Swing ball set hit and run (Mookie Toys Super Swingball)

Member Name: HitchJo

Product:	Mookie Toys Super Swingball
Date:	27/06/09 (28 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Active toy, creates great interation

Disadvantages: a little danerous, bats are a bit heavy

This is a toy and a half. You need to be fit and know how to move very fast. It can work out a dangerous toy for any age group.

This is a ball that is attached to a piece of string that is attached to a coil on the top of a pole which is stuck deep into the ground so that it can stand up. It comes with two bats so you can have two players.

The idea of the game it that one person will hit the ball to make it spin round the coil and the person who is standing on the other side will attemo
pt to hit it back the other way to make it go round the coil the opposite way to the other person and so on and so forth. If the ball goes all the way down or all the way up the coil the person that is hitting it in that direction wins. If you are good at this game it can last quite a long time.

You have to keep some distance away from the swinging ball due to the speed that the ball is being hit at. If you do get hit by the ball it can hurt and it is at a height that it will hit you in the upper body, or if you are a child could catch you in the head.

The age range on this is 7+ because co-ordination is needed to be able to play this properly. Prices vary from place to place but will always be over £10 and less than £20. It is a great summer toy if you have children of close ages like mine that are able to play together. I have found that my son will play with this on his own and hit it round one way that hit it round the other once it gets close to the bottom of the coil.

This will create a good hour of fun for children and will keep them active and outside in the nice weather. The bats are plastic and can seem a bit heavy to hold for a child but they do not tend to find it too much of a problem and do enjoy it.

Summary: Great outdoor fun that keeps you fit.