> Organized games always have the pump and extra balls laying around. Every pick up game I've played involved a few people who happened to bring a ball, and a p

> Organized games always have the pump and extra balls laying around. Every pick up game I've played involved a few people who happened to bring a ball, and a pump wasn't far away (car trunk, or house in the neighborhood), even if no one had one on them. > I'm all for new tech for its own sake, but if you're going to try to convince me this is going to be useful, give me some real reasons why this is better than a regular ball. Well the answer is convenience, right? Which shouldn't be underrated. Now you don't need spare balls, don't need to find a pump, and there's no more interruptions because of that. It's also reducing the organization / forethought that's required, even if right now it's so commonplace that it's faded into the background.