Buying your first footvolley ball is the moment most players get wrong. A regular football is hard, painful on the chest and head, and soaks up seawater until it feels like a rock.<\/p>\n
This guide covers what actually matters, written by players who spend more time on sand than on chairs.<\/p>\n
Footvolley (futev\u00f4lei<\/em>) is played almost entirely with the feet, chest, shoulders and head. That changes what a ball needs to be:<\/p>\n Most balls arrive stiff and soften over weeks or months of play. The real question is how long you have to wait. A ball that feels good from the first session saves you an entire uncomfortable phase.<\/p>\n Look for a sealed outer coating and tight seams. A ball that absorbs water gets heavy, loses its shape and dies within a season.<\/p>\n Rarely discussed, genuinely important: a ball that is too light gets pushed around by sea breeze, which ruins both circle play and net rallies. Slightly more weight gives you a predictable flight.<\/p>\n Size 5 is the standard for footvolley, the same size as a regulation football, but softer and lighter in feel.<\/p>\n We're an Israeli footvolley brand, and we built our ball to fix exactly the three problems above:<\/p>\n "Genuinely great ball, soft and comfortable from the very first inflation."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Our first run of 250 balls sold out, with 70 of them pre-ordered before the shipment even landed.<\/p>\n See our footvolley balls \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n This is the part no one else offers. We laser-engrave footvolley balls<\/a> with your name, your team's logo, a date, or artwork from a catalogue of hundreds of designs by artists we work with.<\/p>\n Laser engraving doesn't add a printed layer that peels, it changes the surface itself, so it survives sun, salt water and sand. Ready in 48 hours.<\/p>\n It's the reason a lot of teams and clubs order from us in the first place, and it makes a genuinely good gift for someone who already owns everything else.<\/p>\n You can, but you won't enjoy it. It's too hard for chest and head touches and it absorbs water.<\/p>\n Lower than you'd think. Start soft and add air gradually until it bounces pleasantly without stinging.<\/p>\n Yes, we ship worldwide. If you're ordering from outside Israel, get in touch through the site<\/a> and we'll sort it out.<\/p>\n With basic care, years.<\/p>\n Ready to play?<\/strong> Shop footvolley balls \u2192<\/a> | Add custom engraving \u2192<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Softness, water resistance, weight and size, what actually matters when buying a footvolley ball, from players who live on the sand.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[182],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-guides"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/tatubola-fv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tatubola-ball-blue-white-studio.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tatubola-fv.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tatubola-fv.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tatubola-fv.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tatubola-fv.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tatubola-fv.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5346"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tatubola-fv.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5422,"href":"https:\/\/tatubola-fv.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5346\/revisions\/5422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tatubola-fv.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tatubola-fv.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tatubola-fv.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tatubola-fv.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
The 4 things to check before you buy<\/h2>\n
1. How long is the break-in period?<\/h3>\n
2. Water and sand resistance<\/h3>\n
3. Weight and wind stability<\/h3>\n
4. Size<\/h3>\n
The TATU BOLA ball<\/h2>\n
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Make it yours: custom laser engraving<\/h2>\n
Caring for your ball<\/h2>\n
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FAQ<\/h2>\n
Can I use a regular football?<\/h3>\n
What pressure should I inflate it to?<\/h3>\n
Do you ship internationally?<\/h3>\n
How long does a good ball last?<\/h3>\n