Target ball

Abstract

A system for facilitating the practice and play of target ball game. The target ball game is a stationary or portable game that is played using: a player's station, a target, at least one ball and at least one club. The target is configured to receive a ball upon being hit by a player. A player is awarded points based on electronically scoring the shot by providing a score based on the point of impact with reference to each the concentric rings, the vertical lines and the horizontal lines.

1 . A method of using a target ball game, the method comprising
 providing a player's station having a computing device to display a score;   providing a target having a plurality of concentric rings with spaced vertical lines and spaced horizontal lines;   providing a ball and a club;   placing the target a predetermined distance from the player's station, wherein the distance is measured from the center of the target;   hitting the ball from the player's station to the target with the club to perform a shot; and   electronically scoring the shot based on a point of impact of the ball on the target.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein electronically scoring the shot further comprises providing a score based on the point of impact with reference to the concentric rings. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein electronically scoring the shot further comprises providing a score based on the point of impact with reference to the vertical lines. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein electronically scoring the shot further comprises providing a score based on the point of impact with reference to the horizontal lines. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein electronically scoring the shot further comprises providing a score based on the point of impact with reference to each the concentric rings, the vertical lines and the horizontal lines. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , further comprising sending the score and the location of the point of impact to the computing device of the player's station. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein electronically scoring the shot further comprises sending the location of the point of impact from the target to the computing device of the player's station. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein electronically scoring the shot further comprises running a software application on the computing device to calculate the score of the shot in three ways based on the location point of impact in references to the concentric rings, the vertical lines and the horizontal lines. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising displaying a score for each shot and a total score of all shots combined in a game. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising determining a winner based on the highest total score. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising repeating the hitting of the ball and scoring of the shot for each ball hit. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , therein electronically scoring of each shot comprises incrementally scoring each shot in fractions of a point based on the location of the point of impact of the ball. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising providing a predetermined number of balls to be hit during a game. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising providing a predetermined time period in which to hit the predetermined number of balls. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein hitting the ball from the player's station to the target with the club further comprises simulating a golf swing and translating the golf swing to a golf club during a golf game.