More Than Just a Ball Tower
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I received this product for my twins to experience during play time - any opinions are 100% my own. First off, I love that this required no tools to put together - everything snapped into place. We've had "Ball Toys" before and none of them offered the educational functions like the VTech Spin and Learn Ball Tower. It teaches motor skills and coordination, while also teaching insects, numbers and colors which is something important to me when looking for toddler toys. Lots of songs and phrases make this toys engaging too. It doesn't take up a lot of space and offers a lot of things parents look for, in one toy. My twins are 2.5 and I can see them playing with this for at least another year, making it a great to educational toy to help prepare them for preschool.

I recommend the VTech Spin and Learn Ball Tower if you have an older baby or toddler.
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This book is about so much more than basketball. Don't get me wrong, if you enjoy basketball, there is more than enough in this book for you to get your fix. You see firsthand the development of a basketball player from youth basketball, to high school Mr. Basketball finalist, to college All-American, with many highs and lows along the way. You also witness behind the scenes one of the premier high school and college basketball coaches in the southeast. You will find yourself at State and National Championship games, including interactions with basketball legends Dick Devenzio and Bob Hurley, Sr.

More than basketball, this is a parenting book that is ultimately a son's tribute to his father. From an early age, Coach Templeton goes out of his way to let Josh be a kid, and not to force his love of basketball on him. Once Josh gets the basketball bug, Coach Templeton "outsources" the majority of his early development to other youth coaches and instructors. Once Josh is finally on his dad's teams for 9 consecutive seasons (HS through college), you see the strategies Coach Templeton uses to separate basketball from family to maintain a healthy relationship with his son. Ultimately, you witness a father and son who enjoy basketball together, but you also see a son who appreciates that he has a father who would have loved him the same and been proud of him if he never dribbled a ball. It was never about being a good basketball player, but a good man.

If you are a basketball fan or more importantly a parent I can't recommend this book highly enough. It was very helpful to me as a parent.
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This thing is great! So much fun . I played for 3 hours as soon as I set it up. There are plenty of drills to try out and it can be very challenging. The different spins it puts on the ball is excellent. It's expensive but very well made. It feels like having an amusement park attraction at home.
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This is a great brain exerciser for everyone, old and young alike. It's a nice size for a desk and certainly an attention getter by its appearance. Think Fun products are well made and the Gravity Maze is a great example of that. The towers are colorful, precision built,and interesting to look at. The base has rubber non-slip pads for great traction and holds motionless while snapping the game pieces in place and when the bearing is rolling through them. The difficulty progresses at a comfortable level and it's fun watching the ball bearing travel downward through the game pieces in the hopes of making it all the way to the goal, the red box.
 Highly Recommended
2160212
Great replacement for the missing balls in the game we were playing.
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The kids and I have had a great time blasting this ball against the walls of an outdoor racquetball court. It's perfect for training on tennis courts or other surfaces that would ruin the finish of a normal ball. Thinking about buying another one.
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This is a great item to keep your balls organized.  Now they're not rolling all over my garage!  It is easy to put together and very sturdy.  The wheels are a plus because my kids wheel it out to the basketball net and can play with all of the balls at once.  I highly recommend this product.
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If you have a litte one that you'd like to teach to play, this is a  wonderful, fun, and cool-looking set to start with. Naturally, it has the most wonderful team in baseball, but I might be biased (probably not, though). You can pitch the oversized ball nice and slow to your future Home Run superstar, and they can hit he ball with the equally oversized bat.  Both are covered with a thick layer of foam with a vinyl skin for both safety and durability.  This is definitely an adult and child together toy, as leaving two little ones with a padded bat is just asking for trouble (it has padding, buy it feels as if there is wood as the middle, which can cause a concussion, even if there is foam surrounding it. That being said, without parental supervision, kids can injure one another with cold boiled spaghetti.
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This soccer set was easy to set up and start a game (we have an air compressor so blowing everything up was a snap). Having two goals instead of one would've been great, but even with just one this is still a lot of fun. It didn't take long for the kids in our neighborhood to come and investigate once this was set up for our nephew. He's not a big sports player, but he loved the oversized aspect of this soccer set. When several other kids joined in, it became more of a game to see who could make the craziest goal rather than an actual soccer match.

While soft and lightweight is great at preventing injuries, it also makes this susceptible to gusts of wind. Thankfully Franklin included spikes so the goal can be tethered to the ground. The soccer 'ball' is like kicking around a big beach ball, so this had the kids doing crazy stuff like trying to head-bop it or bounce it off their backside to try to score a point. Add in a sprinkler or two on the soccer pitch for fun on a hot day, or take this with you to the beach for a game on the sand. Be warned that this isn't made from super thick, puncture resistant pvc. Roughhousing with this set is not recommended, and it's highly probable you will need to replace the soccer ball with a beach ball by the end of the summer. It doesn't come with any sort of patch kit, but those are fairly cheap and readily available. So far everything has held up to a few games with kids in the 10-12 year old age range. I was honestly surprised at how much they have been enjoying this, and think I will check out the other inflatable Franklin sets, especially the bowling one as I can see the kids combining the two.
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People don't give this ball enough credit. I see a lot of reviews saying they got this ball for their kids, and find it nice and colorful, but kind of heavy.
Nothing wrong with that, but this is a FUTSAL ball, meant for adults - it's not really meant to be a kid-friendly toy.

It's much heavier than a regular soccer ball of the same size, and it doesn't really bounce hardly as much as a soccer ball would, because it's not a soccer ball: it's a Futsal ball. Think of buying a baseball and using it to play softball or vice-versa. It's roughly the same thing to compare Soccer with Futsal.

With that said, this ball also happens to be a replica of the official Futsal ball used in a few professional European leagues a couple of years ago. It's a really good deal for this price. It will sell for about $50 in Europe. I highly recommend it.
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I love this tower.  I bought it for cupcakes for my daughter's first birthday, but it is so sturdy and yet lightweight I plan on using it for a superbowl display and in the fiture for various appitizers - it's wonderful!
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Fun,can play games,shop,watch news and weather.
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The ball may start to fall apart after a spring, summer and fall's worth of use but it does not go flat or loose its' bounce
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This is a good basketball hoop for the money. The height adjustment mechanism is smooth and easy to use, even for kids (as long as they can reach it). It's a portable hoop, so it's not as sturdy as a built-in hoop. The backboard will move a bit when the ball hits it, which can cause bad bounces but it's not at all dead as I read in some of the reviews. Assembly isn't difficult if you read each section carefully, including all of the notes and warnings, before starting on that section. You definitely need two adults at times, though I was able to do most of it alone. One tip: when it was time to attach the backboard and rim assembly to the pole, I rested the backboard on a Workmate workbench so that we didn't have to hold it in the air during assembly. You can no longer rest it on the ground at this point because the rim will contact the ground and would have to bear all of the weight.

I wouldn't recommend it for serious players but it's great for kids and casual players. The neighborhood kids are enjoying playing with it.
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More than just a game! You can infer a lot about someones character base on how they play basketball or any other sport for that matter.
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great idea! - just be aware that  baseplates are not as big as look in photo  -more like  8" X 4".  Read the description.
But  it still did the trick and there are lots of extra bricks to build a high tower with lots of levels. Definitely worth it.
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My husband loves to play with his balls both indoor and outdoors. He practices frequently to get better and better at it. In fact, he's nearly a pro.