Thursday, August 18, 2016

By Stewart Potter


When it comes to rugby balls, what makes a rugby ball good? Superior to the others available on the market? I am constantly astounded by the amount of technology can actually squeeze into a little thing such as a rugby ball. They're only small. When you are looking at rugby I get the impression that protective equipment and shoes are a lot more significant. However, I guess the quality of the rugby ball can also be significant.

I have been shopping on the web in the last week, looking to buy a rugby ball for my boy. There are plenty of different ones to select from and they all seem to offer something different from the one before. All of the different colours and patterns are truly hypnotising. I was shopping for several hours and still had trouble making a decision.

I checked out a lot of different types ofGilbert Rugby Balls. They are really a big name in rugby and so I was sure they would make a number of top quality options to select from. Why else are they going to have been asked to produce the ball used in the Olympics? They should have some advanced equipment available. I invested a great deal of time looking through their products. Each of them had a big list of features explaining exactly why it was a top quality rugby ball.

The majority of the balls highlighted a special design that was made to improve grip. I understand there are a few gloves which will improve your grip too. So when you use those and also a ball with a specifically designed surface area, then you've simply no justification for dropping the ball! It must be something related to the tiny dimples which are all around the surface of the ball. I bet every single manufacturer should have their own individual style. Each of them seemingly a lot better than another.

With Gilbert Rugby Balls, they are incredibly proud of the particular valve they have engineered. It seems that every single ball that they have got uses the special valve. It lies in the seam in the ball, and the style ensures it doesn't poke out. This is meant to make the ball take flight more easily and help to make your pitch better. So rather than throwing the ball and witnessing it shake through the sky and then go off course, it will have a much smoother flight. I don't know how much more effective this can be than other methods of valve placement. But I am certain that they have tested it and that it does actually improve things.

There are numerous different sizes for the rugby balls as well. You will find the conventional size 5 ones that are utilized by the majority of players at most levels. This is the most popular size ball. They are the standard competition size and these are the most common size you will see when shopping for rugby balls. There are jr sizes which are, I'm sure you've guessed already, slightly smaller and much more suited to younger players. With their small hands it is a lot easier for them to hold a smaller rugby ball. That is just common sense really.

Also there is a middle size version, which I hadn't noticed before. It is between the junior one and the full-size version, it's a size 4.5 This is often classified as a ladies rugby ball. That is a little insulting, but I suppose women are physically smaller so a somewhat scaled-down ball is not totally illogical. But plenty of female players who can get on just fine when using the full-sized ball so it is not entirely necessary.

But a medium size rugby ball can be good for developing players. As an illustration, younger players that are going up to a higher level so are bettering their abilities in every training session! Going instantaneously from the small junior sizes to the full size ball can be a significant move, which means that increasing gradually by using a size in the middle can certainly make great deal of sense. I believe this will help a lot of players.




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