TerraPass - a soccer ball model that is official for the European Women's Football Championship 2009 ; developed by Adidas .
Content
Design
According to the UEFA official website [1] , the official ball of the tournament was presented to the general public at the draw ceremony of the final stage of the European Championship 2009 in the Helsinki Finlandia Hall . Light blue shine interspersed with violet, as well as a futuristic pattern, firmly associate Adidas Terrapass with the northern lights - a natural phenomenon that attracts many tourists to the countries of Northern Europe [1] .
Like the official Europass 2008 European Championship ball, the Terrapass shell is made using the latest patented PSC-Texture coating (better known as goosebumps), which increases the ability to control and transfer the ball in any weather conditions [1] .
Known Model Options
- Adidas TerraPass NFHS Club - technical replica of the ball
- Adidas TerraPass Replique - technical replica of the ball with a preserved design
- Adidas TerraPass Artificial Turf
- Adidas terrapass glider power
- Adidas terrapass effect
- Adidas TerraPass Training Pro - a model of the ball designed for training
- Adidas TerraPass FMF - a model released specifically for the Mexican Football Federation
- Adidas TerraPass FMF Replique - a model released specifically for the Mexican Football Federation, replica.
Technical innovations of this model
- Terrapass is a logical continuation of the concept of using technologies in modern soccer balls that allow a soccer player to improve his control over the ball. For the first time, such technologies were fully presented in the Adidas Europass model - the first soccer ball in the world to use goosebump coating technology - a special structure for covering the surface of the ball that allows players to make more accurate and powerful shots, as well as twist the ball, more precisely controlling its flight in all weather conditions [2] . Professional footballers who have tried it in practice rate it much higher than its predecessor - Roteiro [3] .
- The surface design, consisting of 14 panels, allows you to reduce the number of points of corner joints of the three panels by 60% (compared to the standard); with the number of docking points of a standard ball 60, this model has only 24 [2] . The total perimeter of the connection panels decreased by more than 15% [2] .
Notes
- β 1 2 3 Ball for EURO 2009 β’ (html). UEFA.com (Tuesday, November 18, 2008). Date of treatment January 25, 2009. Archived March 25, 2012.
- β 1 2 3 Adidas Europass. - Teamgeist. Corporate publication of the representative office of adidas Group .. - Moscow, 2008. - 38 p. - (# four).
- β Europass - Euro 2008 ball (inaccessible link)
Links
- Article Ball for Euro 2009 at uefa.com (rus.)