Got to be kidding me on this ball. The material is spongy, period. It bounces of the ground slightly differently which is not important. What is important, however, is how it bounces off the rim and backboard. I've never seen a ball get stuck in between the rim and backboard so frequently either. I cannot tell you how much I tried to give this ball a chance. I disliked this ball from the beginning in comparison to the classic Spalding TF-1000 that they don't make anymore, or leather balls used in the NBA or FIBA. Those are real basketballs. This, anti-sweat cushion core bull crap is ruining basketball. Hear me out, I bought this off amazon and returned it to Amazon on the first day. It was a little off on the bounces, almost like it had weight on it during storage or something. So i went to my local Scheels and bought the same ball for $1 more. Took it out of the package, bounced it, handled it, and absolutely hated it. Noticed the grip and cushion technology (aka spongy material) So what did I do? I bought it. I was open-minded about it, saying for one, maybe it'll break it, and I need to practice with this since so many open gym pick up games are starting to all of sudden have this crappy Wilson ball. So I need practice with it since it is so much different. I've literally had to alter my shot slightly, because it's so grippy.  I understand people want to palm the ball and some people get a massvie amount of sweat on a ball once in a while. And that's why many people like it. So I've practiced and practiced hoping to break this ball in, after a couple months, still like a spongy cushion and can't stand the way it bounces off the rim on a shot, or rolls off backboard, or my own finger tips. If it grips your hand that well it will grip the rim. These companies are literally trying to change the game of basketball by changing the ball, the material and the design or feel.  It's a joke.  Spaldings new TF-1000 Platinum is the closest thing to their original (what they had and what people wanted back before profit maximizing got involved) but you'll notice the side of it (the deisgn is changed). Not bad until the ball is bounced on its side (on the new design part) and it DOES NOT BOUNCE STRAIGHT UP.  It's like the designers of these balls aren't true ballers, nor can test what's on a computer before they make the prototype and manufacture so what can we expect..  I'm 31, played my whole life, I just got done playing ball in Argentina for a couple weeks on a very competitive team, everyone could throw down surprisingly. Coached, Reffed, volunteered, very involved in ball.  I'm a PG and SG so the feel of the ball and how it bounces is important to me. These young pups like this spongy ball becuase they want to be able to "palm" it. Or easier for back spin on the ball. Like a hack. I can't palm any other ball, but I can this Wilson Solution easily. Average person would be stoked about it, not me.  Today I'm buying the FIBA leather ball with its award winning design, I was able to try that out in Argentina and it's actually very nice. However now even Molten has two designs of it's same ball so I'm torn which one to get.

Conclusion: This is my least favorite indoor basketball to play with, ever. And the only ball that I would pick an outdoor ball to play with indoors. Cushion technology is a marketing ploy to make it seems like this spongy material is a good thing, it's not. What else do these young pups want? A ball connected to an iPad so the parents can control the shot form the bleachers with an App?  Don't flood the gym with this ball. Get a different ball. Spalding is #1 for a reason.  Side note, it may break down to a better ball, so not so spongy but takes a year? We'll see.
Got to be kidding me on this ball. The material is spongy, period. It bounces of the ground slightly differently which is not important. What is important, however, is how it bounces off the rim and backboard. I've never seen a ball get stuck in between the rim and backboard so frequently either. I cannot tell you how much I tried to give this ball a chance. I disliked this ball from the beginning in comparison to the classic Spalding TF-1000 that they don't make anymore, or leather balls used in the NBA or FIBA. Those are real basketballs. This, anti-sweat cushion core bull crap is ruining basketball. Hear me out, I bought this off amazon and returned it to Amazon on the first day. It was a little off on the bounces, almost like it had weight on it during storage or something. So i went to my local Scheels and bought the same ball for $1 more. Took it out of the package, bounced it, handled it, and absolutely hated it. Noticed the grip and cushion technology (aka spongy material) So what did I do? I bought it. I was open-minded about it, saying for one, maybe it'll break it, and I need to practice with this since so many open gym pick up games are starting to all of sudden have this crappy Wilson ball. So I need practice with it since it is so much different. I've literally had to alter my shot slightly, because it's so grippy. I understand people want to palm the ball and some people get a massvie amount of sweat on a ball once in a while. And that's why many people like it. So I've practiced and practiced hoping to break this ball in, after a couple months, still like a spongy cushion and can't stand the way it bounces off the rim on a shot, or rolls off backboard, or my own finger tips. If it grips your hand that well it will grip the rim. These companies are literally trying to change the game of basketball by changing the ball, the material and the design or feel. It's a joke. Spaldings new TF-1000 Platinum is the closest thing to their original (what they had and what people wanted back before profit maximizing got involved) but you'll notice the side of it (the deisgn is changed). Not bad until the ball is bounced on its side (on the new design part) and it DOES NOT BOUNCE STRAIGHT UP. It's like the designers of these balls aren't true ballers, nor can test what's on a computer before they make the prototype and manufacture so what can we expect.. I'm 31, played my whole life, I just got done playing ball in Argentina for a couple weeks on a very competitive team, everyone could throw down surprisingly. Coached, Reffed, volunteered, very involved in ball. I'm a PG and SG so the feel of the ball and how it bounces is important to me. These young pups like this spongy ball becuase they want to be able to "palm" it. Or easier for back spin on the ball. Like a hack. I can't palm any other ball, but I can this Wilson Solution easily. Average person would be stoked about it, not me. Today I'm buying the FIBA leather ball with its award winning design, I was able to try that out in Argentina and it's actually very nice. However now even Molten has two designs of it's same ball so I'm torn which one to get. Conclusion: This is my least favorite indoor basketball to play with, ever. And the only ball that I would pick an outdoor ball to play with indoors. Cushion technology is a marketing ploy to make it seems like this spongy material is a good thing, it's not. What else do these young pups want? A ball connected to an iPad so the parents can control the shot form the bleachers with an App? Don't flood the gym with this ball. Get a different ball. Spalding is #1 for a reason. Side note, it may break down to a better ball, so not so spongy but takes a year? We'll see.