surface, a vertically extending heavy duty coil spring having the bottom end thereof fixedly attached to the top of the base and the upper end removable attached to the bottom of a horizontally placed seat, the seat preferably being of the bicycle type narrowing in the front for the catcher's leg and having springs underneath to permit bending to the side and providing a comfortable position for the catcher.

Abstract: An adjustable practice batting tee comprising a planar base, an elongated slotted horizontal support member adapted to moving over the top of the base and attached thereto by an adjustable lock placed within the slot, an L shaped elongated tubular pedestal having a long tubular arm and a short tubular arm and being pivotedly attached by a lock at the apex of the L to one end of the elongated slotted support member such that the pedestal can be pivoted to have one of the tubular arms in a vertical position and the other in a horizontal position and visa versa, the end of both arms being adapted to holding a baseball or softball.