Baseball teaching device

Claim 1

A batting tee for a baseball or a softball suitable for teaching a player a proper level--with a slight uppercut--swing, said tee including a base means and three vertically extending adjustable pole means; wherein: (a) said three adjustable pole means include a forward pole and two rear poles in a triangular relationship attached to said base means; (b) said forward pole serves to hold a softball or baseball; (c) said two rear poles serve to hold two lightweight balls as swing indicators; (d) said forward pole and said rear poles have at least two sections and said two sections include a first nestable section and a base section to render said forward pole and said rear poles adjustable in height; (e) said base section is secured at its lower end to said base and receives the lower end of said first nestable section at its upper end; (f) a first nestable section clamp is positioned on said first nestable section to adjustably hold said first nestable section relative to said base section; (g) a ball support means is secured to the upper end of said first nestable section and oppositely disposed from said base section; (h) said rear poles are substantially equal in height and differ in height from said forward pole; (i) said ball support means on said rear poles are capable of receiving said two lightweight balls; (j) said ball support means on said forward pole is capable of receiving said softball or said baseball; and (k) the predetermined height of said rear poles and said forward pole combine to determine a plane in which a bat must travel to contact all three balls placed on said pole means.