The word réplique comes from the French and means something like replica. If a football is called “replique”, it’s not the original ball. But that’s not why it’s a fake! Adidas refers to its high-quality series of training balls with replique because they are the best replica of the original game ball. These training balls […]
Soccer Balls
Wish Footballs In The Test: Are they good for what?
Wish is an online platform that deals with products from the Far East. It is advertised with high price reductions and appealing product images, but one must be careful: Sometimes one receives no original parts or only a part of the products pictured on the product image. Mostly something like that is in the product […]
Where the old soccer balls better?
You can hear many opinions about the current footballs. Some swear by it, others see it rather critically. The old balls were much better. They lasted a long time and were also much cheaper. But is that so? To get an idea of the opinions of various football players and coaches, I wrote to my […]
That happens in the plane with your football!
Many of you fly on vacation during the summer, and some even pack a football – but hold on a minute! A football is, after all, a pressure vessel, and in an airplane cabin the pressure is lower. Could this cause the ball to be damaged or even burst? It’s Not a Big Deal! An […]
What does the FIFA Quality Mark mean?
Soccer balls, especially official match balls, are subject to certain quality requirements. Of course, because a size 5 soccer ball should always be the same size and approximately the same weight. To this end, FIFA has defined uniform criteria for certain quality standards. As a rule, the better the ball, the better the FIFA certification. […]
How to pump up a soccer ball
To inflate a soccer ball you need a ball pump with a ball needle or another pump or compressor with a ball needle. Connect the needle with the pump, put the needle into the valve of the ball (the opening can’t be overseen) and pump it up. It is important that you can inflate the ball only with a designated ball […]