Practice balls?

[sockacrazy]

I am planning to buy 8 to 10 balls so i can go down to the pitch and have a decent practice at shooting but when you go for some quality balls you are looking at 150 and that is the special deal at euro sport. Would it hurt too much if i went for like some crappy balls like 10 bucks, would it hurt my shot when i went back to good quality balls. It's not like i have excess money around. So i was woundering if i could make it cheaper.

thanks
-justin

[appleCORR7]

I dont think it will make any difference providing the balls arent too light. The only problem you could have with cheaper balls is that they could loose there shape easily.

I tend to take about 3 balls all different sizes over my local fields and just go and fetch the ball everytime i practice free kicks. Yeah, its boring but its good exercise :-)

appleCORR

[dasoccerplayafosho]

I just bought 11 fevernova vuelo's (the training ball for new zealand back in the day) and sold three. I have my own from a while ago, and it's magical. I now have 8 left, they are so nice (I've never played with the 8, but I've played with the one) great price, great ball.
Austen

[Ghobe]

Any Fifa approved ball should do it. And believe me, there are some good ones out there that include a lot of the qualities of a high-end ball, but don't include the high-end price tag. Unless you regularly play with quality balls like the Roteiro or Aerow in your games, I wouldn't worry about it.

[sockacrazy]

In games and practices we ususally play with the. Nike freestyle or the rotero and somtimes the addidas tango club.

-justin

[Ghobe]

Well you better start worrying about it, then!!!

Jk. :)

[romagol10]

No need to buy FIFA approved balls if you're buying 8-10 for practice. Just get some balls that normally cost around $20 that are on sale. For example soccer.com has a Kelme ball that sold for $20 on sale for $9 right now. Your shot won't be as consistant with these balls as with a $90 ball, you won't be able to hit them without spin every time and they feel different to strike but you shouldn't have any trouble switching back to better balls.

[sockacrazy]

Thank's guys and appleCORR

-justin

[Usafan]

If you have the money, buy the same ball that you used in games. You can get some of your teammate to buy the same balls. Then shop hard online your can find deals better than soccer.com. I always plan to make some money on the balls that I sell to other players. There is nothing wrong with buyiing 10 to 20 balls and selling the extras at the one ball price. This allows you to keep your costs down.

Make sure that you don't leave your balls in a hot car. This is a major cause of air leaks.

I also get a bright colored ball. Then when you go to a field you kick the colored somewhere on the field, then try to hit the colored ball with your other balls. If you get good you can hit it with second ball while it is still moving from ther first ball.

Have Fun Train Hard

[Pangu]

select make very good balls and good prices aswell, mitre has balls that are also quite good...

[sockacrazy]

Ok im going to go for the kit and i am leaning toward the tango balls but... i can get the nike team ball or the brine attack balls for the same price. What would you guys go with?? which one

-justin :confused:

[servotron]

Can't lose with the Tango's. Instead of getting 10 at once, personally, I'd just go to my local Sportmart or Galyan's (if you have those) and pick up 4 or 5 decent 15.00 balls. Then wait till you have more bucks and pick up the other half. This will allow you to get enough practice with your touch instead of constantly running after errant shots and having your body not "remember" what you did wrong in your mechanics. 4 or 5 shots at a time is probably good enough for training purposes. Kick them all, then chase. It's better if you have 8, 9, or 10, but not everyone has that many, and there's the added strain on your kicking leg if you're constantly wailing on the same type of kick 10 times in a row you're more likely to pull something or cause other problems. I personally train with whatever I've got in the bag, which is either 6, 7, or 8.

Also don't forget to inflate those puppies up nice and firm!

[sockacrazy]

I really dont have any good shops down here that have them and so i think i am going to order them. I found these that are 10$

http://www.epicsoccer.com/Soccer_Equipment/index.asp?intCID=0

But i think they are nockoff's. They have them on eurosport if you get 8 15$ each. If i found them somwhere where i can buy them sepratly for 15 i would buy them that way.

thanks
-justin

[diablo_nyc]

Can't lose with the Tango's. Instead of getting 10 at once, personally, I'd just go to my local Sportmart or Galyan's (if you have those) and pick up 4 or 5 decent 15.00 balls. Then wait till you have more bucks and pick up the other half. This will allow you to get enough practice with your touch instead of constantly running after errant shots and having your body not "remember" what you did wrong in your mechanics. 4 or 5 shots at a time is probably good enough for training purposes. Kick them all, then chase. It's better if you have 8, 9, or 10, but not everyone has that many, and there's the added strain on your kicking leg if you're constantly wailing on the same type of kick 10 times in a row you're more likely to pull something or cause other problems. I personally train with whatever I've got in the bag, which is either 6, 7, or 8.

Also don't forget to inflate those puppies up nice and firm!

ganyans absolutely sux when it comes to soccer!
id get some fifa inspected balls...nice quality at a nice price