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For those days when nobody is around to play a round of catch ….

The beauty of Catchback is its simplicity: it is essentially a throw-and-catch game that can be played by all who want to play. It is extremely good fun, very exciting and great exercise. It does not need batteries, or electricity; it can be played in a small area and is uncomplicated to set up.

It can be played in a back yard, a garden, on the beach, in a sports hall. Because Catchback is lightweight and hand transportable, it can be set up in an instant in the smallest of areas.

It is great exercise for both the heart and lungs (excellent Cardiovascular benefits), as well as for arm and leg muscles. It develops upper body strength, leg power, and fluidity of motion and ball-hand-eye co-ordination. In addition it develops game sense, confidence, team spirit and friendly competitive attitude.

Catchback builds confidence, is inexpensive, is an all-year round sport, and can be played in a small area. It is the ultimate alternative to the computer game or the TV. Good-bye couch potato." The ball will then return at various angles to be caught.
Physical Educational Benefits of Catchback

Educationally, Catchback has a lot to offer. Those who want to improve their skills of throwing-and-catching can practice in their own time and style, until they have reached their own goal. From physics point-of-view, Catchback teaches players about angles, curves, inertia, reactions and kinetic energy, but in a way that is fun and rewarding. As far as education is concerned, it also can teach players of the Catchbackers game the benefits of teamwork and communication. In addition, it also teaches players the life skill of learning to read an opponent’s body language, and to anticipate what to do instantly and instinctively.

Catchback provides individual personnel development in a thrilling and highly charged way that is hard to replicate so rapidly in any other sport. (Without any specialist training)

Catchback will:

• Improve your ball-hand-eye co-ordination.
• Improve your ability to throw-and-catch.
• Improve your confidence as you begin to experiment and develop different movements to take into account the skills and actions of your opponent.
• Also, it is an ideal self-teach method for those who may feel their throwing-and-catching talents are poor, and want to improve their skills in private.
• It teaches position awareness and ownership of a court.
• It teaches you the need to control your body to maximise your effect.
• It teaches you when a hard or a soft shot will win the point, or when a placed shot will score.
• It provides excellent cricket practice (fielding, slips and catching), baseball practice (pitching and catching), squash and tennis (ball sense, balance, ball placement, body positioning and swerving).

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