As I mentioned about a month ago now, SC101′s Canadian HQ received a little pre-Christmas care package from Spanish outfit Joma. The first thing I spied in the package was Joma’s futsal party piece, the Top Flex. Now it’s been just shy of three years since Bryan took the Top Flex out for a whirl, but I wanted to take a second look at them, as they’ve been on my boot bucket list for sometime. The second reason I wanted to get a look at them is that I like to consider myself a bit of an indoor specialist (although certainly not to the same level of our very own The Boot 411 contributor Norman LeVesque). The pair I received for my review were a size 9 (US) and came in a Sky Blue/Navy/Orange scheme that I can’t find the official name for on account of the Top Flex range changing colourways with the same frequency of mother nature changing seasons.
Also important to note in the kick off is that the Top Flex was designed with futsal in mind as opposed to indoor soccer so it has a bit of a different build to your standard indoor soccer boot. This boils down to the futsal ball, which is a different beast to the soccer ball. The futsal ball is equivalent in size to a size three or four soccer ball but is filled with a dense rubber which reduces the bounce on court surfaces and also adds a whole slew of weight to the ball. This is the ball for which the Top Flex was designed. So without further ado, let’s find out how the Top Flex held up.