FREE Ball Animation Rig

FREE ball animation rig for Maya

When first learning animation and specifically character animation we need to learn the basic principles of timing, weight, squash and stretch etc. One of the best ways is to animate a bouncing ball. So I have created a versatile ball animation rig for using in Autodesk Maya.

This ball rig has all the controls you need to make a believable animation including squash and stretch controls that you can move and rotate the pivot.

Also, you can choose between a variety of different ball types, from a soccer ball, basketball, beach ball and more.

Watch the tutorial on how to use this rig, and the video where I show how to animate it.

DOWNLOAD the rig using the form opposite

Read the full article on How To Animate a Bouncing Ball here. With two full walkthroughs videos and an intro to some animation principles like Squash and Stretch

See how the ball animation rig works in this short video

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11 Comments

  1. saroshtanzeel on 10 November 2021 at 12:16 pm

    good



  2. Create Two Types of Ball Bounce Animation in Maya - Lesterbanks on 19 November 2021 at 5:30 pm

    […] Mattock posts quite a bit of animation-related stuff. Be sure to download the free ball rig for Maya here. […]



  3. Roy Hatcher on 5 January 2022 at 2:55 pm

    Downloading now. Planning to use in a FaceBook animation challenge (non-commercial). Thanks David!



    • admin on 31 March 2022 at 12:58 pm

      That’s great! I’m happy it’s useful. I’d love to see this animation challenge and what people do with my rig. I’m happy to give feedback 🙂
      I also made two free lessons and how to animate bounces. thanks



  4. Alessia on 16 March 2022 at 11:31 am

    awesome



  5. Josh Purple on 8 April 2023 at 2:22 am

    Outstanding! Thank You 🙂 !



  6. tanishq on 3 August 2023 at 11:44 am

    very helpfull



  7. Salva on 21 May 2024 at 2:21 am

    Is it okay to use in demoreel?