Auxiliary practice net apparatus for attaching to a volleyball net

摘要

An auxiliary net apparatus for practicing volleyball serves and spikes is configured for attaching to a conventional volleyball net. The apparatus comprises a flexible, quadrilateral practice net, first and second, elongate, stiff side members removably disposed along opposite side edge regions of the practice net, and net attachers associated with the side members for detachably attaching the members, and thus the practice net, to an upper edge of a volleyball net with the auxiliary net apparatus supported solely by the volleyball net, and with the upper edge of the practice net located at a distance about equal to the top-to- bottom height of the volleyball net above the upper edge of the volleyball net and with the lower edge of the practice net at or below the bottom edge of the volleyball net. The width of the practice net is preferably less than the stretched width of a conventional volleyball net and its height is about twice the top-to-bottom height of the volleyball net. The apparatus further includes flexible strips or ties for releasably attaching lower regions of the practice net to the lower edge regions of the volleyball net. The practice net has an elastic cord attached along its lower edge to substantially reduce the effective length of the lower edge so as to retain a spiked volleyball between the practice net and the volleyball net to which the practice net is attached.