Technology
Adidas predator powerswerve
I had the chance to try out a pair of the new Adidas predator powerswerve boots today. I haven’t used a pair since the predator pulse boots from a couple of years ago that I own but I was pleasantly surprised with the powerswerves. They’re part of the new Adidas range along with the adiPURE [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Nike Pro Compression
So a couple of weeks ago I finally took the plunge and bought a Nike Pro sleeveless crew with zoned compression areas. I’d been wanting to get one for a while but the prohibitive price usually dispelled my desire pretty quickly. My local sports store had a sale on and I found one for half-price, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Ten years of mercurial vapors
Continuing on with my posts of late (such as the Nike Mercurial SL Vapor IVs), I found an interesting video about the research that went into the nike mercurial vapor III. A bit late with the vapor IVs coming out very soon but I was good to watch and this is still my favourite boot [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Nike Mercurial SL (Vapor IV)
Well the Nike Mercurial Vapor IV’s are out soon and I came across this cool post on ballhype about a special variety of the new mercurials. I have the video at the end of the post if you want to see for yourself. Basically they get Asafa Powell, some terribly fast sprinter (so I’m told), [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Adidas Europass ball
I found a really cool clip on the onion bag blog about the production of the Adidas Europass ball that will be in use in the 2008 Euro competition (although there vid seems to be gone now for some reason?). It fits in nicely with the post I wrote a couple of months ago on [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Adidas Predator Pulse
To go with the release of the new Predators, the Adidas Predator Swerve as discussed on footy boots and to follow up my post about the Nike Mercurial Vapors, I thought I’d post about a pair of Predators that I’ve owned (well, in fact still use on occasion), the Predator Pulse.
These were released in 2004 [...]
Nike Mercurial Vapors
Following on from a couple of posts I made about the technology involved in soccer (first with soccer balls then monitoring/statistical equipment), I thought I’d look into the latest innovations in soccer boots/cleats. What better shoe to start with then the Nike Mercurial Vapors. Not that I’m a Nike man or anything but I’ve [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Soccer technology 2
Continuing on from my earlier post about soccer ball technology I wanted to explore some other high-tech advances that are going on behind the scenes of the modern game. The areas of match analysis, game statistics and player performance monitoring may have a limited impact on most followers of the world game but they are [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Soccer technology
Ever wondered about the amount of technology that goes into soccer? I’ve always known that many products have a lot of technology and research involved, from the high quality leathers and synthetics on modern shoes to the latest innovations in ball design and testing. But I decided to have a good look into these technologies [...]
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