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Apparatus for practicing and teaching ball batting characterized by use of a rotary member journaled for rotation about a shaft, and a flexible linkage affixes a ball, nominally a baseball, in a down-hanging position from the rotary member. When the ball is struck with a bat it will move in an arcua

Apparatus for practicing and teaching ball batting characterized by use of a rotary member journaled for rotation about a shaft, and a flexible linkage affixes a ball, nominally a baseball, in a down-hanging position from the rotary member. When the ball is struck with a bat it will move in an arcuate motion about the axis of the rotary member. Particularly in accordance with the present invention, a backboard mounts the rotary member to a vertrical post. The backboard is releasably maintained upon the post by “U”bolts which hold the post against a channel formed by spaced-apart parallel spacer bars positioned upon the backboard. The flexible linkage incorporates a spring-biased hook allowing ready substitution of balls thereon.

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An apparatus for practicing ball batting comprising: a backboard having a front and rear surface; an arm member mounted to said backboard and extending generally perpendicularly outward from said front surface; an impact member suspended from said arm member to rotate about the longitudinal axis of

An apparatus for practicing ball batting comprising: a backboard having a front and rear surface; an arm member mounted to said backboard and extending generally perpendicularly outward from said front surface; an impact member suspended from said arm member to rotate about the longitudinal axis of said arm member upon being struck by a bat; means positioned on the rear surface of said backboard and extending therethrough to said front surface of said backboard for mounting said backboard to a vertical support post; and a pair of elongate spacer bars mounted to the rear surface of said backboard extending in a plane generally parallel to the plane of said backboard, said pair of spacer bars being laterally spaced from one another to define a channel therebetween and a pair of parallel rear abutment surfaces, said channel being adapted to support said backboard substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis of the support post.