New ball at Olympics confirmed
Posted by devo on March 14, 2008
Also at the Board of Administration, a newly designed ball, with the same weight, pressure and dimensions but with a revamped technical composition that includes indentations on the surface, has been approved for use for the very first time at the Beijing Olympic Games. It was also approved to continue to test lower ball pressures (in Serbia, Brazil, China, Japan) to help increase the length of rallies, especially in the men’s game, by bettering players’ ball control.
April 23, 2008 at 8:41 pm
I hope the new ball will be available in my country (philippines) after the olympics, so that the local schools volleyball teams could adjust to it.
May 13, 2008 at 4:12 am
Hi,
Where can I find a picture of this new ball?
Thanks.
May 13, 2008 at 8:35 am
@ julio
try these links:
http://www.fivb.org/EN/fivb/viewNews.asp?No=15524
http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.spikemag.com.au/images/blogphotos/NewMikasaZoomed.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.spikemag.com.au/%3Fsection%3Dblog%26bid%3D45&h=250&w=250&sz=13&tbnid=sBgMTRvqElUJ:&tbnh=111&tbnw=111&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmikasa%2Bnew%2Bball%2Bolympics&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image&cd=2