Apparatus for restricting head movement

Disclosed herein are an apparatus and system for limiting head movement while, for example, but not limited to, dribbling a basketball. The apparatus may comprise a chin guard module. The chin guard module may comprise a shaft submodule and a chin surface submodule. The apparatus may further comprise at least one securing means. The securing means may comprise a connecting means and a fastening means.

In some situations, beginner basketball players have a tendency to look down while dribbling a basketball. For example, during practice or a basketball game, many opportunities for passing or shooting may be lost from this tendency. Thus, the conventional strategy is to use “dribbling glasses” that black out the bottom half of a player’s vision in order to impede looking down. This often causes problems because the conventional strategy does not account for alternate ways of looking down and observing the basketball. For example, the dribbling glasses may cause the player to develop other negative tendencies such as looking down at a sharper angle to bypass the vision blockers, or dribbling the basketball at a greater height to locate the basketball with the limited vision allowed from the dribbling glasses. A device for impeding a basketball player from looking down while dribbling is needed.

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A chin surface submodule configured

The following is claimed:
1. An apparatus comprising:
a chin guard module made substantially of a high density foam, the chin guard module comprising:
a shaft submodule configured to connect to a neck of a user, and
a chin surface submodule configured to connect to a chin of the user; and
an at least one securing means configured to secure the chin guard module to the neck of the user, the securing being operative to inhibit a vertical range of motion of a head of the user while allowing a lateral range of motion of the head of the user, the at least one securing means comprising:
a connecting means, and
a fastening means,
wherein during a lateral rotation of the head of the user, the chin guard module laterally rotates with the head of the user independently of the at least one securing means, the at least one securing means remaining stationary relative to the neck of the user, and the chin guard module remains secured to the neck of the user and the chin of the user.

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