Product Description Officially, a Spaldeen is a Spalding Hi-Bounce Ball. Generations of stickballers and backyard home-run kings grew up with the inchesSpaldeen.inches Use it for Box Ball, Stoopball, Hit the Penny, or throwing against a wall until your mom calls you in for dinner. Great to give out at kids birthday parties as favors. Brand Story A Division of Russell Brands, LLC, Spalding is the largest basketball equipment supplier in the world, and Americas first baseball company. Spalding is the official basketball of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Womens National Basketball Association (WNBA), the official backboard of the NBA and NCAA, the official baseball of the Little League World Series, the official volleyball of the King of the Beach Volleyball Tour and of the "Pro Beach Series" and the official football of Pop Warner. In addition to being a leading producer and marketer of basketballs, footballs, volleyballs and soccer balls, Spalding produces softballs under the Dudley brand. The SPALDING and DUDLEY trademarks are owned by Russell Brands, LLC.