Abstract: Training apparatus for launching balls, particularly footballs, of the type using a supply containing the balls (3). The balls (3) are gravity fed one at a time by a chute (4) to a launching station (5) having an ejection arm. The lower end (8) of the chute (4) for supplying the balls (3), which opens at the level of the launching station (5), is provided with a single distributor for the balls (3). The ejection arm is mounted fixedly on an axle mounted on bearings and provided with a return spring. A launching arm is also mounted on the axle, and is actuated by a drive arm which strikes the launching arm in rotation. The drive arm comprises adjustment element which permits varying its radius so as to give more or less power to its lever arm. The launching station (5) is formed by a cradle which is provided with elements for adjustment in a horizontal direction and in a vertical direction. The apparatus is used for football training.