Info about Balls
Tennis balls history
Tennis is a game that is very appreciated in the world that has brought a lot of money to the players. Like any other game the tools that are used to play it have changed during the years in order to become more and more efficient. The things that are used to play tennis are the tennis ball and the tennis racket. As simple as they might look, tennis balls have a lot of technology behind it all. Tennis balls need to have certain dimensions; weight and they need to be produced of a certain material.
Usually the color of tennis balls is green-yellow and they are covered with a fluffy material. This fluffy material is actually a treated wood and the end product is called felt. This material is not randomly chosen, because it confers the ball certain aerodynamic characteristics. Many are very curious to know why the tennis balls are made of this color. The simple reason is that this color makes them more visible either for the players but also for the viewers whether they are there or at TV.
The tennis ball appeared together with the game in the 15th century. There are more ways of producing the balls and this will result in different types of balls that have different characteristic. Usually the balls are made of rubber that is filled with air or with other materials like wool or hair. There are pressurized tennis balls and there is pressure less tennis balls. the difference between these two types is that the one that are pressure less don’t bounce that much but they get this effect in time as they lose the fluffy material on them, thing that is also valid for the ones that are pressurized. The number of tennis balls that are produced every year is very big and the materials that will results as waste from making the tennis balls is also huge.
One of the two brands of tennis balls that are mostly known on this market are Penn and Wilson.
Tennis balls have come through a lot of changes from when they were invented. Today players can chose from different types according to the field that they are playing. The ball that they are choosing will have real impact on the game, where a good ball can offer a quality match while and unsuited one could have negative impacts on the game.