About Us

As a long-time volleyball player and coach, Tod Mattox had a go-to baby gift for all of his ex-players and

volleyball friends, the Molten V-70 fabric ball. In the fall of 2021, he couldn’t find one (no longer

available), so he took an old fabric pattern from John Kessel and went down a manufacturing rabbit

hole. He came out of the hole with the first SpikeLite, a fabric ball with a balloon bladder.

Tod figured this was a cool grow-the-game project, so he ordered 500 in February of 2022, and COAST

VBC (in San Diego) used them for their VolleyTots program, sending one home with each of the tiny

players. They were a hit! Now Tod was torn, for as much as he liked the SpikeLite concept, he loves

retirement.

Luckily, one of his coaching buddies (Ken Murczek from Oregon Tech) arrived on the scene just in the

nick of time. He not only loved the concept, he was all in on creating a business. So they dove in the

deep end and ordered 5000 in April, hoping to get them out to as many clubs, colleges, high schools, and

kids as possible for their summer camps and clinics.

The response has been wonderful! We’ve received several wonderful reviews, and we just returned

from JO’s, where we sold out of all the SpikeLites we brought to Indy.