How to pump a ball without needles in artisanal conditions

Playing football in the yard or in nature is a young affair: even if you are over 50, regularly doing sports, you will feel like "20 with a tail". But what if the ball taken with itself was blown away, and the question arises, how to pump the ball without a needle and pump in artisanal conditions (beach, nature, someone else's yard)? Naturally, it would be better to take care of this, and take a bicycle pump and a needle (the cost of which is no more than 150 rubles). But, if the above equipment is not at hand, everything is not lost! But remember that the methods listed below are far from the safest for your ball: it can be simply pumped and spoiled, so if it's a rarity with an autograph of your favorite football player, then it's better to postpone such manipulations.

How to pump a ball without a needle: "Medical" way

Advantages: cheap way, availability of materials. All can be found in the roadside pharmacy and glove compartment of the car.

Disadvantages: in the outback just can not find such a pharmacy. In addition, the following instructions are not an answer to the question of how to pump the ball without a needle: this is an instruction on how to make such a needle.

The essence of the method

If trouble overtook you on the road, then, with effort and a little ingenuity, you can pump the ball with a simple bicycle pump, insulating tape and a needle from the syringe. The needle must be blunted beforehand: it must not pierce the nipple, but smoothly enter into it. Ideally fit needles from systems for blood transfusion: they are thick enough and strong. The needle tip should be blunt on the asphalt or knife sharpener. As a result, you should get a needle with a blunt end, which will serve as the basis of the adapter from the pump to the ball. Next, on the base of the needle, you should gently wrap the tape. It will take about 12 layers. This is done so that the needle tightly enters the hole of the pump.

Road way: how to pump the ball without a needle with the help of ... car service

Advantages: a rather effective way of pumping a football / basketball / volleyball that has been blown off the road . Helpers will come to help you car service, who will be happy to help for a purely symbolic fee. In addition, many can find the right needle. The method will work if you do not have a needle or a pump.

Disadvantages: at the right time car service may not be close. An inexperienced employee can pump the ball, from which it can burst from excessive pressure with careless pumping or during the game.

The essence of the method

It is known that in car service centers the most popular service is the pumping of tires. The compressor used for this can supply air under high pressure, which is what we need. The deflated ball should be pressed very tightly against the compressor nozzle and pumped until the desired level of rigidity is reached. It should be very closely monitored for density, so as not to pump and not to blow up the ball. The procedure is best carried out by three together: two press the ball, one - at the signal should turn off the compressor. By the way, on many modern models of compressors there is a nozzle for inflating balls.

Doing the injections with air: how to pump the ball without a needle: an alternative but very grueling way

Advantages: Another "medical" method, but this time not requiring a needle or pump. At hand, there should be only a car first aid kit with a syringe and a few hours, depending on the volume of the syringe found.

Disadvantages: the method is exhausting and uncomfortable. You can forever ruin the nipple of the ball, and it will release air, if you do not use a special oil.

For those who did not have any tape at their fingertips, or car service on the road, there is another way to save a beach volleyball tournament or street football. The essence is to introduce air into the ball through a simple syringe. Depending on the volume of the syringe, the volume of the forthcoming works depends: 20 cubic meters can pump the ball in about half an hour. 10 Ml per hour. 5, 2 Ml - is it worth it to play a candle? .. This is the most accessible and artisanal way to pump a basketball without a needle without having a compressor at hand. To facilitate the introduction of the syringe and the safety of the ball, the nipple should be moistened with oil.

If there is a needle, but there is no pump

Advantages: a fairly cheerful and creative way of pumping. You can not get the ball to the desired density, but the pleasure of the process is guaranteed! In addition, the method is suitable for soft beach balls.

Disadvantages: the need to find a strong plastic bag or bottle. Need to make an adapter.

There are those who do not know how to pump a football without a needle. But the absence of a needle is, as it becomes clear, a third of the disaster. The worst is for those who for some reason can not use the pump, since it is still possible to create high air pressure from improvised means, but it's very difficult to direct it to a certain point (the ball). As a compressor, you can use a polyethylene bottle or a tight bag. Some folk craftsmen manage to solder a needle in the bottle cap and repeatedly pumping the ball, standing or gently jumping on this bottle.

After the air from the bottle goes into the ball, the design is removed, another portion of air is injected into the bottle and the manipulation is repeated. And so - to the victorious end!

There is a more advanced method with the use of vinegar and soda: in the same bottle is poured vinegar and soda, and the ball is injected with carbon dioxide. But this is provided if the needle is firmly soldered into the bottle cap.

As we see, there are a lot of ways how to pump a ball without a needle. None of them is convenient and easy, but a true athlete - one who, despite all the obstacles, goes to the finish!