Soccer balls ⚽️ are made with a bunch of hexagons
Baseballs ⚾️ and Tennis Balls 🎾 have two a rounded hourglass shapes
Basketballs 🏀 have their own weird thing going on
Volleyballs 🏐 have the rectangles
Why aren’t there soccer balls with the volleyball pattern? Why not make a baseball out of hexagons?
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Part of the reason is that the stitching changes the performance of the ball. So each ball has its “traditional” design and they stick with it. A baseball, for example, heavily depends on aerodynamics and any changes would fundamentally alter how pitches work.
FWIW, the World Cup does introduce a new official ball for each tournament. This causes the expected problems and some balls – such as the 2010 “Jabulani” are heavily criticized for behaving differently than a normal ball.
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