Why the 2026 World Cup Ball Has Deeper Seams

In 2010 the South African World Cup had a terrible football, the Jabulani​ ​It was too smooth resulting in serious problems. The football had a lot less seam which the technology at the time was not ready for ​ Jabulani: eight thermally bonded panels, unusually short/shallow seams ​ The 2010 ball had shallow thin seams When you kick a football really fast a layer of air develops around it that…