Ball's Circumference

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Originally Posted by May_Walter

Hi everyone,

Does anybody know what is the exact circumference of the soccer balls used in the competition (HS300, DTI Sports)?

I don't know why you want that data, but if you are expecting the balls to perform the same throughout the matches be warned that they probably won't. We have a ball looper that we designed for the balls based on the speed of the ball coming down our ramp in the shop and an average from the kickoff video, and the only time we got a chance to deploy our looper at the Bayou the ball came down the return ramp twice as fast.

It's funny, but after evaluating the speeds of the balls coming down the ramps from video of the tournament, that was the fastest ball ever at our tournament. Naturally it was just a hair too fast and missed our net. Our lesson learned, and the reason we have an additional bolt on net for Atlanta to remedy it, is that you can't count on repeatability. If there's even the slightest chance that something will malfunction or not perform correctly, it will undoubtably do it at the worst possible time. Murphy's Law, like the laws of physics, still remains undefiable. We're prepared for even the statistical outliers now and I suggest you be as well.