Electronic football capable of measuring throwing statistics

A football having an apparatus for measuring throwing statistics of the football when thrown by a user where said apparatus is mounted within said football, said apparatus comprising:

• means for timing a total time the football is in the air starting from the moment the football is released by the user to the moment the football impacts the ground or is caught by a subsequent user;
• means for reading air pressure while the football is in the air and to generate a signal representative of the air pressure reading;
• means for receiving the air pressure reading and a total time and calculating the total distance the football traveled while said football was thrown;
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• means for replaying said total distance to said user.

An electronic football capable of measuring flight characteristics comprising:

• an start button that may be released when the football is thrown, the start button in communication with a timer such that when released, the start button begins the timer;
• an impact switch that is triggered when the football comes into contact with another object, the impact switch is in communication with the timer such that when triggered, the impact switch stops the timer to provide a total flight time;
• an air pressure gauge positioned in an aperture in a forward section of the football, the air pressure gauge in communication with a microprocessor, the air pressure gauge provides the microprocessor with various pressure readings of the air when the football is thrown through the air;
• the microprocessor having a means to convert the total flight time and the various pressure readings into flight characteristics;
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• a means to replay said flight characteristics.