Standard Model No. 152
The anatomy of a ball.
Cover, mid-layer, core
01 · Surface Layer
Professional-quality 1.5mm PU leather with a 2mm EVA foam cushion for sublime touch. Water-wicking for all weather conditions.
02 · Mid-Layer Construction
Built to match-ball specification. Proprietary seal-adhesion technique for exceptional water resistance.
03 · Core Components
Seamless latex bladders for outstanding spring and excellent air retention, match-ball specification.
Monguí, Colombia
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It begins with the layers. Canvas is layered with latex and dried in a kiln.
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The dies, troqueles, are cut by CNC machines. Each panel is then cut by hand, one at a time.
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Before stitching, the Hayworth mark is screen-printed by hand with imported scuff-proof paint, and each panel is coated with a thermo-activated seam sealant for water resistance.
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Thirty-two panels, sewn by hand with high-strength waxed thread. Up to three hours per ball. Hand-stitching makes deep, reinforced seams and the structural tension that gives the ball its durability.
Craft soccer balls
Nearly every soccer ball sold today is machine-bonded in a large factory, built to be identical and built to be replaced. A craft soccer ball is the alternative: hand-stitched in small batches by named makers who are paid properly, from materials chosen for feel rather than cost, built to be kept. Small batches also make the ball a canvas. Panels can carry an artist’s work, and a new material can be tried one batch at a time, which a production line cannot do. Hayworth Athletic makes craft soccer balls, designed in Austin, Texas and hand-stitched in Monguí, Colombia.
Yes. Most of the world’s hand-stitched balls still come from Sialkot, Pakistan. Five or six years ago hand-stitched balls were 80 to 90 percent of what Sialkot made; today they are about 20 percent, as machine stitching and thermal bonding take over. A machine operator can finish 50 to 70 balls in a day. A hand stitcher finishes two to three. (Al Jazeera and the LUMS Centre for Entrepreneurship, 2026.)
Hayworth balls are designed in Austin, Texas and hand-stitched in our workshop in Monguí, Boyacá, in the Colombian Andes, a village with a generations-long tradition of ballmaking.
Canvas is layered with latex and dried in a kiln. The dies are cut by CNC machines, and each panel is then cut by hand, one at a time. Before stitching, the Hayworth mark is screen-printed by hand and each panel is coated with a thermo-activated seam sealant. Then the panels are stitched together by hand with waxed thread.
Every Hayworth ball is stitched by hand. The Standard Model No. 152 takes up to three hours of hand-stitching per ball.
A regular soccer ball is machine-made in a factory. A Hayworth ball is hand-stitched by master ballmakers in Monguí. The Standard Model No. 152 is built from 1.5mm PU leather and Italian waxed thread, and took 152 prototypes to develop. It is designed to last longer than mass-produced training balls.
Every Hayworth ball arrives in a Hayworth presentation box with an iron-branded, hand-hewn plinth and a robust pump needle. Free shipping on all U.S. orders.
A craft soccer ball. Every Hayworth ball is hand-stitched by master ballmakers in Monguí, Colombia, in a small workshop that focuses on fair wages, and arrives in a Hayworth presentation box. It is a gift for anyone who values things made by hand and the people who make them. The Standard Model No. 152 is $135 and has 44 reviews at 4.98 stars; former USL professional Greg Mulamba called it the most durable ball he has trained with.
