00:00as it hits the ground the plastic pattern squishes inward then it springs back out launching the ball
00:06into the air engineers tuned it until it almost matched the weight and bounce of a real basketball
00:13at first it seemed like the perfect replacement it could never go flat and it barely made any
00:19noise when it bounced but the holes changed how air flowed around the ball so shots didn't fly
00:26the way players expected meaning most people still prefer the real thing
