In 2002, Adidas Made a Football that would change the Football World forever... (Adidas WC Top Ball)

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Product:	Adidas WC Top Ball
Date:	27/02/09 (22 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: The swerve is a massive selling point. Adds a new dimension.

Disadvantages: The default colour is crap, but that is not an issue.

This ball, actually, isnt a bad ball to play football with at all.

The World Cup 2002 showed us many, many fantastic games, in which a new element was added to the mix - Adidas' New Football Technology.

What Adidas had managed to do, was something other manufacturers of Footballs had never gotten, and probably had never tried, or even thought about doing.

Adidas had made a football, that was still subject to the same forces of Gravity as anything in this world... but it was lighter. Less of the junk that goes into making a football was taken out.

So what? I hear you cry... Well, lets say you put this ball down on the ground, from a dead-ball situation (a free kick or a penalty to those that dont know) and you strike the ball cleanly. The first thing you will see, is the balls movement in the air. Its so light, that even the worst 'Curler' of a football will have a nice swerve added to the strike of the ball. Because of its lightness, the ball is more subjected to slight movement in the air, and this helps a lot of strikers and midfielders alike.

The negative, is the affect it can have on Goalkeepers and defenders, particularly for shots and crosses respectively. Because of the swerve of the ball, and previous versions of footballs not being up to this standard, it was very hard to judge just where the ball would end up. However, after a little time adjusting to the balls dynamics, and mastering the technique, this ball has the ability to make your goals look that little bit more special.

And trust me, when you have hit this ball from 30 Yards out with he outside of the right foot, on the volley, and it swerves away from the full stretched goalkeeper into the top right corner... you know you have just seen something special.

This football started a trend that many manufacturers have continued to this day, and that is the Light Dynamic, and the speed at which the ball changes the game. The ball allows more flowing football, and actually tempts you to play the sweet cross, swerving pass to the inside, or to strike the ball coming down from the cross.

It isnt the best looking ball in the world, with some sort of grey/green colour being the main fascias of it... but who looks at the colour of a football during a game?

Summary: Perfect for me, and perfect if you master the technique.