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WHICH BALL?

Three questions, then the numbers. If you've taken the free kick tonight, we look at your kicks too.

THREE QUESTIONS

1How do you strike most free kicks?
2What should the ball do?
3Where will it be used?

Pick your answers; the table below has the numbers for all three.

THE THREE, SIDE BY SIDE.

Keel, Hook and Moth compared
KEELHOOKMOTH
Price (Match / Club)€139 / €44€149 / €44€159 / €44
Panels3264
BuildStitchedThermally bondedThermally bonded, smooth
Seam length and depth3.84 m · 1.08 mm3.32 m · 1.56 mm1.98 m · 0.48 mm
Lowest drag at70 km/h64 km/h89 km/h
Drag at 61 km/h0.180.180.41
Curled strike: bend, time to goal1.3 m · 1.29 s1.3 m · 1.29 s0.9 m · 1.31 s
Driven strike: time to goal0.927 s0.933 s0.910 s
Half pace: time to goal1.46 s1.46 s1.72 s
No-spin spread at 83 km/h0.17 m0.12 m0.40 m
Best forPlayers who curl it and want the flight they struckSquads and academies who want it steady: struck without spin, it wobbles leastClean, hard strikers who want the keeper guessing

Drag at 61 km/h is the drag coefficient, no spin. Strikes from our free-kick spot, 24 m out; the no-spin spread from 25 m.

Where these numbers come from →

SAME STRIKE, YOUR SETTINGS.

Set the speed and the spin, or pick a strike. All three balls take exactly the same strike from our free-kick spot.

94 km/h
9 rev/s
Time to goalBendSpeed at goalSpread
Keel1.29 s1.3 m58 km/h–
Hook1.29 s1.3 m58 km/h–
Moth1.31 s0.9 m52 km/h–

Fig. 1: The same strike with each ball, top and side view. Model fitted to published wind-tunnel data. Sources on the Flight Lab page.

READY?

All three in Match and Club grade.

Match

Velarc Keel

32 stitched panels. The classic.

€139

Match

Velarc Hook

6 bonded panels. The steady one.

€149

Match

Velarc Moth

4 smooth panels. The one that moves.

€159