Sports ball with floating cover

A game ball comprising:

• an inflatable bladder;
• a plurality of first lining sheets substantially covering the bladder to form a first lining, at least a portion of one first lining sheet overlapping at least a portion of another first lining sheet to define a first overlapped region, the first lining including at least one first overlapped region;
• a plurality of second lining sheets substantially surrounding the first lining to form a second lining, at least a portion of one second lining sheet overlapping at least a portion of another second lining sheet to define a second overlapped region the second lining including at least one second overlapped region, the second lining being shifted with respect to the first lining to minimize overlapping of the first and second overlapped regions;
• a cover coupled to and substantially surrounding the second lining;
• and
• an elastomeric layer disposed between the first and second linings, the elastomeric layer generally surrounding the first lining the elastomeric layer being movable with respect to the first lining.

A volleyball comprising:

• an inflatable bladder;
• a plurality of first lining sheets, arranged in a pattern generally resembling a conventional multi-panel volleyball cover and, substantially covering the bladder to form a first lining, at least a portion of three first lining sheets overlapping each other to form a first triple-layered region, the first lining including at least one first triple-layered region;
• a plurality of second lining sheets, arranged in a pattern generally resembling the conventional volleyball cover pattern and, substantially surrounding the first lining to form a second lining, at least a portion of three second lining sheets overlapping each other to form a second triple-layered region, the second lining including at least one second triple-layered region, the second lining being shifted with respect to the first lining such that the second triple-layered regions are generally not disposed over the first triple-layered regions;
• and
• a cover coupled to and substantially surrounding the second lining.