For a time, it seemed as if the design of the football was settled science. Adidas stuck with the 32-panel design up until ... seen as fit for purpose. The Jabulani proved controversial, with ...

For the traditional 32-panel ball ... is no categorical evidence to suggest that the design of the Jabulani had a negative impact on the football played in South Africa. There are few, though ...

Any oversight in this design can make the ball unpredictable as was the case with the late, lamented Jabulani ... an erratic fluttering motion. A 32-panel ball being put through the Ames Research ...

The history of the World Cup in many ways tells the story of the evolution of professional football itself ... in 2006 was the introduction of a 14-panel design with fewer seams, which was ...

Their radical design is different from a standard ... Notice how the Brazuca behaves very similarly to the 32-panel football and how the Jabulani doesn’t enter low drag until nearly 90 ...

Adidas global football ... improvement on the Jabulani? Antonio Zea: Brazuca is the most tested ball adidas has ever created. It’s groundbreaking and innovative 6-panel design results in a ...

Football has seen many ... For nearly 40 years the ball’s panel pattern followed the classic hexagon-pentagon format with 32 panels, but in 2006 the design changed radically.

Its unusual design is what made it so difficult for players to predict. The Teamgeist used at the previous World Cup, for example, was built with a 14-panel structure - while the Jabulani ...

Adidas director of soccer innovation Antonio Zea explains why replacing the controversial Jabulani in 2014 ... Brazuca features a striking new design and new panel system. Six identical ...

The Jabulani football—a term that can send chills down ... The 2010 World Cup saw the Jabulani ball introduced, and a sleek-looking design was crafted upon a "new-age" ball that represented ...

Every four years when the World Cup rolls around, adidas release a new match ball to coincide with football's showpiece ... It features the iconic 32-panel black-and-white design that was used ...

None was more controversial than Adidas’ “Jabulani” ball, produced for the 2010 World Cup. The ball was faster and its panel design ... it to the type of football “you buy in the ...