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Old flat fuzzy balls

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

The other day we were discussing what to do with all the old and flat tennis balls we had laying around. Having a gigantic pile of flat tennis balls really serves no purpose if you are not running a tennis training camp/center or own a dog kennel.

So what exactly could you do with these old fuzzy balls? We have compiled a short list of random things you can do with your old tennis balls – related to tennis and not related :)

  1. Put them up on Craigslist to sell or give away.
  2. Go to your local tennis center and see if you can donate them.
  3. Head over to the retirement home to visit your Aunt Gertrude and see if her house mates need tennis balls for their walkers.
  4. Use them as target practice or fill them with gun powder for an explosive tennis serve (we highly do not recommend you actually do this).
  5. Check with the high schools or college to see if their tennis teams need practice balls.
  6. Cut them in half and tape them to the bottom of your shoe heels – this will help you stay on your toes during tennis play.
  7. Again cut them in half and place them under couch feet or bed feet – makes it easy to move furniture and doesn’t scuff your floor!
  8. Give them to your dog.
  9. You could recycle your old tennis balls.
  10. And finally, you could just leave the tennis balls in your garage (like they are now) and keep telling yourself that you will actually move them at some point.

Those are some of the awesome and creative ways you can get rid of your old tennis balls without just throwing them in the trash or dumping them on the side of the road. We’re curious to know what you, the reader, has done to recycle your old tennis balls (comment below).

These tennis shoes rock!

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Ok, so these shoes kick some tennis court ass! We’ve tested these tennis shoes from Lotto and we have all agreed that, for the price, you are getting some major quality tennis shoes! When we received the shoes the first thing we noticed is how clean they looked – and we’re not talking about washed clean, we talking sleek and angular – and how light they were. Looking a little closer we saw that just under the heel on the sole, there was a hollow space running across the entire “meat” of the sole – we weren’t sure what that was so we quickly wanted to test them. Unfortunately the weather here on the west coast was not cooperating with us tennis enthusiasts, so we had to wait out the rain for court testing.

Lotto Vector Men - Tennis Shoes Lotto Vector Men – Tennis Shoes

Lotto’s Vector is a high performance tennis shoe featuring Syn-Pulse and BFC technology for revolutionary cushioning, support and energy return. Available in width D.Exclusive 6-Month Outsole Guarantee.


Finally the rain passed just long enough for us to get on the tennis court and test out these rad looking tennis shoes. One thing that was noticed as we put them on, there was no need to break them in, it felt as though they had already been custom fit for the feet – and these lotto tennis shoes fit true to size. As the hitting started we felt that the shoes were light enough but solid enough to get us around the court quickly and effortlessly. We also noticed that the hollow space we saw actually served some purpose for the tennis shoe – it felt like it was giving you a little more spring in the step from take off  to stop. The laces are a little longer than your normal tennis shoes, which is a good thing since it allows you to double-knot. The only two negative things that we were able to find was, there is only one color selection and the tongue is a quarter of an inch too short making it a little difficult to settle your foot in the first time.

All in all, we are very happy with this tennis shoe from Lotto – we highly recommend it to our readers and tennis enthusiasts all around.

Caught speeding in tennis?

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

You have to get this thing! It is the coolest little gadget for the tennis enthusiast of any level…. Ever wonder how fast you are hitting that tennis ball on your serve or ground stroke? Well, here at tennis this, we have found the solution for you! Let us introduce the SpeedTrac X:

SpeedTrac X - Miscellaneous Tennis

This awesome little puppy will register any tennis ball moving up to 150 mph (199 km/h) – like anybody other than Andy Roddick could hit that kind of gut busting speed. This is probably the most reliable speed gun/meter on the planet that most of us can actually afford – yes, it comes in at $139.95 USD  plus free shipping. So, if you want to know what you can do on the tennis court, you should really consider getting  the SpeedTrac X