• Have Questions About the Balls used in Games and Sporting Events?

    Balls.com discusses the rules that govern balls used in many sports around the world. We provide an index of sports that require balls in order to play. For each of these sports, we have researched the rules that govern the size, shape, color, weight, constructions, markings, pressure and other characteristics of the balls. Many of the sports have governing bodies that set these rules – sometimes for very specific levels of play. For example, the basketballs used at the high school level are different than the basketballs used in the NBA. We try to provide information for different levels of play. Other sports are more relaxed and do not have separate rules for different levels of play.

    From our research, you will learn of balls used in sports played indoors, balls used in sports played outdoors and balls used in sports that can be played in both. Some of the sports are better known as recreational games, while others are viewed as competitive.

    Over time, we hope to expand our categories to include interesting facts about balls.

  • Major League Baseball Drives it Home

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    In Major League Baseball, the offense attempts to score runs by hitting a ball thrown by the pitcher with a bat and moving counter-clockwise around a series of four bases: first, second, third, and home plate. A run is scored when a player advances around the bases and returns to home plate.

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  • American-style Pool

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    Billiard Congress of America – World Pool-Billiard Association publishes rules for American-style pool games such as Nine Ball, Eight Ball, Ten Ball, Black Ball and Continuous Pool. The specifications for the balls seem to be consistent among all the games, as long as you play by the American-style rules.

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  • NCAA Softballs must be Yellow with Red Seams

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    Softball is variation of baseball with a larger ball and smaller field. For the teams playing in NCAA games, Rule 3.2 covers the ball. So much for the yellow ball simply being a preference.

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  • Golf Balls

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    Golf is a ball sport in which competing golfers use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course using the fewest number of strokes. The golfer with the least number of strokes by the end of the game wins.  The United States Golf Association includes rules for golf balls in Appendix II of their Rules for Golf.

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  • The Faceoff Begins the Game of Lacrosse

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    Lacrosse is a team sport that is often played as a contact sport. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh designed to catch and hold the lacrosse ball. Offensively, the objective of the game is to score by shooting the ball into an opponent’s goal, using the lacrosse stick to catch, carry, and pass the ball…

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