What You Need to Know

Cost: $12

Time: 20 min.

Difficulty: EASY

Equipment like this makes it really hard for me to believe that people do not have the time or money to workout at their own home. This was a very simple, very cheap, and fun crossfit equipment build. Enjoy!

The Wall Ball

Material Needed

Rubber Indoor/Outdoor Basketball

Tire Patch Kit

40lb of salt pellets

How to Build a Wall Ball Step 1: Make Incision

I started with an X cut and then ended up making a square like shape where I could fit the bottle in the top.

How to Build a Wall Ball Step 2: Fill the ball with salt pellets

I know I am going to get this question. WHY SALT PELLETS? WHY NOT SAND?? Glad you asked. Why use salt pellets instead of sand:

Salt pellets will NOT leak if you damage your ball after repeated use, sand will.

Salt pellets will fully fill your basketball for better balance, sand will not

Salt pellets are just a little bit cheaper than sand

Salt pellets are easy to work with and clean up

Need anymore reasons…

When you make your own crossfit equipment you have to get a little creative. I used the bottle for filling 98% full. Then you have to kind of shake it around and do a few drops to get that last pound of sand in there. Still easy though. I got a little over zealous.

I left mine at around this weight because my scale kept fluctuating and I figured I’d rather be a little over than a little under, 20.0 would be optimal.

How to Build a Wall Ball Step 3: A wall ball is no good with holes, Patch time

Use the tire puncture kit, the largest size, and follow the directions to patch up your ball.