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In the quest for finding the perfect birthday present for our nearly 10-year-old, we have come across Dribble Up. They have created the BEST BASKETBALL GIFT for both kids and adults.
It looks just like a Basketball with a stand. Well, it is, BUT with the free app, it turns into an amazing smart basketball trainer.
Disclosure – this Dribble Up Basketball was sent free of charge in return for an honest review.
Dribble Up Basketball
The basketball is a bright yellow colour and really good quality. I especially love it as you can play with it either inside or outside. Of course, my preference is outside, as I absolutely hate ball playing in the house.
They also have created a similar ball for football, but as Freddie is all about Basketball, this is the one we have reviewed. If the Dribble Up Football is as good as this Basketball gift I would also highly recommend this too.
Dribble Up Basketball App
In my opinion, the app is very basic. However, I am not sure it needs to be anything else. It can be downloaded on both Android and Apple which is great. So for us we can either use it on our Ipad or if we are out and about we can just use my phone. There are six different programs:
Foundations – which is a beginner course where you can build up your dribbling skills in a 7-day program
Beginner Basics – This is a course for absolute beginners, and again is a 7-day program
Right Hand Focus – Great for power and precision
Left Hand Focus – a 7-day program focussing on left-hand dribbling
30 Day Program – This is an intermediate course, and includes dribbling practice and helps improve your Basketball game.
Quick Hands – this is for Basketball experts where it teaches you to increase your ball speed. It is a 14-day program.
You don’t need to take the 7, 14 or 30 days to complete the programs though as you can just move on to the next day when you are ready.
Smart Basketball Training
This is super simple to work. What worries me with things like this (technology generally freaks me out – I am over 40 so it’s allowed to!) is that it is hard to get started. But this really is easy. You download the Dribble Up app and it tells you what to do. Trust me if I could work it out the first time you will too.
You put the stand on the floor, rest your ipad or phone on the stand. Hold your ball about 3-4 feet away from the device so it can scan it. And you are good to go.
The virtual trainer on the screen shows you what to do and then the timer starts and it’s your go. As you can see above you have to hit the ball in the green circles on the screen. It shows you how many reps you got, and at what speed.
Freddie has only been playing basketball for a couple of weeks, so this is fantastic. He did try the intermediate and expert programs but of course, these were way too difficult for now. However, I can see him using this smart basketball trainer for years to come.
Where to buy the Best Basketball Gift?
Currently, Dribble Up only ships the basketball to the USA at a cost of $99.99. You can get your very own smart basketball here. The smart football though does ship to the UK.
Competition to Win a Dribble Up Basketball
I have a Junior sized Dribble up Basketball to offer for a competition. This will be a perfect basketball gift for any basketball lover. Please note though, this is a Junior sized basketball (28.5″) which is suitable for women or children under the age of 13.
To enter please follow the options on the Raffelcopter competition below. This is for UK and USA entrants only.
The competition will run for a month and the winner will be announced within a week of the competition closing. The last date to enter the competition is 27th October 2019.
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56 Comments
perfect for my nephew
To my two sons as they both love ball games!
I’d give this to my grandson who loves basketball.
MY Nephew hes at the age when he would enjoy it
My grandchildren, perfect for when they come to visit Grandma
My son as he loves basketball.
My son, he loves basketball but gets frustrated that his technique is not good enough.
To our grandson who is 9 and always playing with his basketball. This would really help his technique.
My niece would love this!!
my youngest daughter, she is in the netball team at school and also plays netball at the local community center, but she is a massive basketball fan, I know she would love to use this to improve her skills.
To my son as he loves basketball
My two kids would really love this x
my son would love this as he loves basket ball
I don’t have any children but would love to win this prize to donate to charity
I would give this to both my children to share, my son was just telling me the other day that he wishes the school would do Basketball as a sport more often.
I would give it to my daughter she is mad about sports and would love this it looks like great fun for the whole family to get involved on 🙂
Our middle child would most enjoy it and share a game with friends.
I would give this smart basketball to my friend’s son because he’d enjoy playing with it. Thanks for the giveaway!
My niece. She loves basketball!
For my 9 year old son George this looks perfect for him to try on his own he has an older 14year old brother who currently is being a teenager and not wanting to play sport with his younger brother so think this would cheer him up :0)
I would give this to the boys! They would love it!
To my 2 boys, they’d have so much fun
my two sons so they can wear a bit of energy off lol x
The boys next door – perfect Christmas gift for the family – they will be delighted
I would give it to my son, he’s just got into basketball and loves it.
Would gift this to my grandsons, they love the outdoors & sports so great to them active
My son loves playing basketball, this would be amazing for him (one to put on the christmas list)
My nephew will enjoy this so much!
My son Samuel because he would love it.
I would give this prize to my grandson who loves playing outside
My eldest son, he loves his sport, football and basketball!
My son and grandson because the both love ball games
What a great idea! My 10 year old son would love one of these!
My son because he loves to be outside and I think we’v got just enough space for this
My daughter, she enjoys playing outside and has been doing a ball bouncing challenge for school
l would give it to my grandson he loves basketball
My Brother because he loves basketball and is would be good for him to help him learn.
My son would enjoy playing with this as likes basketball and keeps him active 🙂
I’d give this to Daisy. She loves to take a basketball round to the court in the local park and try desparately to shoot it through the goalpost
I’d give this to one of my grandsons who loves anything to do with balls
I’d give this to my daughter – she’s just started playing netball with a view to playing Basketball tomorrow.
My grandsons would share this!
I would give this to my son as he has just started playing basketball and is enjoying it.
My grandkids would love it, great to get them outside and active looks great fun as well
Amazing prize! Great prize
I’d give it to my son who is basketball crazy lives sleeps eats basketball p
I would love to surprise my 9 year old son with this! Him and his dad often head up-to the local park to have a go at shooting hoops, i’d love for him to get some practice in before they next go so he can show his dad up with his new found skills!
I would give this to my eldest daughter it seems the perfect way to practice what she enjoys!
My step daughter whom is sporty
my kids would love this
My new adopted little boy x
I would give this to my nephew as he likes sports
Perfect for my daughter Ava
I would give this to my son, he wants to learn so bad and I think this would be the perfect tool for him!
I’d give this to my daughter, she loves basketball.
this would be great for my nephew to improve is skills