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Soccer Ball

Soccer balls are used in the game of Soccer. The standard ball is a Size 5, although smaller sizes exist usually for kids. Most modern Soccer Balls are stitched from 32 panels of waterproofed leather or plastic, with a ratio of 12 regular pentagons and 20 regular hexagons.

The 32-panel configuration became common throughout Continental Europe in the 1960s. It was popularized worldwide by the Adidas Telstar, the official ball of the 1970 World Cup. Soccer balls can even be inscribed with the name of the teams, the date, the name of the stadium and sometimes even the longitude and latitude of the center spot of the pitch.

Soccer balls are usually heavily pressurized, due to the fact that it is being kicked around repeatedly. Because of that, soccer balls need to be fully aired every time out. A flat ball is a useless ball.

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