The Bouncing Soccer Ball: part 2

I took the advice of taking & watching a video reference. It really helped alot. It was easy to visualize how the soccer ball bounce, & I noticed that steep path that the ball take. Planning/Thumbnailing/Blocking was easier than before too.

But now, I get the feeling of copying the footage too much. Like rotoscope. How do you use a bouncing ball video reference to exaggerate the bouncing ball animation? When animators take video reference, I see that they act out the scene & they take or sketch out the key poses, then they push the key poses more into their animation. But for a bouncing ball, what do you see, where do you get ideas to make a lively bouncing ball base on the video reference?...I'm thinking too much I guess. I'll just let my imagination do the work after watching the video next time.

I appreciate all your advice & thanks for dropping by. Peace