Sure , you know your football , baseballs , lawn tennis balls and hoops . But what about the lesser - get laid balls ? Let ’s take a close look at some , er , oddballs now .
1. Jai Alai Balls
AKA : Pelota ( Spanish forball , duh)Weight:125g–140gLet ’s get the formal peal : Considered the most lethal ball of any sportswoman , the pelota is 3/4 the size of a baseball , heavy than a golf game ball , and has been clocked at speeds in excess of 180 m.p.h . The Guinness Book of World Records calls it " the world ’s fastest clod . " The jai alai is construct of hand wounding Brazilian safe with two hand - sow in goatskin covers . pelota cost more than $ 150 each and must be re - cover after 15 minutes of drama . No automobile has ever been developed to build an official pelota .
2. Qigong Balls
3. Skee-Balls
4. Pinballs
Why are they holler " pin " balls?The early version of what we now call pinball was in reality calledbagatelle . Players roll balls up an inclined mesa and strain to ping down littlepinsfor point . Made of : Early pinballs were made of chicken feed , like self-aggrandising marble . When the game became " electrified " the stock steel pinball , measuring 1 1/16 " in diam , was born .
Tilt!The arguing mechanics was devise in 1934 as a direct answer to the problem of players physically lifting and shaking the games . The tilt debuted in a plot call in Advance made by Harry Williams .
5. Bocee Balls
Made of : While cheap boccie chunk can be made out of wood , stone or alloy , the most democratic ( and tournament approved ) are made of heavy plastic , similar to bowling lump or billiard ballsThe other ball : is much smaller and called thepallino , or " the jack " ; it ’s used for scoringMeaning : From the Italian wordboccia , which means " to bowl "
