In 1876, Mr. SPALDING pushed for the establishment of the Major League Baseball, and created his own personal record of 200 consecutive winning pitches in Chicago, and at the same time, he developed and made the first Major League Baseball.
In 1900, the organizing committee of the Paris Olympics invited Mr. Spalding to be a member of the planning committee.
Mr. Spalding died in California in 1915. His influence on the development of baseball and his insistence on the creation of professional sports equipment by athletes have made him one of the legends of sports history.
Spalding's History
In 1876, Spalding developed the world's first baseball and was introduced to the professional baseball league. In the same year, SPALDING Sports Equipment Company was officially founded in Chicago. Within just two years, the company was well received for its trustworthy quality and reasonable selling price, and expanded from 2 stores to 14 stores, with various retailers requesting stock, and its growth rate was phenomenal.
In 1887, Spalding developed the first American football.
In 1888, Spaulding developed America's first tennis ball.
In 1895, shortly after volleyball originated in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, Spaulding made the world's first volleyball.
In 1891, after Dr. Nai smith invented the sport of basketball, he handed over the invention to his good friend Mr. SPALDING.
In 1894, SPALDING made the world's first basketball.
1930, the first golf ball with a liquid core
1968, the first golf ball with a double-layer structure
1972, the first basketball made of synthetic leather
1992, the first basketball made of composite material
2001, the first basketball with a built-in air pump
2006, the first basketball with a built-in air pump. In 2006, the first basketball with a built-in air pump was developed
2006 Developed NEVER FLAT
2006 Developed a professional basketball with a two-piece epidermal structure
SPALDING IN CHINA
In 1995, SPALDING formally entered the Chinese market, and has firmly established itself in the Chinese market with its excellent quality, delicate feel, rich brand connotation, and complete and mature product line. Mature product line, firmly occupy the position of the first brand of basketball. Under the successful promotion of the general agent in China, Shanghai Star Sports Products Co., Ltd, the Chinese market has become the world's second largest market after the United States, and the marketing network of Spalding's products spreads all over every corner of the Chinese region.
Spalding basketball features Edit paragraph
1. not easy to leakage deformation, not easy to open the rubber skin, basketball production process is complex and strict, the ball is durable, (factory, sampling through the 20,000 times the impact of the test);
2. circumference consistency, the overall consistency of the basketball is better than the international special test standards (circumference difference of less than ± 2mm);
3. p>3. Excellent dribbling feel, moderate bounce; SPALDING basketball comprehensive feel excellent. Founded 130 years ago, contains a lot of legends. NBA superstars in the game serve on the direction and location of the basketball LOGO are very careful, absolutely can not be changed;
4. Credit guarantee and after-sales service, normal use, in the warranty period, if the quality of the problem of unconditional return.
Spalding basketball standards Edit Paragraph Spalding basketball: according to the model is divided into: #7, #6, #5, #3 Its weight, circumference, yarn-wrapping standards are as follows:
Variety Weight Circumference Yarn-wrapping construction Remarks
#7 600-650g 75-76cm Leather: 2060m
Rubber: 1760m Standard men
#6 510-550g 70-71cm Ditto Standard women
#5 470-500g 69-71cm 1500m Youth
#3 300-340g 56-57cm 1260m Children
Honors Editorial section Spalding has set its own glorious record:
- The official ball of the Olympic basketball game. Olympic basketball games designated ball
-USA NBA professional basketball games designated ball
-USA NCAA college games designated ball
-USA XNBA basketball professional stars world tour designated ball
-Chinese CBA Men's Basketball A League designated ball
Inflatable ball use precautions Editorial section Paragraph Ball pressure: The standard pressure of the basketball is between 7~9 pounds. If the pounds are exceeded, the basketball will be deformed.
Ball Pressure Test: On a flat hard surface, drop the basketball from a height of 182 cm, free fall to the ground, and the rebound height is between 124~145 cm.
Inflating: Before inflating, please lubricate the needle to ensure the life of the ball nozzle to prevent air leakage.
Preservation: After use, please give the ball surface clean, (leather basketball do not use wet cloth to wipe, in order to prevent mold) and packaged in a plastic bag, stored in a cool and dry place, can extend the service life.
Place of use: General basketball can be used in concrete and asphalt, while leather and synthetic leather basketballs are used indoors on the cricket field.
Leather:
1) Yellow Leather: Provided by the world famous leather factory GANASON, the first layer of natural leather from the back of the yellow cow is selected and used to manufacture the top products in the "Spalding" brand basketball series. This basketball emphasizes the feeling of ball control, the skin is astringent and not sticky in case of sweat, the bouncing degree is soft and moderate, very easy to control. But the price is expensive, and not easy to maintain, only for indoor wooden floor use, usually used in professional games. Currently the NBA professional league to use this basketball.
② ZK microfiber: a synthetic material containing "Spalding" patented ingredients. With a delicate feel, sweat and anti-slip, relative to natural leather, wear-resistant, anti-mold, easy to maintain and other advantages. Basketballs made of it are usually used by professional teams for training and competition. At present, the domestic CBA A A Men's Basketball League official matches and the training of the participating teams use such basketball made of ZK microfiber.
③ PU synthetic leather: With the strengthening of people's awareness of environmental protection, PU synthetic leather is an emerging alternative to the traditional natural cowhide products of the new material, with which the basketball made of waterproof, abrasion-resistant, mildew resistant, suitable for indoor and outdoor dual-use and other advantages. Although the same called PU synthetic leather, but the market is a variety of different grades, good and bad, in order to ensure product quality and prevent counterfeiting, we only use imported and domestic largest leather factory - Yantai leather factory to provide special PU synthetic leather materials.
4 PVC synthetic leather: Although slightly inferior to PU synthetic leather in feel and low temperature resistance, but its waterproof, wear-resistant, anti-mold, salt and alkali resistance is better than PU synthetic leather, and price advantage, affordable, it is a very good popular indoor and outdoor dual-use basketball skin material, again, we only use imported and domestic professional leather factory to provide special PVC synthetic leather material.
5 Synthetic rubber: "Spalding" has a patented double-layer synthetic rubber production process, with its imitation leather feel and excellent waterproof, wear-resistant, anti-mold, saline and alkali resistance, is the best outdoor popular basketball skin material, and then through the traditional process of processing, high-quality "Spalding" synthetic rubber basketballs, so that people have changed the past on the rubber basketball is a low-grade, poor-quality ball of a one-sided view of the basketball.
Liner:
"Spalding" and "Weijia" basketball are used in the factory's own production of special butyl rubber liner, raw materials imported raw rubber, high purity, less impurities, stable nature, through the patented technology of processing and the use of special additives, make the special rubber liner. Through the patented processing technology and the use of special additives, this liner has a unique softness of bounce and good airtightness. The soft and stable bounce is the inner source of high-quality basketball's delicate feel, and a good feel of course will bring good self-confidence.
Middle Tire:
The middle tire between the inner liner and the outer skin, its manufacturing technology plays an important role in the overall performance of the basketball, Spalding's specialized middle tire manufacturing process technology, so that the middle tire to play a good role in the control, support, and transition articulation.
The ball nozzle:
Unlike other kinds of balls, "Spalding" and "Weijia" basketballs use their own special ball nozzle, which has a unique structure and assembly method, with the advantages of anti-air leakage, waterproof and replaceable.
Yarn wrapping:
"Spalding" brand basketball liner yarn wrapping process requires a higher level, which is to ensure that the ball is strong, not easy to deform, elasticity and texture, the ball flight and rotation of the ball stable and accurate key to shooting.
① The yarn winding process uses specially modified equipment to ensure the precision and uniformity of the winding angle changes;
② Imported high-density nylon yarn must be used instead of PE yarn to ensure the fastness and toughness of the winding layer;
③ Glue used in the process of yarn winding is also an important link to ensure the quality of the finished product, Spalding only uses special glue formulated using patented technology;
④ The glue used in the winding process is also an important link to ensure the quality of the finished product, and the glue used by Spalding only uses patented technology to formulate a special glue.
④ Through long-term practice, Spaulding also adopts different yarn winding lengths according to the characteristics of different ball types and their usage environments, and strives to make each kind of basketball show the best usage effect, but the total number of winding turns is controlled between 2200~2400 turns.
How to correctly identify the authenticity of Spalding basketball Edit 1, recognize the trademark of Spalding basketball.
2, check the overall production process.
3, check the bounce, roundness, center of rotation, ball mouth craftsmanship and comprehensive feel.
4. Check whether the free ball pin and ball net are complete.
5, check the quality of the printing of the qualification and whether the number is the same as the ball is the barcode number.
6, check whether the retailer has the Shanghai Star Sports Products Company specially designed and issued by the designated dealer certificate and label.
7, if you can not determine the authenticity, you can call Spalding China general agent Shanghai Star Sheng.
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