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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi
The 2008 ball was 8 pounds and 40" in diameter. This year's ball is 2 pounds.
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Not sure about your accuracy on the 2008 ball, but from what I've been seeing, the 2014 ball is more like 2.75lbs.
If I had to guess, I wouldn't have said the 2008 ball was 8 pounds, (I'd guess lighter, in the 5-6 lb range), but maybe.
Otherwise, though, the balls are of similar construction. The fabric pouches are similar and the bladder inside is similar too. From what I recall (I haven't had a 2008 ball in my hands in a few years), they have similar "bounciness" characteristics.
Overall, I would say yes, lessons learned from mechanisms used in 2008 will be VERY applicable to manipulating the 2014 BALL.
To paraphrase a common answer from the GDC: There is no rule that explicitly forbids this. - MechEng83 [more] 
08-01-2014, 17:27
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