If your a TRUE Basketball player, you should automatically be able to tell if it is a 29.5 (size 7) basketball, BUT, if not, you can ask the person in the store, or it should say size 7 somewhere on the ball.
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This is the regulation size for womens basketball. Often this is also the sized that is prefered to be used for youth basketball as well. It is smaller than the size of a regulation men's basketball.
A 28.5 sized ball is a smaller ball then what is used in high school, college, and the NBA. It is used for younger kids in grade school to make it easier for them to dribble, shoot, etc.
A basketball with a diameter of 19.5 is considered a Middle school size basketball. The size 6 women's regulation ball is between 28.5 inches.
A men's basketball, used in the nba, is a 29.5 otherwise known as size 7. (Women use size 6 which is a 28.5 basketball.)