hi guys Ian from the Football Boots team and
today we are going to cut open the World
Cup Ball. We're going to see what's inside
we're going to see what's inside a training
ball, what's inside a match ball, what's
inside a mid-range ball. We're
going to cut them open in this video and
then we will test the inside of the ball
against an actual ball and see which is
best at the pitch here. All right guys
let's get straight into the video and
start taking apart these balls.
Time to find out what is inside the ball.
So we've got a few little tools here
that we're getting amongst it with.
First thing I do is I'm going to take
this ball out the box this is what we've
used quite a lot there is a comparison
of this ball and another one on the
channel if you want to check that out. So
let's have a look inside this the first
thing we've got to do is find the the
valve here yeah and I'm going to deflate
the ball, going to take some air out so I
don't pop it when I start cutting it,
because if I did it now, if I did it
straight away, then I could just go
straight through the bladder and I want
to protect the bladder.
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All right let's first take a look and
cut into this ball, it does have a little
bit of damage that's one of the reasons
why we wanted to look at it and it's
going to help me get into it I hope. So
do we start with the knife? Do we start
with the scissors? Probably not scissors
just yet, we want to get into it a
bit first before we start with, who knows.
So I'm going to use a Stanley knife this
nice sharp blade here and I'm just
really hoping that because it's really
pinched together here I'm hoping the
bladder is somewhere else in here and I
can avoid cutting into it that's the
whole idea of this is avoid the bladder.
So here we go just going to cut into it,
see, so this is the top training
ball it's not the highest quality match
ball but it's also not the cheap one.
Okay first it's quite thick on the outside,
like a little rubber outside. I'll show you what's
inside that in a bit, let's have a look
at the cheapest version so this is from
our hydro dip video where we dipped the
very cheap version of the World Cup ball
and you can check that out there's a card at
the end of the video. All right so it is
time see what is inside the cheap
version, I'm going to find somewhere to get
into this. So this is the Top Glider the
replica. Now treat this a bit like trying
to peel an orange I'll see if I can get
the whole thing off in one.
The stitching is holding these panels together
interesting because on this one
they're all glued together. You can
probably see here like that
see how I'm cutting the stitches there
there we go.
So what's inside football? This is inside
the football!
interesting and then we've got this, so
you can see how they stitched it
together. What do you
think of that? Very interesting so
you can see all this excess material
around the lines here. You can see also
how to change back into a ball
so they'll stitch it together this way
and then turn it inside out I imagine.
All right so we got that and then this
is like a bird's nest. This is that
rubber bladder of the inside, we could
try and pump that I suppose if we wanted
to look at it pumped up. Alright we've
got the pump here let's pump this up and
have a look see if it's still going
maybe we should send Tom to the pitch to
test this out versus the ball. Alright so
we know what is inside the cheap ball
we'll take that to the pitch to test
it out but next i'll reveal what is in
the medium price ball, not even moving on
to the high-end official World Cup Match
Ball as yet. Alright so I need to get my
blade out a bit more and I'm just going to
cut few more these panels to just get in
there and get out what's inside. Alright
it's time to reveal What Is Inside this...
The answer is nothing apart from this
little valve part here. So what I can
tell you is this is what this is but
this has this white wrapped around it.
They're both bladders will be
interesting to see if they're the same
quality as each other or if the bladder
actually is different, has a difference
I can't find that out until we kick this
at the pitch versus a real ball but
bearing in mind that this is just glued
on. So you can see here there's kind of
three colors you've got the orange the
white and the black. All right; the orange
the white and the black. So the orange is
the outer part that's just the design
and the print on the ball then you've
got the white which is the cushioning
and then the black is actually the
bladder the bit that holds all the air
the bit that you're kicking around is
this bit now these panels are glued on
rather than being stitched on which is
what we saw on this one so that's the
difference that's what you're paying for
the extra quality in the ball so if
you move on to this one this one is
glued on as well. Question is do we take
a knife do we cut up the World Cup Ball?
We were going to do it, but considering
all I'm going to show you is this, it does
seem like a bit of a waste. So we won't
be doing that but we will be now going
to the pitch to test out the inside bladder
versus a ball and seeing all the
differences when you kick them around.
Okay
all right so that's just a normal ball
let's see what the insides like to be
fair it just feels like the ball but
without all the extra padding it's a bit
lighter as well but more of a balloon
Alright I'm here in front of goal now and
I'm going to get a feel for how each of
these balls actually strike I'm going to
start with the World Cup ball shouldn't
be any surprises here. Yeah
standard ball, alright the bladder, now
anything could happen...
Woah alright, so that bladder is way way
lighter when you hit it and also just
sort of like pops off your foot
obviously doesn't have any of the padding
that the World Cup ball has. Alright guys
so Tom has given us a good look at what
it's like kicking a bladder compared to
kicking a real ball. You guys have seen
inside of this one. The question is would
you really want me to cut this one open
and find out what's inside of it? I think
the only difference is going to be little
RFID chip that you could see that is in
there that's the only extra thing
otherwise it's going to look just the same
as this maybe slightly better quality
rubber or something who's to say? Anyway
let me know in the comments below if you
do want to see it maybe have a vote in
this poll card now; yes you want me to
cut the actual official match ball for
the World Cup or no don't do it it's a
waste let me know and yeah let us know
in the comments anything else you want
to see us do on the channel any other
football experiments things like that we
will certainly look at doing that for
you very soon thank you very much for
watching guys go Enjoy Your Football
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