Match Balls - Gilbert 8 Panel
Javed
Replica ball, the Gilbert 8 panel ball, I recommend you
do so. You can get them balls in Sydney at places like
Peter Wynn's score @ Parramatta and Mick Simmons
(in the city?).
It is a wonderful development from the highly excellent
Gilbert Barbarian & Super 12 balls.
It is more aerodynamic than its predecessor the 4 panel,
which is a very good ball itself. Torpedo passing,
flick passing & lineout/quarterback style throwing
become so much easier. Punting gets so much more
distance than before, but torpedo kicking takes a little
while to get used to.
Gilbert make the best balls, far better than the dodgy Steeden
ball used in NRL matches (the only balls that are worse
are the old Mitre balls that were used in Super League).
There was a trial in early 1998 (at the beginning of NRL)
where players tested different balls for their preference,
but unfortunately it seems the results of those trials were ignored.
Anyone have opinions on the match balls used in NRL or SL?
Jamal
Erm... I hope Gilbert paid you for that spiel.
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Slippery Sam
Sam
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Dave Wilson
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birthday yesterday.
:-(
Dave Wilson
Javed
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>
> Thanks Javed. I just bought the young bloke a
> brand new Steeden for his birthday yesterday.
>
> :-(
Sorry, Dave - I'm probably being a bit critical (or a bit nerdy!),
but I love the torpedo/spiral aspect of passing and kicking
that you get with a Gilbert, and I was coming from the POV
of what should be used at NRL or ESL level. I think the Gilbert
demands more precision (which you would expect for professional
player), but the Steeden may provide more ease of use
initially for someone who just wants a kick in the park.
Technically those aspects skills can be harder to
perfect than the standard 'drift' pass (where you throw and
let go of the ball as soon as you get it to make it go from
A to B ASAP), and any normal kick.
In the two former areas the Steeden is probably a little weak.
But I should admit that the Steeden football can be
useful and a lot of fun if you can perfect your AFL
style (some find it harder than torpedo, other. It can
also be used very well for the drift pass, probably better
than a Gilbert (because the Gilberts are slightly longer).
You can execute several types of irregular grubber kicks
or banana kicks with the Steeden too. Andrew Johns has
just released a signature Steeden ball at K-Mart with markings
on where to hold the ball to pull off kicks.
So don't worry, the young bloke will have a great time :)
Dave Wilson
twenty years and both of mine are of the old leather variety so these new
'synthetic' ones could be interesting. :-)
Dave Wilson
Karl Carruthers
Javed, I wholeheartedly agree. I picked one of them up at AMart All
Sports at a bargain $26 the other week and couldn't be happier with it.
We have begun using it for touch on Monday nights, and it's great. I
don't know why there were complaints about it in the RLWC - but then, I
think after a while, they died down anyway. As you say, it's a
brilliant ball for passing and, judging by my superb left-handed pickup
of a grubber the other night, it's easy to catch too, even when a bit
greasy. In fact, it's the complete ball - I have even slotted a couple
of conversions from 50 out, with bare feet, off the trusty old "shoe
tee".
All in all, a top football. I give it 5 stars, and I am considering
buying a second for when it wears out, because I doubt I'll see them in
the shops again.
Cheers
Karl C.
Paul Thexton
> Anyone have opinions on the match balls used in NRL or SL?
James Lowes said recently that the 8-panel ball seems to be a
little harder to control in wet weather conditions.
Chris Parslow
... with celebrity footy ball-bearer.
What a great idea for a contest!
One row of pix of ugly footballer's heads. Another row of fotballer's
ugly 'nads.
Challenge: match the one with the other.
One can imagine a few difficult choices.
Lance Thompson's male accessories could easily be mis-attributed to
Brad Meyers, f'rinstance.
OTOH, anyone with a grasp of perspective would have no trouble with
Adam McDruggall, and anyone who can count should match the Raudonokis
sack with the Raudonikis head readily enough...
CP
Jeff
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So are you calling Raudonikis "scrotum cheeks" then?
她)
Cheers,
NOT Phil.
Oswald P Wrong
wrote:
>Where can you buy a leather ball these days?
I have heard that some Newcarsole bookies have the odd ball for sale.
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- D Radley, 1982.
Shark2001
Oswald P Wrong <ossie...@spamawayexposures.co.nz> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 10 Aug 2001 13:25:18 +1000, "Slippery Sam" <so...@nospam.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Where can you buy a leather ball these days?
>
> I have heard that some Newcarsole bookies have the odd ball for sale.
TMML. How odd?
--
Shark2099
Ad outside Cronulla Leagues Club:
For Sale - trophy cabinet
Purchased 1967. Unused. No marks. Good condition.
Oswald P Wrong
wrote:
>> >Where can you buy a leather ball these days?
>>
>> I have heard that some Newcarsole bookies have the odd ball for sale.
>
>TMML. How odd?
Well as they are from Newcarsole they would be pretty odd, more
shriveled than a raisin and not much bigger.
Jarkko Altonen
>If anyone gets the opportunity to buy the RLWC 2000
>Replica ball, the Gilbert 8 panel ball, I recommend you
>do so. You can get them balls in Sydney at places like
>Peter Wynn's score @ Parramatta and Mick Simmons
>(in the city?).
>
>It is a wonderful development from the highly excellent
>Gilbert Barbarian & Super 12 balls.
>Gilbert make the best balls, far better than the dodgy Steeden
Agreed. As someone who enjoys booting a footy around, I feel the
Gilbert S12 ball is the best I've tried so far (a bit pricey though.)
The Steedens are poor, as are the Summits. Haven't tried these Gilbert
8 panel jobs so far. I would guess that they would be a bit heavier
due to the extra seams and stiching?
Anyone tried those weird looking Adidas ones the All Blacks use?
Chris Parslow
Jeff wrote in message <9l40ud$orc$1...@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>...
More a question of the numbers game...
CP