Tell it to people who use nail polish remover to remove every scuff mark from their gear To each his own, but I would not pay this much money for a ball that will look like s.h.i.t. after a few games.
Personally, I think the performance and feel of the ball is more important that a few scuff marks. Every ball is going to get marked up. That being said, I only play outdoors, so indoor scuffs are not an issue for me.
i understand what you guys(girls? dont wanna offend anyone here) but if you spend so much time worrying about scuff marks your gonna be afraid to use them then whats the point of having it. i have 2 teamgiest balls, the F50 and the Red one. i got the F50 ball and didnt wanna use it on the street but eventually it happened anyway and it got scuff marks like you wouldn't believe but after a few games in the moring due they were gone so now i really dont care if they get scuffed becuase i know how easy they come off.
There was a discussion on the issue of scuff marks in one of the boot threads a while ago. The opinions vary from frantically removing every mark from cleats and balls to who gives a f-ck? Some people care not only how their gear performs but also how it looks; they feel if you spend hundreds of dollars you should care about the looks as well. Others point out you ultimately buy the stuff to kick it or kick with and it's simply nonsense to worry about unavoidable scuffing. I myself fall somewhere between those extremes. I don't attempt to remove scuff marks from every piece of my equipment, but I do keep it clean and like it to look good; I buy gear that I think looks sweet and I work way too hard not to care what I spend my money on. Because of that, I would not buy this ball for the reasons I described in my previous posts. As I said, to each his own, as always, but IMO there is nothing wrong with wanting your gear to look good as long as possible
i agree with you if you do spend alot of money on things you should take care of them i'm not saying that my balls look scuffed and dirty(please be mature about this) because they higher quality balls i tend to like to use them more and then they get dirty so for me to clean the balls every other day semms pointless to me. they get cleaned without effort.
Has anyone played with either either the Puma PUMA V1.06 or the Select Diamond Super Match ball? I lost my Select Royale last week (I'm not entirely clear how), and am looking to replace it with one of the balls on sale at the moment.
i know what my friend does or at least what he used to do was whenever they played with a match ball he'd send it as far into the woods as possible then after the game go find it he's got a collection of world cup balls that you wouldn't believe
This is why I watch my balls(oh my) like a hawk. I personally supply the match balls for my team(T90 Aerows) and I make sure they're counted up after every match. Sure I bought them on eBay for a fraction of their actual cost but they're still $130 balls to everyone else.
I played with the aerow 2 a while back, and wow the better quality balls do fly a lot nicer...We had a nice breeze on the field I play next to the beach sometimes and wow...My dad read something in some paper a while back where an old player metioned that with the balls we have today it's just amazing what we can do especially considering how heavy they were not that long ago..
i love the new balls today but my problem with my teamgiests is that they dont really have much grip anymore. at first i could snake the ball(or at least thats what we call it here) no problem but now its gotta be quicker because the ball slides more especially on my vapors. i love to train with like water logged balls or really heavy balls that way when i get on the pitch my clearences go farther.
I just got the African Cup ball which is basically the Teamgeist II and gotta say it's freaking unbelieveable! It flies so true and it comes off your foot like a rocket. The underglass technology makes it really resistant to any scratches or scuffs that would otherwise marr the design and colors. Also, the textured surface makes it less sticky than the original Teamgeist. Highly, highly recommended.
i wasn't too keen on that ball it just didn't seem nice but i guess on the bright side, it'll be hard to lose.
I hope you're referring to the looks and not the performance. You can argue the design is not your cup of tea, but the ball is beyond reproach when it comes to performance. As a side note, "nice" is a curious adjective to choose to describe a $130 ball that in the next several weeks will be both in the CL final and Euro 2008.
haha yeah i was referring to the colors, i was planning on getting the black and red one but i can't find it at my price yet but i'll keep looking. as far as the nice comment went i guess i was just being lazy and you have every right to call me out on that. i own 2 of the first gen teamgiests and i love them and if they're anything like the new ones i'm sure i won't be disappointed with them. but i'm not sure on how i feel about the dimples i didn't like them on the puma balls but i guess i'll just have to try it out for myself. i personally wanna try the new nike ball it looks weird but i wanna know how its touch is.
I initially was too unsure about the colors but after I saw the ball in the US vs. (was is South Africa?) game a few months ago, I decided it looked awesome in an actual game. Now that I've played with it, I can definitely say it looks great and, as you alluded to in your previous post, it is highly visible, which I also like. The dimples make it feel less sticky and they allow a greater control of the ball.
i to remember that game(dempsy snaked the ball and megged a defender just outside the 18) and i will say that the ball looked pretty good but i think thats also due to the vast colors of the various boot on the pitch. I'm not trying to attack the ball itself its all about preferences and that ball...colorwise(i won't make the same mistake again) doesn't meet mine. it you love it thats great but as long as your kicking something around i think thats all that matters.
It was against South Africa for the US Men's Nationals and the ball was the adidas Wawa Aba. The ball's colors are yellow/black/red/green, those colors symbolize the Ghanaian national flag and the official gameball of the MTN African Cup of Nations for this calendar year (2008).
my teamgeist's thermal bonding came off. now the internal rubber is bursting out between the panels, anyone else having this problem?
I have a question for everyone and anyone. My birthday is coming up soon,and I was thinking about asking for a Premier Soccer Ball for my birthday (the $130 soccer balls). I was wondering which one is the best one available? I had my eyes on the White/Red Aerow II but I don't know if that is a good ball. I currently own 1 cheap ball,the White/Red Mercurial Vapor ball that you can buy at footlocker. I personally don't like this ball because its very hard but I have a hard kick because of it which is great.
both teamgeist and aerow are solid choices. you may be able to snag a deal on a teamgeist I, but if money's no issue, personally I prefer the aerow.