Mikasa Serious Soccer Ball

I have coached youth club soccer - Rec, Competitive and School Leagues for the past several years, and anyone who does that knows that you can go through balls very quickly. If you buy cheap balls, they fall apart quickly, and end up being not so cheap... often a pain in the butt, too having to pump them back up frequently. Most of the balls in this price range have poor feel and are too hard when properly inflated for many kids to enthusiastically play balls with their head and other body parts. On the flip side, more expensive balls often "go missing", and run up your equipment costs quickly. These Mikasa balls are by far the best all around value I have found. They are high quality, hold air well, have a soft cover the kids will play (headers, chest, etc), along with a good feel. And when they get lost or stolen, or finally wear out, they are pretty inexpensive to replace. They are the only practice balls I buy any more. The one negative I would cite is that probably one in five balls I receive doesn't hold air and I send them back. Not a big deal to me because Amazon covers the shipping, and I get the replacement ball very quickly.

My kids own 2 of these. and 2 franklin ones. These Mikasa's are their go to. It is cushioned, even their coach prefers them for penalty kicks. One of them we've had in the backyard for 4 years, which has been sitting out in the elements, rain and snow (20F-110F) and extreme heat. and the thing while faded (practically creme color now), and has cracks, still is durable. kicks great, and has a better bounce than most newer balls.

At first, this looks like a really bad football. Believe me, it's actually a really good deal for the price! The cover is cushioned so it's easy on the foot. The ink, however, smudges on impact and creates a line of smudged ink about 1/2 cm thick. On the other hand, it repels a lot of the grass pigments and dirty spots from the cover, which is very hi-quality. The infrastructure is apparently very good, because it has stayed in about 9 PSI since I got it (which was June 19th)! Pros 1. Lasting 2. Hi-quality cover and infrastructure 3. Air-blocking valve Cons 1. Smudged ink line after fast, spinning impact

Good enough

Note that I bought this for playing by myself or with my dad, I am not an 'official' player: I was looking around for a soccer ball for a while and most of what I saw was fairly expensive, so when I saw this I thought it was worth giving a try. It. Was. Worth. It. The ball is durable and it makes exercising easier for me because I find soccer fun. I would highly recommend this, also note that it comes deflated (it says in the product description but I'll put it here too).

Great ball -- I typically have purchased a ball based on price which means we get the $10 ball in the bin from the store at the beginning of soccer season because I figure we'll lose it at some point. Lately, they've been coming apart just 4-6 weeks in. I decided to "splurge" on this $14 ball with the great reviews and I am so glad I did. My 9-year old son AND his teammates AND the refs all seem to love this ball. The team always brings this to the center of the field as one of two for the refs to choose from as game ball and it has been chosen EVERY time, most of the time as the ball to start with even (not thrown down the side to sit by the goal net. We're 6 weeks in (it has been through rain, mud and extreme heat) and it still looks new. Even my husband, the soccer guru, asked me how expensive this ball was as it has been holding up so well.

Both of my daughters use this for their practice ball. 3x per week for 1.5 hours a day. Plus many games. For ages 8-12 it's an awesome ball for the price. Almost every game either the ref, our coach or one of the other coaches winds up using their practice balls for the game. Out of 14-28 balls to chose from they always seem to grab this one as the main game ball. They just have a really nice feel to them. I've had no issues with them other than my little Boston terrier chewing them up from time to time. I bought about five of them now but only because my dog chewed them up not because they really wore out or anything.

Coaching GU11 select I elected to get a training ball so that everyone was using the exact same ball type - and allowing me to evaluate players. I have been using 10 of these now for 2 months without issue. Surprisingly these come completely inflated to regulation. Not only that, I have checked them several times and ALL of the ten I received are spot on even after 10s of hours of training. Covers are nice in that they have just enough padding to convince 10 year old girls that heading is a good thing! I have checked for any form of marring, cutting, stitching issues and these are like brand new. Some other coaches that had an equivalent Adidas balls picked up one my mine and commented upon both the touch(feel) and the nice padding.

Buen balón, de una marca clásica.

Weighty ball with not much bounce. Great for Futsal on the turf or hardcourt. Very durable as well, I've been using it for more than 3 mths and is still holding up really well

الحجم ممتاز 5 الجودة من تجربة اسبوع روعه التناسق جميل ولا يوجد اي خطأ بالمحيط الخارجي للكره مناسبة للصغار والكبار لخفتها وليست قاسية من الخارج مريحه للقدم واخذتها ببحدود 62 ريال تستاهل السعر اعتبره رخيص لجودتها ومميزاتها ولي عودة للشراء مرة اخرى

Ball comes inflated, poor stitches and not symmetrical due to poorly attachment which makes the ball has oval shape. Anyway Overall it's acceptable but expected quality of big name like Mikasa and value of the price is not accepted if item description match and it's original Mikasa.

Good quality