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Spalding Rookie Gear Football

Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Release Date: 2008-06-15
Brand:Spalding
Model:62-988
Color:Brown
Weight:0.7 pounds
Dimensions:5.8 inches x 9.7 inches x 5 inches
[Width x Length x Height]

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The Spalding "Rookie Gear" Pee Wee football weighs 25% less than standard youth-size footballs. The lighter design makes catching passes easier and helps kids throw farther and more accurately.

Introduce your child to the fast-paced action of hoops with Spalding's Rookie Gear Football, which is specifically engineered for kids ages 8 and under. Weighing 25 percent less than standard Pee Wee-sized balls, this Rookie Gear ball is designed to help your child throw farther right out of the gate. Parents and coaches can immediately notice improvements in throwing mechanics allowing kids to throw properly from "over-the-top" instead of awkwardly from the "sidearm" position. The lighter ball makes catching passes easier and helps kids throw farther and more accurately.

Playing with a lighter ball will help build confidence and enable learning of sound fundamental skills to keep them active and playing the game for years to come. The ball is made from high-performance composite leather, which provides leather-like softness and superior grip.

About Spalding
As a Division of Russell Corporation, the Spalding Group consists of three business units: Spalding in Springfield, MA; American Athletic, Inc. (AAI) in Jefferson, IA; and Huffy Sports, in Sussex, WI. The three companies, collectively combined, are now the largest basketball equipment supplier in the world. Spalding is the official basketball supplier of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), the official backboard of the NBA and NCAA, the official volleyball of the King of the Beach Volleyball Tour and the official football of the Arena Football League (AFL) and Pop Warner.

Features

  • Weighs 25 percent less than standard youth-sized balls
  • Helps kids to throw properly from over-the-top and catch passes more easily
  • Playing with a lighter ball also helps build confidence
  • Made from high-performance composite leather, for soft, grippy feel
  • Specifically engineered for kids ages 8 and under
  • Customer reviews


    « Great football for kids 10 and under »
    We purchased this ball after using the Rookie Gear basketball. It has been great for our 7 (almost 8) year old. He has developed confidence in both catching and throwing. Other balls have been too difficult to grip when throwing. We have had a lot of fun with this ball.
    Rating: (4 out of 5) @ 2009-01-03
    « We Love It - Great for Younger Kids !!! »
    My 8 year old son and husband just finished playing with this football for the first time since receiving it for Christmas and couldn't say enough good things about it. My son (who has some minor fine motor problems) previously had less than encouraging experiences with other kid-sized footballs to the point where he had given up playing.

    This ball however has a nice grippy surface, is lightweight enough for him to throw well (which just encourages him to try again), has nice laces for throwing and is easy on the person catching the ball too. Five stars all around from us and thanks for making a ball that has my son participating again!
    Rating: (5 out of 5) @ 2008-12-27
    Quantity:
    Item eligible for Super Saver Shipping (for Totals over $25)
    List Price: $29.99
    Our Price: $19.99 (Save $10.00)
    Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours


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