Despicaballs

The Despicaballs is an obstacle, firstly introduced as part of the Split Decision in the fourth episode of qualifiers on American Ninja Warrior 14. It was paired with the Log Runner as part of the Split Decision.

It consisted of 4 spheres attached to the V-shaped boards that would pivot when the competitors stepped on them, each board was supported with a support bar at the bottom, and the spheres would spin around an axis. Competitors must run across the obstacle to reach the landing platform.

The concept of this obstacle is similar to the Tuning Forks and Spinning Bridge, where competitors must run across a series of items. But compared to both obstacles, the Despicaballs have a smaller V-shaped board in a way that competitors can only run across the spheres in a similar manner to the Spinning Bridge.

Trivia

 * The spheres are designed after the four known Minion characters (Otto, Stuart, Bob, and Kevin)
 * Despicaballs was the fourth obstacle in American Ninja Warrior history to be served to promote an upcoming movie, which was Minions: The Rise of Gru, after Angry Birds during American Ninja Warrior 11's Baltimore finals, which was used to promote The Angry Birds Movie 2. The movie itself would be released in the U.S. on July 1st, 2022.