of the present disclosure the examples are merely illustrative and are not intended to limit the disclosure to the materials conditions or process parameters set forth therein a weighted football bladder is made and is combined with a conventional or u201c normal u201d football casing the football bladder has a major axis length of 11 5 inches and a total weight of 166 4 grams the end portion has a length of 4 0 inches and a weight of 24 0 grams the middle portion has a length of 3 5 inches and a weight of 118 4 grams the football casing has a total weight of 196 4 grams the football itself has a total weight of 410 0 grams the discrepancy in weight is attributed to the lacing and components which are not considered for the weighted football next a weighted football casing is made and is combined with a u201c normal u201d football bladder again the bladder has a total weight of 166 4 grams and the weighted casing has a total weight of 196 4 grams the weight distribution of the football casing is the same as that of the weighted football bladder described above for the u201c normal u201d bladder and casing it is assumed that the weight is distributed evenly along the length of the major axis for the weighted casing it is assumed that the weight is distributed in the.