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A device for training athletes in gymnastics, acrobatics and the like comprising a spotting rig wherein the slack in the gymnast\s suspension lines is automatically removed by a take-up mechanism. In a preferred form, the take-up mechanism includes a pair of connected swinging arms having sheaves at

A device for training athletes in gymnastics, acrobatics and the like comprising a spotting rig wherein the slack in the gymnast\s suspension lines is automatically removed by a take-up mechanism. In a preferred form, the take-up mechanism includes a pair of connected swinging arms having sheaves at their free end. The arms are spring loaded so as to urge their ends away from each other, and the suspension line slack is accumulated between the sheaves. A brake mechanism is provided to slow or stop the motion of the arms and thereby retard or arrest the downward movement of the gymnast.

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A training device for athletes for automatically taking up slack in and providing the braking force to the suspension line of a training rig, said device comprising a frame assembly, a pair of spaced arms, each of said arms rotatably mounted adjacent one end thereof to said frame assembly for angula

A training device for athletes for automatically taking up slack in and providing the braking force to the suspension line of a training rig, said device comprising a frame assembly, a pair of spaced arms, each of said arms rotatably mounted adjacent one end thereof to said frame assembly for angular motion in a common plane, means at the free end of each of said arms for receiving a portion of said suspension line and returning said portion toward said other arm biasing, means continuously acting on said arms tending to angularly separate the free ends of said arms, and braking means for selectively slowing or arresting the movement of said arms.