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Here's how to make a cheap medicine ball at home.
Cut a small slit in the basketball.
Slide the funnel into the slit and fill with sand.
Put the tire patch over the slit.
Tape the ball really well in duct tape so it doesn't burst.
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cymbalta said
on 8/30/2009 Great instructions. If I may add a tip that I use we can have medicine balls of much more varying weights. I wanted some lighter balls than I was getting w/ sand of any kind for passing in a circle or playing catch w/ a smaller person. So I filled 2-5 gallon buckets; 1 all sand, 1 25% sand & 75% chopped styrofoam shipping peanuts. I put the 25% sand in the bucket at once. Then added the peanuts, about 15-20% at a time. I them jabbed into the mix w/ a pointed spade until the peanuts fit in the funnel. (Sometimes dampening the sand helps, but too much water and the peanuts float and get annoying.) If you want, an additional step is to take the "1st chopped mix, add it to a sock a bit at a time, and slam into a wall or floor for finer pieces. Then proceed w/ your method.
farrierguy said
on 4/25/2008 HEY BOBBIE,
GREAT IDEA AND I HAPPEN TO HAVE A COUPLE OF OLD BASKETBALLS AND SURE DO THE TRICK AND THE COST WAS RIGHT THANKS AGAIN JOHN C
farrierguy said
on 4/25/2008 HEY BOBBIE GREAT IDEA AND I HAD TWO OLD BASKETBALLS AND THEY SURE DO THE TRICK AND THE PRICE WAS RIGHT
THANKS JOHN C