This invention discloses a sports ball (10, 100) for improving the handling skills of a learner (14, 114) keen to develop and improve handling skills related to a particular sport, the sports ball (10, 100) comprising a sports ball body (12, 112) having indicia in the form of marked off areas (1, 2, 3, 4, 1A, 1B, 2A, 3A, 4B, 5B, 6A, 6B) on an outer surface thereof, each marked off area occupying part of an outer surface area of the sports ball body (12, 112) and each marked off area representing an instruction to an action to be performed by the learner as and when he or she catches the sports ball (10, 100). The invention also extends to a method of using the sports ball (10, 100) to teach or coach a catcher of said sports ball (10, 100) handling skills.
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