Football offensive and defensive training apparatus

Claim 1

IN A FOOTALL OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE TRAINING MACHINE, A SUPPORT MEANS, SAID SUPPORT MEANS BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON GROUND ENGAGING SKIDS, A CASING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS, AN ACTUATING ARM RECIPROCALLY MOUNTED IN SAID CASING, IMPACT IMPARTING AND RECEIVING MEANS ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE BODY OF THE USER, SECURED TO ONE END OF SAID ACTUATING ARM, EXTERNALLY OF SAID CASING, BIASING MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID CASING AND SAID ACTUATING ARM AND CONTINUOUSLY URGING SAID ARM OUTWARDLY OF SAID CASING, RELEASABLE LOCKING MEANS OPERATIVELY ENGAGING SAID BIASING MEANS, SAID SUPPORT MEANS COMPRISING A FRONT SUPPORT MEMBER AND A REAR SUPPORT MEMBER, THE LOCATION OF SAID PIVOTAL MOUNTINGS BEING SUCH AS TO ALLOW SELECTIVE FOLDING OF SAID SKIDS WITH RESPECT TO SAID CASING INTO A SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP FOR GROUND ENGAGEMENT OF SAID SKIDS OR SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR RELATIONSHIP FOR VERTICAL SURFACE MOUNTING OF SAID SKIDS.