A training device can be used, for example, to practice punching and kicking techniques and to practice baseball batting and golf swing mechanics.

A cartridge assembly for military and police training meets the requirement of practicing vividly while causing no harm. The assembly mainly has a projectile, a sabot, a C-type ring, and a cartridge case, wherein the projectile is disposed in a recess of the sabot; the sabot is fitted tightly into the case and the C-type ring is disposed in a slot at the bottom of the sabot. Upon a primer being struck to ignite the powder, the expanding gas partially outbursts and bleeds through an orifice to pr...

A practice ammunition projectile comprises a head which bursts when the projectile strikes a target and contains a marking agent which optically indicates the point of impact after the head has burst. The marking agent consists of several chemical components (7, 8) which are each contained in separately breakable compartments (4, 5) within a burstable hood at the head of the projectile. When the compartments (4, 5) break open the components combine and undergo a chemical reaction which creates a...

A practice projectile includes a projectile jacket having a frontal end, a rearward end including a base, a length and a longitudinal axis; a fuze igniting on impact and being disposed in the projectile jacket; a component defining an axial tubular cavity extending throughout a preponderant portion of jacket length; a plurality of axially spaced explosive charges disposed in the cavity; and a transfer charge disposed between adjoining explosive charges for coupling the explosive charges to one a...

A practice putter head includes a substantially flat centrally located sweet spot, and a pair of surfaces that will deflect the golf ball when various flaws occur in a putter's stroke. In one embodiment, the putter head has a putting surface that includes a centrally located sweet spot, a proximal end, and an opposing distal end. A distal claw defines an inner distal claw surface that extends forward from the distal end of the putting surface and extends proximally, and a proximal claw defines a...

A new and improved sound reflector and a mouthpiece mount. The mouthpiece mount is secured to the sound reflector to position a mouthpiece adjacent to and generally perpendicular of the reflector.

A ball is provided for use in training that collapses when hit or kicked and then resiliently reforms itself to its original shape, dissipating kinetic energy and allowing use of the ball in a restricted geographical area. In one aspect, the ball of the invention includes incisions extending substantially through a shell, which deform upon striking, such that the ball and collapses venting air and dissipating kinetic energy. In another aspect, the ball of the present invention includes incisions...

A practice projectile for large-caliber cannons corresponds, over a first flight trajectory portion, to a combat projectile in trajectory and target strike position. At the beginning of a second flight portion, the projectile self-destructs to prevent flight of projectile parts out of the second flight portion. This is attained by a plurality of mutually independent pyrotechnic delay charges which are triggered upon firing and, after burning down, ignite gas generators. The pressurized gas gener...

A practice baseball constructed to curve to a controllable degree when thrown in the manner that a conventional baseball is thrown as a straight ball. The practice baseball is in major part spherical, the balance of the surface being a flat area resulting from the removal of a small segment. The practice baseball has all of the normal characteristics of any conventional similarly manufactured baseball of the same diameter and weight. The practice baseball may be of any selected weight and diamet...

A practice bat for baseball players including a handle portion, and a weighted end portion interconnected by a resilient spring. The weighted end portion is remote from the hands of the player holding the handle portion so that when the bat is swung the momentum of the weighted end portion will cause it to lag behind and then move ahead of a longitudinal at rest axis of the handle portion causing the player's wrists to break or bend.