{"id":47931,"date":"2013-04-12T17:56:20","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T21:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/?p=47931"},"modified":"2013-04-12T17:56:44","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T21:56:44","slug":"nike-maxim-fa-cup-ball-launched-for-semi-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/12\/nike-maxim-fa-cup-ball-launched-for-semi-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Nike Maxim FA Cup Ball Launched for Semi-Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nike will introduce what is says is its most technologically advanced football, the Nike Maxim FA Cup ball,\u00a0at Wembley Stadium this weekend.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The supporting partner of England&#8217;s FA Cup, Nike will replace former subsidiary Umbro in supplying match balls for every remaining 2012\/13 FA Cup game, starting this weekend with the semi-final fixtures Millwall vs.\u00a0Wigan Athletic, and Chelsea FC vs.\u00a0Manchester City, as well as for the Final on May 11.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/03\/nike-and-english-fa-announce-five-year-partnership\/\">Nike\u2019s partnership with The Football Association, the oldest football association in the world,\u00a0was\u00a0announced in September 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8266\/8644195164_2c9d7fe381_k.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" alt=\"Nike Maxim FA Cup Football Launched for Semi-Finals\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8266\/8644195164_bbd61b9313_n.jpg\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Featuring design and performance innovation that offer Nike says provide superb responsiveness, touch and ball flight, the Nike Maxim is enhanced with Nike RaDaR (Rapid Decision and Response) technology, a lab and field-tested standard of visual performance that allows players to see the ball better and helps them make split-second, gamechanging decisions.<\/p>\n<p>To maximize first touch and distribution,\u00a0five-layer ball construction guarantees optimal first touch while a 360\u00b0 sweet spot provides\u00a0consistent response off the foot. Aerodynamic textured casing called\u00a0Geo II Balanced Technology\u00a0delivers an accurate and powerful strike, no matter where the ball is struck.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8125\/8643099269_92be8bc8c4_k.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" alt=\"Nike Maxim FA Cup Football Launched for Semi-Finals\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8125\/8643099269_c62d1fa224_n.jpg\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tidd.ly\/85169244\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8248\/8642795815_6db918e77c.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-comments\" data-href=\"http:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/12\/nike-maxim-fa-cup-ball-launched-for-semi-finals\/\" data-num-posts=\"20\" data-width=\"500\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nike will introduce what is says is its most technologically advanced football, the Nike Maxim FA Cup ball,\u00a0at Wembley Stadium this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[565,2736],"class_list":["post-47931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nike","tag-fa-cup","tag-nike"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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