#1 selling training ball in North America. Replicates an ice hockey puck's WEIGHT, BOUNCE, SLIDE and CONTACT HEIGHT. For years European and Soviet players have used wooden stickhandling balls before games and practices to develop ... In 2001, Smarthockey introduced the Smarthockey Training Ball which used space-aged materials to replicate an ice hockey puck’s weight, bounce, slide and contact height for off-ice ...