The skin material provides slip resistance and a soft feel, maintaining Spalding's strict standards for material strength and abrasion resistance.

Skin

1. Ox leather: It is provided by a world-famous leather manufacturing factory and is selected from the first layer of natural skin on the back of an ox. It is used to manufacture the "Spalding" brand series of basketball products. . This basketball emphasizes the feel of ball control. The surface is astringent but not sticky when exposed to sweat. The bounce is soft and moderate, making it easy to control. However, it is expensive and difficult to maintain. It is only used for indoor wooden floors and is usually used in professional competitions. The American NBA professional league uses this basketball.

2. ZK ultrafine fiber: a synthetic material. It has the advantages of delicate hand feel, sweat absorption and non-slip, and compared with natural leather, it is wear-resistant, anti-mildew, and easy to maintain. Basketballs made from it are often used by professional teams for training and competition.

3. PU synthetic leather: With the strengthening of people's environmental awareness, PU synthetic leather is an emerging new material used to replace traditional natural cowhide products. Basketballs made of it are waterproof , wear-resistant, anti-mildew, suitable for indoor and outdoor use and other advantages.

4. PVC synthetic leather: Although it is slightly inferior to PU synthetic leather in terms of feel and low temperature resistance, its waterproof, wear-resistant, mildew resistance, and salt-alkali resistance are better than PU synthetic leather, and It has a price advantage, is economical and is a very good surface material for popular indoor and outdoor basketballs.

5. Synthetic rubber: Spalding rubber basketball is made of rubber skin material. It is mainly used for outdoor basketball due to its imitation leather feel and waterproof, abrasion resistance, mildew resistance, and salt-alkali resistance. , basketball skins can be designed in a variety of colors and patterns. ?

Inner liner

Spalding basketball uses a special butyl rubber inner liner produced by our factory. The raw material is imported raw rubber, which has high purity, few impurities, and stable properties. It has passed Professional processing technology and the use of special additives give this liner unique bounce softness and air tightness. The soft and stable bounce is the intrinsic source of the delicate feel of basketball, and a good feel will inevitably bring good self-confidence.

Mid tire

The manufacturing technology of the mid tire between the inner liner and the outer skin plays an important role in the overall performance of the basketball. Providing structure, shape and protection for the inner components, Spalding's specialized mid-tire manufacturing technology enables the mid-tire to play a role of good control, support and transition.

Ball nozzle

Spalding basketball uses a self-produced special ball nozzle. This ball nozzle has a unique structure and assembly method, and is air-leakproof, waterproof and Replaceable and other advantages.

Yarn wrapping

Nylon yarn wrapping improves the structural integrity and durability of the ball. Spalding basketball has higher requirements for the yarn wrapping process of the inner liner. It is the key to ensure that the ball is strong, not easily deformed, elastic and textured, and that the ball's flight and rotation are stable and accurate when shooting.

The yarn wrapping process uses specially modified equipment to ensure the accuracy of the yarn wrapping angle change. Harmony and consistency. Imported high-density nylon yarn is used to ensure the fastness and toughness of the yarn winding layer.

The glue used in the yarn winding process is also an important part of ensuring the quality of the finished product. Spalding only uses special glue configured with professional technology.

Through long-term practice, Spalding also uses different yarn lengths according to the characteristics of different ball types and their use environments, striving to make each type of basketball better. All can show the best use effect, but the total number of winding turns is controlled between 2200-2400 turns.

Extended information:

Anti-counterfeiting skills:

1. Check the Spalding basketball trademark.

3. Check the bounce, roundness, center of rotation, and overall performance. Feel, etc.

4. Check whether the printing quality of the certificate is the same as the barcode number of the ball.

5. Check whether the retailer has Spalding Sports Goods (China). Designated dealer certificate and label specially produced and issued by the company.

6. Anti-counterfeiting label verification: Please call the official website for self-service inquiry for the old version (certificate style) anti-counterfeiting label; the new version (S logo) anti-counterfeiting label can be Enter the anti-counterfeiting code on the official website for verification

Reference:

Spalding official website