Game Balls?

[Nate Smith]

Anyone know a good, cheap, supplier of the PUMA balls used for the game? Can't seem to find a listing in the manual.

[Clark Gilbert]

Anyone think of asking your highschool if they have them for the school soccer team (if your school has one)....i dont know if they are the same brand...but they may be the same size...and if it isnt soccer season (is it? during feb. or march.).......

:confused:


Just an idea

[mnkysp6353]

our main sponsor sells and makes soccer equipment and goals. So if anyone needs balls i will see if i can get them at a reduced rate. I will have to check and will post back.

[Jeff Waegelin]

The sheet I got at the Novi Kickoff said the balls are standard, size 5 soccer balls. Those shouldn't be too hard to find.

[Carolyn Duncan]

My suggestion for balls is to buy ones that are hard around the outside. Some balls are made of a plastic material rather than a synthetic leather. This is for teams looking for cheaper balls or if the specific ones from the specs aren't available. Thats just from a soccer players prospective.

[Caroline]

unfortunately, most school's soccer seasons are just about half way through at this point (which was the reason i quit soccer... can't play and do robotics at the same time:(). As for cheap soccer balls, don't go for puma. they're more expensive than some other brands that aren't the 'designer' soccer labels. make sure you get game balls... notice the glossy finish on the ball we're using. practice balls normally don't have the coating, so they'll interact differently with each other compared to the glossy balls. hope this helps!

[OtakuRob]

Quite an odd predicament, as for the soccer balls, I can speak as a former soccer player in saying that most good soccer balls will cost some money.. Puma are good, but I'm sure there are many other brands you can find in your local sporting retailer for a cheaper price..

Try looking for something on websites, of course then you have shipping delays.. Oh well..

[Dima]

WALMART i think i sells soccer balls. No seriously (am i ever serious) any "GOOD" sporting store has some of grade 5 is it? balls shoudn't be a problem. At least you don't have to order it though first like the bigballs and the small balls last year.

[E. The Kidd]

WALMART i think i sells soccer balls. No seriously (am i ever serious) any "GOOD" sporting store has some of grade 5 is it? balls shoudn't be a problem. At least you don't have to order it though first like the bigballs and the small balls last year.

my thought is that if first made you purchase the balls from them we could by them at a wholesale price, thus making them cheaper

but thats just me

[Tom Fairchild]

I played soccer for 7 years and reffed soccer for 4. Even at wholesale prices, Puma's are going to be more expensive than other brands full price.

~Tom Fairchild~, who kinda misses reffing now and then.

[Clark Gilbert]

Last night while looking for the Puma ball that FIRST uses, I found that the cheapest price on the net was $14.99 (or very close to that) per ball....

[David Kelly]

Originally posted by Clark Gilbert
Last night while looking for the Puma ball that FIRST uses, I found that the cheapest price on the net was $14.99 (or very close to that) per ball....


got a link clark?

[Christine G.]

Puma soccer balls can be found on-line at MVP Sports, Sports Authorty, and Olympia Sports for $14.99. Just do a search for there web address. Hope this helps.

[mnkysp6353]

If anyone needs some pm me and i will see if i can get you some for very little money. Our main sponsor is a wholesale soccor equipment dealer.

[Dana Hobbs]

We priced soccer balls size 5 (all brands) all the way home (Alabama) from the Kokomo Kick-off last night.

Wal-Mart seems to be the least expensive, $10.99, but not Puma brand. Puma are about $20.00 each in stores. The problem will be just finding 10 balls that are the same color or that quantity at one place.

Hopefully, FIRST will have us a supplier by the end of the week.

[Matt Hadley]

SOCCER BALL REGULATION SIZE AND WEIGHT

ENGLISH
Circumference - 27-28 inches
Diameter - 8 3/4 inches average
Weight - 14-16 oz
Pressure - 0.6 – 1.1 atmosphere (8.5 lbs/sq in 15.6 lbs/sq in)

METRIC
Circumference - 68-70 cm
Diameter - 22 cm average
Weight - 410-450 g
Pressure - 0.6 – 1.1 atmosphere (600 – 1100 g/cm2)

http://www.thesportsauthority.com/graphics/product_images/p213964reg.jpg

[Elgin Clock]

I have a habit to always look for hidden connections/meaning in things so don't blame me for going off on to far of a tangent.

Ok well maybe I'm grasping a little far to find the connection here but PUMA is also a manufacturer of an industrial robotic manipulator arm....We actually have one sitting in a classroom at the college I go to. I don't know exactly how old it is but I think this is a cool coincidence?


http://iel.ucdavis.edu/intro/Puma560.html

[Matt Hadley]

Fortunately (or unfortunately) it is just a cool coincidence.

One is a German company

Puma Ag Rudolf Dassler Sport (BB: PMMAY)

Puma AG Rudolf Dassler Sport designs, develops and markets high quality footwear, apparel, equipment and other sports-related accessories. Their logo is a PUMA a.k.a mountain lion. http://www.puma.com/

and the other is a Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly ("PUMA")

Pumas are probably the most common robot in university laboratories and one of the most common assembly robots. Designed by Vic Schienman and financed by GM at MIT in the mid-70's, the Puma (Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly) was produced for many years by Unimation (later purchased by Westinghouse and sold at a loss later to Staubli, a Swiss company) These robots and their progeny are found in many university labs.

Staubli Unimation, Inc.
201 Parkway West
Hillside Park
Duncan, SC 29334
tel: 803.433.1980
fax: 803.486.9906
Staubli Unimation Ltd
Unit G, Stafford Park 18
Telford, Shropshire, TF3 3Ax
UK

[Erin Rapacki]

I have played soccer for every year of my life since I was five. I grew up in a soccer playing family, and through the years have gained a numerous amount of size five soccer balls. If your team doesn't want to spare a few hundred dollars for balls, consider this; take donations from friends or other students who would be willing to loan you a soccer ball or two. All size fives should be similar enough in size and pressure to work fine in the robot design. Also, you may be able to ask your school if you can use the team's soccer balls, but I think it is unlikely that the athletics departmet will let you take them. They are on a tight budget too and I bet they won't want to take any risks of having them destroyed. Also, the soccer team may not appreciate having you take them either. You may be able to ask your town's parks and rec department for donations if they have a soccer league in the fall and spring, but the same circumstances may apply. Ask around your school and friends for loans, that may be the best and least expensive way.

erin

[Clark Gilbert]

Actually the ball we are using is the NEO CAMPO not the TEAM NEO.....dont know if there is much different except for the name......


http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pictures.php?s=&action=single&picid=1919&direction=DESC&sort=date&perrow=4&trows=3

[D.J. Fluck]

If i am not mistaken, the only difference between the campo and the team neo is the inside material and the panel count.....I used to use that ball when I played soccer...well at least it was a yellow puma ball and I dont think there are too many different models...:D

[Alan Ing]

We still haven't received our kit.

I'm a bit confused as to which model PUMA ball is the correct one for this years game. Is it the PUMA CAMPO CAT NEO?

Sorry for asking, but I don't want to make a mistake ordering them since they are a bit pricey. How many do you think a team needs? 10?

[Ed Sparks]

Most of the internet sites I visited about the PUMA socker balls listed the CAT NEO as being in stock, HOWEVER, in size 3 only!

Also, our soccer expert tells us that sockerballs have several surface textures/characteristics and that there are 4 (I think that's he said) that are tightly regulated. The Puma balls that we are using have a "PU" surface.

Out sports equipment supplier informed us that Puma is sold out of the size 5 versions of the CAT NEO model and won't begin production until May.

Bottom Line:

We ordered a different soccer ball that is size 5 with the "PU" surface.