My Grandsons play with this daily.  No matter what else they are doing, one will say "Let's go play tetherball!!!  And off they go.  They love it.  And this set is really solid.  They did lose the top in one mighty return.  We found all but two small parts.  The company was amazingly helpful in getting replacement.  It also was fairly easy to put together.  We are very happy with this purchase.