Myomancy ADHD, Dyslexia and Autism

As a kid, I could not catch a ball. Rather than gracefully plucking the ball out of the air like the other children I would flail wildly and if I was lucky the ball would sail past me. When I was unlucky the ball would hit me in the face. [Note to parents: A boomerang is not a good thing to give to a dyslexic child. Thirty years on and I still have the scar]. Whenever I played any sort of ball games I would always spend far more time retrieving the ball than actually catching or throwing it. As this was boring and often humiliating, I avoided playing ball games whenever I could and of course my hand / eye coordination never improved.
Plusballs are designed to prevent this negative feedback loop forming and allow all children to develop good hand / eye coordination. The idea behind Plusballs is simple. If a normal ball is too small and too fast for children to use, then make a bigger, slower ball.

When I first received my sample ball I was very dubious about it. The ball is made of a waxy paper and my immediate thought was that it would not stand five minutes of even careful usage. But once I inflated the ball and stated gingerly knocking it around my office I quickly realised that its very clever design meant it was actually highly robust. I’ve been battering the sample ball around for a few days and taken it to party to knocked be around and the ball is still in good shape.
They key to the Plusballs is its design. Being made of paper makes the ball extremely light. This means that its behavior is far more like that of a balloon than a normal ball. Like a balloon, no matter how hard you throw or hit the Plusball, it will only fly two or three meters and at a slow speed but because the ball is truely round, it will fly in predictable direction. This gives the Plusball huge advantages over a normal ball. Its far easier to catch or hit giving the children far more time using the ball instead of picking it up. It can be used safely indoors because even it hits someone or something its traveling at such slow speeds its almost impossible to cause damage.
The balls come in three sizes with the largest 21cm balls aimed at 3 - 7 year olds; 18cm balls for 7 - 9 year olds and 14cm balls for 9+. For a mixed pack of twelve balls (the minimum order quantity) the cost is £7.95. Rackets for use with the Plusballs are also available and the company does workshops demonstrating the balls and the teaching routines Plusballs has developed for schools.
Poor coordination is highly common in people with AD/HD, dyslexia, aspergers and related problems. This effects their standard of living in practical terms because they drop things or bump into furniture but more importantly it has huge effect on self-confidence. Children judge other children not by how clever they are but how well they can play physical games and sports. Plusballs are excellent way of allowing children and adults to learn important coordination skills and regain self-confidence.