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The Adidas 'Teamgeist' Football
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Does anyone else think that having watched the first couple of games last night, this ball seems to bounce strangely? I noticed a couple of times that the ball seemed to move to the left or the right after it hit the ground - and whenever someone plays a long ball that bounces once before reaching the target, instead of skidding on so the player can control it on their chest, it seems to get stuck in the grass and bounces up in the air.
It also seems to swerve a lot, even by modern day standards. I'm all for seeing high scoring games but if it's because the ball is a bit dodgy, that's not really fair on the keepers.
I do like the idea of using a golden football just for the final though
It also seems to swerve a lot, even by modern day standards. I'm all for seeing high scoring games but if it's because the ball is a bit dodgy, that's not really fair on the keepers.
I do like the idea of using a golden football just for the final though
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Every tournament has had a new ball for the occasion, and every tournament has had complaints from players about how light the ball is, how high it bounces, and how it's like playing with a balloon.
Maybe adidas WILL introduce a balloon for the next tournament, who knows ?
They should use a plastic kiddies football, that really catches the wind and spins in the air
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5048238.stm
If they were using a heavier ball, I'm not so sure either Philip Lahm or Thorsten Frings would have been able to score those goals. With Frings shot especially the ball started out in the centre of the goal and then all of a sudden visciously swerved in to the corner.
Paul Robinson is right, they are very goalkeeper unfriendly.
Should have seen the free kicks i took as a kid with them, there i was on the fringe of their area.. WHAP!!! it flies forward, the wind grabs it and it goes back 40 yards to an opposing player who slams it between the jumpers.. Oh i miss those days
Anyway, it was a bright orange ball that really used to fly, especially when the wind got hold of it!!
http://www.soccerballworld.com/Teamgeist.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teamgeist
This is an image of the robot kicking leg Adidas use to test their footballs when they are designing them. The rest of the article is here.
http://www.soccerballworld.com/Telstar.htm
Knowing the names of the World Cup balls is a bit geeky but I'm sure it's something that might come up on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' sometime or might be useful in a pub quiz.
Charlton, Rats, Josimar, Haan to name a few and all with heavier balls, I really can't see the point of making the balls lighter.
I don't think it's any coincidence that players the quality of Ronaldinho, Beckham, etc. have all been overhitting free kicks and crosses - not just the odd one either. Takes a bit of shine away from the tournament really.