Originally posted by mirek03 pivot on the ground.., bend and squash deformer; parent them to your ball and then.., animate ! you must have instrutions in front of yu or are you attempting this on your own? I have this hierarchy: ballTranslate--->ballShear--->ballScale--->ball, I'm following a tutorial but is for windows and there are some little difference with options and control. All the pivot are set on the ground and I stil have this problem.. I wonder if there is some option or lock to set...