As promised last year, beginning this week, Sports
Planet will be providing you with the adidas
(+Teamgeist™
match ball replica) +TG Sala 65 Training
futsal balls for all your games at ALL
our venues. Forget about using old torn
and worn out balls. You can bet your game will experience
a heightened sense of fidelity - fueled by non other
than adidas' passion for the game. O and by the way,
the Sala Training edition is GOLD
in color!
Since we're using +Teamgeist, we thought we'd like to
feature a write-up explaining the ball, and the technology
behind it.
The +Teamgeist™ match ball for the 2006 FIFA World
Cup™ has its name originated from the single most
decisive characteristic every team needs to have to
lift the golden trophy: team spirit! Revolutionary shaped
panels are thermally bonded creating a perfectly round
ball - the new shape of accuracy.
adidas unveils +Teamgeist™
Match Ball for the 2006 FIFA World Cup™
(adopted from www.press.adidas.com)
Leipzig/Herzogenaurach,
December 9, 2005 – The new Match Ball for the
2006 FIFA World Cup was officially unveiled during the
Final Draw. The new adidas +Teamgeist introduces a radically
new 14-panel configuration reducing the amount of three-panel
touch points by 60% and the total length of the panel
lines by over 15%, forming a smooth and perfectly round
exterior allowing players significant improvements in
accuracy and control. The Match Ball is designed in
white and black, the traditional colors of the German
national football team, and accentuated with the golden
color of the FIFA World Cup? trophy. Its name, “+Teamgeist”,
is based on the single most decisive characteristic
every team needs to have in order to lift the trophy:
team spirit!Only
balls with a perfectly round and smooth surface react
reliably and consistently when kicked. Key to the unmatched
performance of the new Match Ball is the revolutionary
14-panel ball construction. This innovative configuration
brings down the number of three-panel touch points by
60% (from 60 to 24) and the total length of the panel
lines is reduced by over 15% (from 400.5 cm to 339.3
cm). The Thermal Bonding technology, which adidas successfully
introduced in 2004, has been further refined to give
the +Teamgeist performance qualities found in no other
ball. Extensive comparative testing by Loughborough
University in England and in the adidas football laboratory
in Scheinfeld, Germany, provide proof that the overall
performance of the +Teamgeist is unprecedented. The
new adidas +Teamgeist is widely expected to beat all
known sales records and is globally available in retail
from December 10 onwards.
The
experience of adidas in football production is unequalled.
adidas first began the production of footballs in 1963
and is now the world’s leading manufacturer, always
at the cutting edge of technology. adidas has supplied
the Official Match Balls to all major UEFA and FIFA
tournaments since 1970 and will also be the Official
Partner and Supplier of the Match Ball of the 2010 and
2014 FIFA World Cup.
adidas
will continue to apply innovative technologies to further
expand its leadership in the worldwide football market.
This will solidify adidas’ position as the authentic
symbol of high-performance equipment for both professional
and amateur players alike. Moreover, adidas also already
looks forward to presenting revolutionary ball innovations
for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in South Africa.
The
text is adopted from adidas' website. For more
information please visit www.press.adidas.com
or www.adidas.com/football
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So come by Sports
Planet today and play only when you're guaranteed
the ultimate futsal experience!
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