Trick Ball

The Trick Ball is a tennis-ball sized rubber ball that can do tricks depending on the way the user throws it. The reason it is able to do this is that it contains a small steel ball in a spherical cavity inside the Trick Ball and surrounded by a lubricant. This feature allows the steel ball to spin inside the trick ball in any direction compared to the direction of the trick ball itself and by allowing this to happen, the trick ball can bounce in many different ways and directions depending on how the user spins the ball while throwing it.
- By spinning the ball while throwing it, children can make the game of throwing around a ball and catching it far more exciting. After some experience children can learn how to control the ball's movements and actually use it to do tricks.
- The trick ball is based on the principle of Inertia, this is because the small steel ball keeps spinning in one direction even though the direction of the outer ball has changed. This is achieved due to the lubricant which almost eliminates friction.
- Just like any other ball, the trick ball is extremely durable and safe due to the thick rubber layer on the outside. Although it is more expensive that regular balls, it is still an extremely cheap toy.
Nature Box | Flying Top
Shrey Aggarwal
Carnegie Mellon University
February 2,2009