06/04/2018
THE ORIGINAL 32 PANEL BALL CONSTRUCTION
Every single football from SELECT is based on the revolution from 1962, where our founder, Eigil Nielsen, invented a ball made of 32 panels. The overriding desire was to create the most reliable ball with the most predictable, straight flight and a bounce neither too high nor too low.
It was impossible to make a perfectly round ball with just 18 panels, which was the standard construction of a ball in the past. With the 32 panels - 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons - SELECT succeeded in creating the roundest ball ever seen.
Later, a group of American scientists won the Nobel Prize for discovering that the molecules of carbon with a special irradiation organize themselves as a complete round ball - something Eigil Nielsen had already discovered and realized in his football with 32 panels, why the reinvention was named “the football molecule”.
A ball with optimum roundness is essential to obtain reliable aerodynamic - a straight flight and a controlled bounce. Our finest football, BRILLANT SUPER, has just been thoroughly tested in a wind tunnel at the Institute of Health & Sports Science at the University in Tsukuba, Japan. The results show that BRILLANT SUPER has a better aerodynamic than other top balls in the market.
The ball’s classic construction with 32 panels means that the ball meets resistance at a later point in its trajectory through the air, thus retaining a steady, high speed over a longer period of time. This provides a stable and more predictable flight – highly valued by all football players.
All of our balls today are still based on Eigil Nielsen’s original invention of the 32 panel ball construction, as we never compromise on quality, playability or durability.
THERMO BONDED FOOTBALL – BRILLANT SUPER TB
SELECT is constantly striving to create the ultimate football and after years of research and development we are now ready to present BRILLANT SUPER TB. As something completely new for SELECT, the 32 panels are thermo bonded (“TB” in the product name), which means bonded by heat - so there are no stitchings. The football consists of five crucial elements: Surface, bonding, foam, bladder and valve.
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HAND-STITCHED FOOTBALL - BRILLANT SUPER
Our classic football, BRILLANT SUPER, has an improved, lively bounce and a light, soft touch. The football consists of five crucial elements: Surface, stitching, foam, bladder and valve.
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DUAL BONDED FOOTBALL - BLAZE DB
BLAZE DB is a newly developed football with dual bonded panels - both stitched and sealed with glue. The football consists of six crucial elements: Bladder, lining, foam, surface, valve and bonding.
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PSG'S CHOICE
SELECT is official ball sponsor for one of the star-packed projects in the world of sport, French PSG Handball, with prominent names such as Nikola Karabatic, Mikkel Hansen, Daniel Narcisse and Luc Abalo in the team. Many other European top clubs and handball nations also prefer our products.
