A tennis ball is a hollow rubber ball that is used primarily in tennis but is used in other ways. It is usually sphere, light (weight about 57 g), brightly coloured and has 2 white curved shapes as part of the design. Even though, as the name suggests, the ball is used primarily in tennis, it can be used as a safe substitute for games where a solid ball is necessary, for example, to replace a cricket ball, which can inflict damage or injury if not used correctly. The gift of tennis balls offered to Henry in Shakespeare's Henry V (play) is portrayed as the final insult which re-ignites the Hundred Years War between England and France. :When we have match'd our rackets to these balls, :We will, in France, by God's grace, play a set Sporting goods
I am curious about the date that tennis balls went from being white to being fluourescent yellow. I understand that this change was to enhance visibility, and that there have been experiments (none that have succeeded commercially, I believe) with other colors or combinations of colors. As a child I watched the U.S. Open at the Westside Tennis Club in Forest Hills, N.Y. The balls were white (that would be in the 50's), and it was a prize to get a ball inadvertently hit into the stands with it's distinctive green stain from the grass surface. For years the U.S. Open has been played at the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. where the hard surface gives the players more reliable bounces and the balls, of course, are fluourescent yellow.
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A tennis ball is a hollow rubber ball that is used primarily in tennis but is used in other ways. It is usually sphere, light (weight about 57 g), brightly coloured and has 2 white curved shapes as part of the design. Even though, as the name suggests, the ball is used primarily in tennis, it can be used as a safe substitute for games where a solid ball is necessary, for example, to replace a cricket ball, which can inflict damage or injury if not used correctly. The gift of tennis balls offered to Henry in Shakespeare's Henry V (play) is portrayed as the final insult which re-ignites the Hundred Years War between England and France. :When we have match'd our rackets to these balls, :We will, in France, by God's grace, play a set Sporting goods
Tennis ball
I am curious about the date that tennis balls went from being white to being fluourescent yellow. I understand that this change was to enhance visibility, and that there have been experiments (none that have succeeded commercially, I believe) with other colors or combinations of colors. As a child I watched the U.S. Open at the Westside Tennis Club in Forest Hills, N.Y. The balls were white (that would be in the 50's), and it was a prize to get a ball inadvertently hit into the stands with it's distinctive green stain from the grass surface. For years the U.S. Open has been played at the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. where the hard surface gives the players more reliable bounces and the balls, of course, are fluourescent yellow.
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