Are there differences between golf balls?

Answer 1

Tennis balls are geared for different court surfaces. There are tennis balls specifically designed for clay, hard court, and grass court surfaces. Check on the outside of the tennis ball can for the type of court surfaces you should use them on. For example, some tennis balls are specificially made for clay court surfaces. Some tennis balls work on hard court surfaces both indoors and outdoors. Check out your local sports store for many different brands. You also want to make sure that the balls you are playing with are "flat". Tennis balls lose their air pressure after you play with them. You can keep them in a special pressurized tennis ball can, but these are not used very much anymore. Make sure to open a new can of tennis balls when you hit the tennis course for a match. In fact, this a rule in tennis tournaments and leagues. You can squeeze the tennis ball to determine if it is flat. If you can easily squeeze it then it is most likely flat. Or you can bounce the ball to tell. Old tennis balls should be thrown away if they have lost most of their fuzz as well.

Answer 2

All tennis balls used in professional tournaments must conform to International Tennis Federation and/or United States Tennis Association standards. Various court surfaces require minor differences in the ball's construction to be playable and durable on each surface. Such differences include the ball's diameter, felt, and air pressure. Refer to the ITF and About.com links, below, for further information.

Answer 3

Tennis balls are made of a layer of rubber surrounding a hollow centre (core). A thin layer of adhesive covers the rubber and then a layer of felt-like material made up of wool and artificial fibers called the nap. The lettering on the surface is just black ink. Drop the ball from 100 inches onto a hard court. The regulation bounce back is 53-58 inches.

Racquetballs are hollow with a rubber shell. They come in many colors, including: Blue, green, purple, black, red, and pink. The standard Racquetball shall be 2 1/4 inches in diameter; weigh approximately 1.4 ounces; have a hardness of 55-60 inches durometer; and bounce 68-72 inches from a 100-inch drop at a temperature of 70-74 degrees Fahrenheit.

As you can see a racquetball bounces more than a tennis ball. These balls were designed for completely different playing surfaces, racquets, and styles of play than tennis balls. In fact, the fastest tennis ball hit was by Andy Roddick at 155 mph. The fastest racquetball ever hit was 191 MPH by Egan Inoue. You now know why racquetball players typically wear eye protection. That ball could make you go blind getting hit that hard.

Also Joseph G. Sobek (1918 - 1998) was the inventor of racquetball, He also worked in a rubber manufacturing plant in Bridgeport, CT. That would explain why the racquetball is a solid piece of rubber.

Answer 4

I believe the difference in the two balls is the bounce.

Answer 5

Golf balls differ on its construction or its coverings.