Why Dribble Up Basketball Is The Best Basketball Gift
In the quest for finding the perfect birthday present for our nearly 10-year-old, we have come across Dribble Up Basketball. They have created the BEST BASKETBALL GIFT for both kids and adults. We will share with you our review of the smart Dribble Up Basketball but also add in our top 10 basketball gifts.
It looks just like a Basketball with a stand. Well, it is, BUT with the free app, it turns into an amazing dribble up smart basketball trainer.
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Table of Contents
Top 10 Basketball Gifts For Your Basketball Lover
- Dribble Up Smart Basketball (keep reading for our review.)
- Original poster design of their favorite team. Our favorite is Miami Heat and this is the one we have, but they have all of the NBA teams.
- Personalized basketball is another awesome gift.
- Personalized basketball water bottle.
- Air Jordan canvas art will look cool on their bedroom wall.
- Indoor mini basketball hoop to fit over the door will keep them quiet for hours (although be prepared for the noise of the banging door!!).
- Learn from the best with Stephen Curry’s Masterclass with 17 video lessons.
- Rastaclat NBA Home Teams Bracelet I love this unisex bracelet.
- Neon Sign Basketball perfect for their bedrooms.
- Miami Heat Mini Pillow Pet-Officially Licensed NBA Mini Pillow Pet Plush.
Dribble Up Basketball
The basketball is a bright yellow color 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 Dribble Up?
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. We highly recommend it, it is great for basketball drills.
Last Updated on 7 December 2021 by homeschoolof1
