Mikasa Squish No-Sting Pillow Cover Volleyball

I don't understand all of the negative reviews. I love this volleyball! This is ment for fun family or casual recreational play. Yes, it's not the volleyball of the olympics, but that's not what I wanted. I wanted a volleyball that we could play with for hours without getting red whelts on our wrists. Score! Some of the reviews on this pattern and others had me concerned that it would feel like hitting my son's rubber bouncy ball. Not at all. Feels like hitting a regular volleyball but with less pain. As a non professional but recreational volleyball player, I recommend this ball for fun casual play.

I bought this to use at the beach but have been using it for our indoor games for a couple months now. Everyone who has played has said it's the nicest, softest ball they've ever played with.

We started playing volleyball and were getting hurt using a regular ball. This ball is much softer. Key is to not overinflate it. At normal air pressure, this is very soft and easy to use especially for younger kids. I would buy this ball again if ours goes bad.

My friends and I played volleyball with this ball yesterday for about 2 hours with no complaints of sore arms or hands. None of us are expert players so I can't comment on whether the softness affects aim for experts, but for us I think it worked well and, indeed, the ball doesn't actually feel very soft to the touch. Also, two of the players were able to volley the ball back and forth to each other pretty consistently for 10 to15 hits without missing.

I play volleyball as a pastime more than a competitive sport (let's be realistic, my team really sucks) so everyone has really been appreciating having a soft volleyball to practice with. I routinely get asked where I bought it. It's a lot softer than the regulation volleyballs and a great way to build endurance without killing your arms.

I gave it 5 stars, because I bought this ball for my girls and it's perfect for them. Its "Squish no-sting" name is a good description of this ball. The price is relatively inexpensive. I play volleyball for recreation on a weekly basis at the indoor gym, so I prefer the official balls. At first, I actually purchased a $60 Tachikawa SV5W Gold ball, but it was too hard for them. I would purchase another one when this one wears down.

Soft cover and waterproof. This is the kids new favorite ball. They use it for volleyball outside and in the pool, plus whatever other games they come up with.

I brought both the Mikasa squish VB and the Tachikara Zebra in order to compare them side by side. Have to say a bit disappointed. Both balls are for recreational play only, they're not up to spec. in term of air pressure for indoor gameplay (around 4.5 lbs) Zebra can be inflated to 4 lbs and Squish can only be inflated to 3 lbs. As the result zebra is a bit more bouncy than Squish. Both balls weight roughly 9 oz inflated. Squish has a glued panel construction and Zebra has a stitched panel construction. Squish looks more round than the ridged look of Zebra due to the construction. Both balls have about the same touch for upper hand pass. On hitting and digging the Zebra feel more squishy like the beach volleyball and the zebra feel more like the indoor volleyball but this difference probably due to the air pressure. I don't feel sting from either balls but I am not the measuring yard stick and "feel" is subjective. Both balls cost about the same and should do fine for rec play.