maneuver and preventing repeated refinement by the player of a strike upon a ball located at a specific location with respect to the net. Further, the requirement for multiple players and/or a trainer prevents individuals from training on the spike maneuver when they are alone.
Prior volleyball approach and strike training apparatus typically suspend a ball from a cord suspended from a large floor mounted frame. The frame has significant structural requirements supporting itself and resisting the ball strike forces applied to the ball by the player, from the floor to the connection point of the ball. The frame typically has an extension characteristic, supporting the ball over an open space, so the player does not contact the frame during the approach and/or landing. These large frames are unwieldy,buffer element 031 which is locked in the rail 5 by means of a mounting screw 035. The buffer element 031 bears a resilient part 037, which serves as an end stop for the body 11 of the running gear 1. A spring element 036 is also held by the buffer element 031 and, with the running gear 1, forms a snap-in connection as soon as said running gear strikes the resilient part 037. In the process, the bent spring element 036 is lifted over a central part of a running wheel 13 belonging to the running gear 1 and clamps the latter firmly as soon as the running gear 1 reaches the resilient part 037.
In order to displace a dividing element 90 which is firmly held in