It takes updated technology to make this happen and Nike NKE -0.1% believes it has accomplished the goal with the new Nike Flight ball, saying the ball has 30 percent truer flight thanks to its ...

Aside from more than 800 athletes who helped Nike test its Flight ball, the company says it also relied on data from a robotic leg that was programmed to replicate kicks from actual, human players ...

That's why Nike consulted over 800 professional athletes, including non-Nike sponsored athletes, and spent eight years researching before crafting the Nike Flight ball, unveiled globally on Monday.

What will players in La Liga, the Premier League, and Serie A be kicking about in 2012/2013? The answer is Nike’s latest Maxim ball.

For fans in the U.S., you’re going to need to head to Soccer.com, where the Nike Premier League Flight Soccer Ball is available for $159.99 and is, unfortunately, back ordered to mid August.