Descriptive Essay on Soccer Ball

When you think of a soccer ball, what do you think of? Maybe a simple enough, black and white, round object that is used in soccer games. Its only use to pass through the field, pass the goalie, and into the net for a goal. Pretty straightforward, right? That's what a soccer ball is to a mere observer. That's what it's like to someone who does not share love to the sport and appreciation for such a simple looking object. A soccer ball, in actuality, is something a player can give life to, something that is viewed as more than just air, latex, lining, and covering.
Most would take for granted how a soccer ball looks. They would put it as an pointless detail to the sport. To those people, they see this wonderful object as just a ball. Nothing more and nothing less. Others, however, know better. At first look you may notice the specific black and white color coordination belonging only to the soccer ball. A closer look will reveal twenty white, hexagonal and twelve black, pentagonal surfaces that make up the covering of the ball. When rotating the ball you may notice numerous cuts along to the surface of the ball, the dust, crosshatched lining peeking out from under.
Spots of mud all over the surface of the soccer ball.
If the ball is so close to your face you can smell the scent of dirt and grass mixed with the light smell of rain that perfumes the ball in your grasp. When you breathe deep you can almost taste the dirt and grass on your tongue, a bittersweet flavor that stays in your mouth, the taste of the rain adding to the already funky odor and flavor in your mouth. The feeling of the ball is something entirely unto itself. If you pick up a soccer ball and hold it in your hands, you can feel the smoothness of the covering and how round in shape it is. As your hand curves around the ball, you feel the graininess of the dirt­covered surface between your hand and the surface. As your hands continue to move your hand around the ball's surface,