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I'm one of them and I'm trained to
master the football in order to be the
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hi Joel the foam unisport webtv and
today we are balling because not too
long ago
both Nike and Adidas released their
brand new official match box
the Nike ordem and the adidas brazuca
and my mission for today is to let you
guys know what's it actually like to
play with these guys so let's get some
balls starting off with the adidas
brazuca and as we all know it is the
official match ball of the World Cup
2014 the ball itself is made of only six
identical panels and the goal with the
design and the rather interesting shape
of the panel's is to make the ball
perfectly round and thus increase
stability and even flight speed at least
according to adidas also all the panels
have been thermally bonded together
which results in totally seamless
surface the ball feels really clear and
clean and you can barely feel any
separation between each of the paddles
when it comes to controlling the ball
the brazuca features a very dimpled
texture and in my opinion it actually
does create a bit more friction between
your foot and the ball but no I'm not
saying your ball touch gets better or
anything like that but it is fair to say
that the surface feels a lot more grippy
than it does on some of the other match
balls out there I also have to mention
that the surface feels pretty hard it's
not a soft and padded as some of the
previous adidas match balls it doesn't
hurt when you are striking or hitting
the ball for example but the overall
feeling is still pretty strong and solid
just so you know but in general the
brazuca is really responsive when you're
controlling it it doesn't bounce in a
weird way and the added friction ensures
you are able to control the ball just
the way you want
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now it's also crucial to know how the
brazuca acts in the air and compared to
the Jabulani the previous World Cup ball
a lot has been done the brazuca has a
pretty true flight pattern and it
doesn't automatically fly all over the
place as some of the previous adidas
match balls have done it perps really
nicely in the air and let's say 9 out of
10 times it won't knuckle unexpectedly
unless your own shooting technique
allows that striking the brazuca
actually feels pretty awesome adidas
tell us the technology should increase
the flight speed of the ball and when
you hit the sweet spot and get a clean
strike it actually seems to fly with
great power and speed I don't know my
is me but I really do enjoy
shooting and passing this ball you won't
have to be afraid of miss placing your
long passes or strikes simile because
the aerodynamics are a lot more natural
and reliable not on the previous adidas
match balls at least the goalkeepers
should be happy with the brazuca I would
think
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moving on to the Nike ordem which
according to Nike focuses on flight
touch and visibility if we start off by
looking at some of the tech aspects of
this ball compared to the six panels on
the adidas brazuca the autumn is built
from twelve views well and synthetic
leather panels so in other words all the
twelve panels have been glued together
just like on the adidas brazuca now I'm
probably not the only one who thinks
there has to be more than twelve panels
on this ball simply because the surface
looks and feels so edge but that is
simply because of the so-called arrow
track grooves that can be found
throughout the entire surface and their
mission
combined with the micro texture casing
is to simply make the ball more
aerodynamic and give it a nice and
accurate flight design-wise the autumn
is also equipped with Nikes radar
technology and as we know from some of
the previous nike match balls the point
of this technology is to maximize the
visibility and help players see the ball
and react to its movements a lot faster
I have to say I'm a bit skeptical when
it comes to this whole idea of seeing
the ball faster but hey at least the
ball looks nice when it comes to ball
control the Orang features a three layer
casing systems and it gives this ball a
bit softer ball feel than on the brazuca
the surface is just a tiny bit more soft
and cushy but in general this ball is a
very pleasant ball to juggle and play
around with and even though the surface
is not as creepy as the one on the
brazuca you still maintain a very
responsive and accurate ball touch also
in my books
Nike match balls have always been known
for a very true and stable flight
pattern and the Nike ordem is no
exception to that boot when you strike
this ball you get a very nice and almost
explosive feeling the ordem really
follows all
commands with no exceptions no matter if
you curve knuckle or blaster ball with
power this ball will fly in the air just
the way you tell it and that's it in
general I can't really find anything bad
to say about this ball the way it seems
good the ball doesn't bounce off the
ground in a weird way and the feeling
when passing is very accurate like you
have once again created a top level
match ball which doesn't necessarily
give you anything for free but it lets
you express yourself based on your own
abilities rounding up today's review I
think both Nike and Adidas have managed
to create their best match balls to
these things and if I absolutely have to
make a decision I would say my favorite
out of these two is the adidas brazuca
simply because the adidas effects of the
ball moving unexpectedly in the air is
not completely gone but what do you guys
think which one out of these two is your
favorites and why well let me know right
down there in the comment section below
remember to also check out our behind
the balls episode we're going be more
into detail about the performance of
each of these modern football while you
do that I'm gonna go away but we will
meet again soon right here forward to
I'm gonna go and kick some more balls
see you guys later
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we are balling because not too long ago
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