This is an interesting video I caught on the blog of my favourite radio program dedicated to football, RMC’s After Foot. I will write another post about this French talk show which I find really excellent.
Anyway, it is incredible to see all the steps needed to make a football which seems to be such a simple object. The ball made by Adidas for the World Cup in South Africa is called Jabulani which means “to celebrate” in Zulu. The SoccerBlog has some nice pictures about how the World Cup balls have evolved since the 1970 Telstar model in the Mexico World Cup. I vividly remember that the first World Cup ball I got as a present was the 1974 Telstar model which I think was also the first to be less prone to getting heavier when played during wet weather. Before that, footballs used to gain quite a lot of weight when played on humid pitches. Putting a header at the end of those games took a lot of courage 
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Maracanazos like production processes.