Molten GL7 Official FIBA Olympic Leather Indoor 29.5 Basketball

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So far Ive had this ball for only about a month and its not quite broken in yet, but my friend has the same ball and it feels great. When I first got the ball I was almost sure that I received the wrong item because it felt like a cheap ball you would win as a prize at a theme park, but the ball takes time to break in. This ball is great to see if you are getting good rotation on your shot.

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This basketball will deceive you when you first receive it because it does feel like a cheap, synthetic outdoor ball. It will also be very slick; I guarantee you that on more than one occasion it will slip right out of your hands when going up for the shot, especially if your hands are sweaty. And nobody will want to play pick-up games with it either.

That being said however, one must remember that this is a leather basketball and it must be broken in. My brother has the NBA ball and when it was new, it was just as slick and "cheap" feeling as the Molten ball. But once these balls are broken in, they're the best basketballs you'll ever play with. Leather basketballs are practically the opposite of synthetic balls -- a synthetic ball feels great when new, but becomes hardened and slick over time; a leather ball feels hardened and slick when new, but ends up feeling great over time. Even better than great: the more you use it, the more it is bounced and played with, the more the ball absorbs the properties of the gym, the better it becomes.

So here's my advice if you get this ball: go to the gym and work on your dribbling and work on your shot. Ironically, because it lacks the grip of synthetic balls (until it's broken in), it actually forces you to properly shoot and dribble the ball. And once it's broken in, you'll wonder how you ever played the game all those times with the synthetic balls.

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The basketball was great. The only thing was the leather was wrinkled.

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Great for gym pick-up games

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great product

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When the grandkids come over we always end up playing basketball, I played in college. They love to shoot hoops with PaPa. The ball handles very well and its better looking in person

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sounds great when it rips through the net.

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I love this ball, but most casual players now days are used to synthetic basketballs that are super soft and grippy. Personally I don't think that's how a ball should feel, but I seem to be in the minority amongst the group I play with.

If you are used to playing with a soft, synthetic ball, this isn't what you want, but if you are willing to use it for a few months until it breaks in, and even then don't mind that it won't be as soft as all the synthetic balls out there, then you'll love this ball.

That said, this is how a real basketball should feel. Give it some time to break in and get used to, and you won't regret it

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We have been training with these balls ever since the FIBA made the switch. Balls wear overtime because of our constant use, but the players like them. Purchased this one for our final week's of training so we had a new ball that better reflects what we'll be using in Beijing for the games.

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The Molten Olympic GL7 basketball design leather cover appears at touch and view smaller than regulation compared to the ball used by the NBA. When new it is hard and has very little grip. After a couple of weeks you really get a good feel, great bounce and notice that it handles well. Although ballers fear using it in pick up games early on over time they will find out what they were missing. It is a great shooters ball that comes off the hands with powerful rotation. Ballers will experience the excellent control after breaking it in. I had to prove to many doubters by still photos from the Olympic games that this was in fact the ball being used by the worlds best athletes which is plenty good for me.