Koosh Ball
It's from 1987, before you were born.
- Maker
- OddzOn Products
- Type
- Sensory / catch toy
- Debuted
- 1987
- Note
- Invented to help a kid learn to catch
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About
As of 2026, it's 39 years old.
The Koosh ball flopped into 1987, invented by an engineer trying to make a ball his young kids could actually catch — instead of a hard bouncy ball, he bound together hundreds of floppy rubber filaments into a soft, easy-to-grip, impossible-to-roll-away sphere. The name came from the sound it makes landing in your hand.
It was equal parts toy and fidget object, irresistible to squeeze and fling, and it became a desk-toy fixture for adults too. The squishy, ticklish texture was the entire point, and it never bounced unpredictably off a shelf into oblivion.
Soft, grippable, and endlessly squeezable, the Koosh ball is the catch-friendly toy that a dad invented so his kids could finally stop dropping the ball.
