Unisex Adult Basketball

I got this for my 10 yr old grandson who loves basketball. Even though he's already using a larger ball, this one is great for learning new ball-handling techniques because of the relative size of the ball to hand size. The ball itself is a very high quality basketball. It has a very durable exterior with lots of grip for best control. He's also one who leaves his ball outside in the weather, which makes them not last as long. So far he's had this one well over 6 months and it has lasted in better shape than many he's had. As an adult, I've also found that this one isn't too small for me either, and it's pretty fun to shoot.

Great outdoor ball. My son plays outside weekly and we live in Chicago. As long as there is no snow on the driveway, he's playing. He plays when the drive is wet, when it's cold, when it's hot and when it's dry. We've been through 5 or 6 outdoor basketballs. Some have been rubbery and lost their shape, some have been synthetic and gotten very slippery over time or get extremely slippery when they get a little wet, but this ball seems to be holding up the best. It has great grip, but not too great. Has held it's shape and hasn't lost air. I would endorse it for Ultra-durable, performance rubber cover.

I suspect something may be wrong with the Spalding intermediate size basketball because nearly every time I throw the ball with varying degrees of arc, it makes a loud, dischordant, reverberating sound against the rim and fails to adequately follow a path through the cylindrical oriface as I've seen the tall fellows on tv do. This is the second Spalding branded ball I've tried with these same poor results. My percentage of made shots to missed shots is vastly disproportionate in favor of the latter. One neighbor boy suggested my problem may be the result of my throwing "bricks" as he called them. I assured him I was, indeed, throwing a basketball and not masonic construction materials. The ball appears to be sufficiently radially symmetric with equal internal distribution of air and no external weather related inclimations or phenomena were noticeable nor reported in local media. However, when I attempt the bounce the ball as I move about the driveway, the ball doesn't always return to my hand and I've seen on tv. It often bounces off of my feet and rolls off to the neighbor's yard. Once, the ball returned very quickly into my groin area, seemingly defying Newtonion laws of motion as the amount of energy radiated into this sensitive area seemed to be exponentially higher than the amount of force propelled downward. I was at once fascinated with the idea that perhaps the angle of the driveway combined with the spin of the ball may have invoked the law of conservation of angular momentum. My fascination quickly subsided in indirect proportion to the amount of pain in my lower abdomen while I gingerly limped to my office to ponder where the physics was breaking down. I think the engineers at Spalding should re-examine the spherical geometry with consideration to Hertz's impact laws and the coefficient of restitution equation. Perhaps subsequent product offerings will deliver a more comparable performance to that of the lanky fellows on tv. I'll try a different brand to see if my results vary.

I got this ball for my 10 year old. He had it in the house for 5 days before i got the hoop set up. It was fine then but the day after he finally took it outside it got totally flat. It did not even last a week. So good thing amazon has a great return policy so we got another replacement. The second one came flat in the box. I tested that one in water just to see if it was just not pumped up or if it was full of holes. It had 2 holes. tested it for 30 min after pumping it up to see how long it would last. flat again in 30 min and guess what? It had more then 2 holes then. I like amazon but this is a junk product or at least it is where ever they are getting them from. At sports stores they have them half boxed cardboard and they are firm an ready to go. I would think it would be easy to see if they are flat in store but here it seems like a crap shoot. Some things just need to be seen in person before buying and this might be one of them. PS. I also got another brand basketball same time as this one and it was exactly the same experience within a week it was flat. UPDATE - 2/23/2015 Been over a year now and felt I should update this review. I got the same product later at a sports store. There were flats there as well so I had to test out a few. Great ball no issues after more than a year. Changing this from 1 to 4 stars because the product itself is not bad if you can find one that is not defective. Hard to know if product like this is defective until you handle it yourself.

Outdoor ball as expected. Not a cheap "rubber" ball feel - still maintains some leather-esque feel. Weight seems right, and it appears to hold air just fine. Very nice value - this is designed for durability so it's not an indoor/game ball by any means - but for $10 this is an excellent value, offering durability but still a decent feel in the hand. In my view, composite "indoor/outdoor" balls (which is not this ball) feel better in the hand, but they tend to get torn up and wear out quickly when actually used outdoors; so if you're a parent looking for one ball your kid can use on the driveway AND still take into the gym for practice, this would be fine.

I came back to buy this ball again, and Amazon tells me that I last purchased this ball March 2013, and it's June 2015 now, so this ball lasted my daughter over 2 years of constant playing. The ball now has less grip and is slightly out of round, but it still holds air well and can still be used for a while longer as a 2nd ball for 2 ball drills. 2 years for an outdoor ball that is used almost everyday is a great value for a $14 ball. It was used primarily on cement, so I would expect asphalt would wear a little faster but still an excellent ball. This review is for the 28.5 ball.

Great quality and price. Nice size to enable dunking.

Respecto al balón, me fascinó. Yo empecé a jugar baloncesto y compré la talla intermedia, que es la talla 6 útil para las mujeres mayormente. Me quedé muy satisfecha y fascinada, el color es precioso, el diseño también y tiene un increíble permformance en las canchas de concreto; no la he probado en ninguna con otro tipo de piso más que concreto. Respecto al envía, llegó antes de lo esperado por lo que no pudo haberme dejado más contenta ésta compra. En el futuro quiero adquirir un balón más grande, un talla 7, y definitivamente volvería a comprar ésta misma presentación.

Wir und das Kind sind zufrieden. Gute Qualität

Palla fantastica qualità buonissima si illuminano le righe al buio !!

Muy buena calidad del balón, de fácil agarre y manejo, ya tengo unas semanas de usarlo y es excelente. En su entrega bien empacado y protegido, entregado tiempo antes de lo estimado.