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The Moment of Truth explains adidas director of football hardware and footwear Matthias M The Moment of Truth explains adidas director of football hardware and footwear Matthias Mecking Is everything for us at adidas. It is the moment when the athlete takes the product in his hand for the first time, and this will largely define whether an athlete likes a product or not. In a small conference room at adidas Herzogenaurach HQ, Matthias explains to a select gathering of international media what it means to create products for one of the largest football brands in the world. Today, the focus is on the new adidas Tango 12, official match ball of the upcoming 2012 UEFA European Championships and the sense of pride is palpable. Its a mix of consistent features, evolved features and totally new features we believe were coming close to the perfect ball, and this is the best ball we have ever produced But for all the enthusiasm on adidas part, and the wonder of the assembled press there is still a bobbly, wobbly, elephant in the room; and it doesnt take long for it to get brought up. We believe the Jabulani wasnt different to other balls, the main focus for us this time was increasing the time players spend with the ball and underlining the feedback players give us with objective testing Today, adidas are going to do more than just tell us that how theyve created a ball worthy of the European Championships. Theyre going to show us. The first stop inside of adidas incredible Headquarters known as Laces by the some 3,000 adidas staff that work here is a huge room, reminiscent of a small aircraft hanger. Whilst not capable of flight itself, what lives in this vast room is still mechanically impressive, This is Robi-Leg Senior Researcher Harold Koeger says, introducing us to what is clearly adidas favourite toy. As youve probably guessed by the name, this is essentially a robotic leg, capable of replicating more or less any style of kick a player can muster I ask whether it can knuckle a ball like Cristiano Ronaldo. It can (Apparently it is the most consistent free-kick taker in the world). The concept is simple, Harold tees up a ball in front of the Robi-Leg and bam it pings it into a goal at the far end of the lab, in the style and into the exact location he wanted it. Capable of replicating??? different factors including wetness and different football boots (today its the new F50 adiZero miCoach), the whole set up is monitored using high-speed cameras and sensors to capture every conceivable metric related to the contact of boot and ball; pressure, ball deformation, flight consistency, spin and??? much more. Over consistent testing, the new adidas Tango 12 has been proven to never fly with any more than 40cm variation in shot flight pretty impressive stuff. Were then lead back through the complex to a neighbouring lab, this time an array of alien-looking machinations lay in different corners of the room, each one specially designed to test a humble football to assure FIFA Standard compliance. The rebound test is simple enough, how high will the adidas Tango 12 bounce when dropped from a regulation height? adidas researchers can reply instantly 142cm. They can also tell you the variations based on outside temperature, altitude and the firmness of the surface. Another device is rotating a prototype ball seemingly endlessly, squishing it and squeezing with every twist it in a slightly hypnotic rhythm. The purpose? Testing for pressure loss, each twist and squeeze replicates a kick of the ball in a real match, before quickly measuring pressure ahead of the next simulated kick. Matthias proudly tells me that FIFA have actually asked for the same machine to be installed in their labs, as adidas was better than the one they were using. Finally in this lab, a pneumatic plate is rotating and crushing the life out of another poor prototype to ensure that it will always spring back to its original form FIFAs regulations ask that each ball is capable of surviving 2,000 consecutive pulverisations. This ball in particular is up to 3,500 and shows no signs of giving up the ghost. The final stop on our tour of institutionalised ball destruction takes us to a room with two machines that have to be kept separate from the others. Right now, youre probably hoping that this is because adidas use these machines to test their balls in a zero-gravity environment, or perhaps some sort of electro-magnetic discharge that proves their soccer equipment can cope with solar flares. Im sorry to say the answer is rather more mundane; its because these two tests are so damn loud. The first machine is, essentially a cannon. At one end is the cannon, at the other, a solid metal plate. With a test like this, the adidas labs can prove that even when hammering a ball against solid metal at speeds exceeding 100km/h, the Tango 12 will never lose more than 4% of its pressure over the testing period. FIFA allow 20%. Topping it all off is something closely resembling a washing machine. Only this one is lined with sandpaper. adidas will load this machine up with between 1-3 balls and then leave them for hours at a time. Which FIFA Regulation does this appease? It doesnt. This one is all adidas, making sure that their footballs are capable of taking a hammering on even the most punishing pitches. Whatever regulations are laid in front of the adidas team, theyve gone out of their way to surpass them needless to say, were impressed. But Matthias is a realist, and knows the adidas Tango 12 will have its nay-sayers; the ghost of the Jabulani could still have its say on the Tango 12s legacy. Are all players in the world going to like this ball? We cant guarantee that; like or dislike is subjective. So, what we need are lab tests like this to underline the characteristics of the ball which is that this is the best ball we feel we have ever produced Youve seen the results of adidas lab tests but what does it feel like to play with? We took to the pitch in Germany with the new adidas Tango 12 stay tuned when later this week, well give you our exclusive first impressions!
From here: adidas legacy of great European Championship footballs.
To Here: The Tango 12 in its prototype colourway, for testing purposes.
Teeing up the Robi-Leg
Pick that one out! The Robot Leg lets fly.
The result of adidas high-speed photography is astounding.
Under Pressure: the Tango 12 tested for losses in shape and pressure.
In Laymans Terms: Speedy Thing goes in, Speedy thing comes out.
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