TennisThis Equipment - Tennis Balls
To play tennis, you will obviously need tennis balls. The balls are specially designed for tennis matches. The history of tennis ball can be traced back to the initial days in the history of tennis. Tennis ball is one of the essential equipments used during tennis matches. In the initial days, tennis balls were made from leather with wool or hair stuffed within. In the initial days of tennis, tennis balls were manufactured by Scottish artisans, who used to make tennis balls from sheep or goat skin, with wool inside. The balls were tied with a rope. During the eighteenth century, strings of wool were wound to give the formation of the tennis balls . Then the balls were covered with cloth and stitched. Even today, cork cored balls are used during the sport called real tennis . In the nineteenth century, with the advent of lawn tennis , rubber balls were introduced to the world of tennis. Since then, tennis balls have come a long way. At present, tennis balls are manufactured using highly technical machines. All the specifications of tennis balls are regulated by the International Tennis Federation or the ITF. Now, tennis balls used by the players across the world are white or yellow in color. A number of brands of tennis balls are available in market. Dunlop Tennis Balls are considered to be amongst the most popular brands of tennis balls used by the players at international level. After playing with a tennis ball for a while, you will notice that the ball loses it's pressure (flat ball) and becomes less bouncy. Sure, you could continue to play with a flat ball, however; not only will it sound terrible, you will not be hitting the ball right. Flat balls tend to have less pace when struck and the spin is hard to produce. There is no better sound than a fresh tennis ball being hit right on the sweet spot. If you have a bunch of old tennis balls, you could do a few things with them; you could give them to your dog (or your friends who have dogs), donate them to nursing homes, give them away to tennis camps or tennis instructors, or you could put them up on craigslist.
