Athletic training device

Claim 1

An all-season ice hockey training device for use with a conventional hockey puck, and which is operable for use on any supporting surface to simultaneously provide aerobics training and weight training to an athlete, the ice hockey training device comprising: an ice hockey stick having an elongated shaft and a striking surface, the elongated shaft including a proximal end which is adapted to be grasped to maneuver the device, and an opposite distal end, and wherein the striking surface includes a main body having opposite first and second ends, the first end being made integral with the distal end of the shaft; an axle assembly mounted on the second end of the main body and which extends outwardly therefrom thereby defining an axis of rotation; a weighted wheel having an earth-engaging surface and a central bore, and wherein the axle assembly is received by the central bore which rotatably mounts the weighted wheel about the axis of rotation, and which supports the striking surface a predetermined distance above the supporting surface, the predetermined distance being less than the height dimension of the hockey puck thereby permitting the ice hockey training device to rollingly engage the surface of the earth while also permitting the striking surface to strike the hockey puck during use thereof; and means for releasably securing the weighted wheel on the axle assembly, and wherein during use, the ice hockey training device is operable to be maneuvered in substantially continuous rolling engagement across the surface of the earth in such a fashion to emulate typical ice hockey stick movements which thereby provides aerobic training to an athlete while simultaneously providing weighted resistance by way of the weighted wheel, for athletic conditioning.