Sports training aid

Claim 1

In a removable support training aid for golf or tennis or the like adapted to be worn on the wrist and hand to prevent bending of the wrist in either direction without interfering with the normal gripping action of the hand including a relatively thin generally U-shaped member having a base and opposed spaced apart first and second elongated legs; said base being enlarged in a direction parallel to the elongated axis of said legs to define an enlarged base to fit over the back of the hand, the back of the wrist and the back of the lower portion of the forearm of the wearer; said first leg being wider than said second leg in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the legs; and fastener means attached to the distal end of each leg and to the base for individually fastening each leg to the base; the improvement comprising: the fastener means attached to said base to define a pocket between said fastener means and said base to receive a removable reinforcing member therein; so that upon placing the training aid base on the back of the hand, the back of the wrist and the back of the forearm, said first leg may be encircled around the wrist and forearm of the wearer and attached to the base and the second leg extended between the thumb and forefinger and encircled across the palm and around the hand to the back of the hand and attached to the base to thereby rigidly reinforce the wrist of the wearer against bending in either direction without interfering with the normal gripping function of the hand.