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50 Great Things you Never Knew you Could do with Tennis Ball

lifehackery.com — Since they wear out and lose their bounce quickly, most tennis balls simply end up in the garbage when they stop being useful on the court. If you can ’t stand to throw them away, they tend to pile up quickly - so what can you do with them?

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  • Skitzzo, on 03/23/2008, -0/+49Never realized that's what the janitor used the tennis ball on his broom for. The things you learn on digg...
    • Lane, on 03/23/2008, -6/+2sorry for comment jacking but if you want to do any of this stuff just ask your local tennis club to set aside their dead balls for you.
    • yuutokun, on 03/23/2008, -0/+451. Shoot it out of your vagina.
  • czeman, on 03/23/2008, -5/+21The girl in the pic for #25 can juggle my balls any day. Speaking of...I've heard of some girls doing pretty kinky things with tennis balls, but they weren't on the list.
  • tnatharik, on 03/23/2008, -12/+9I thought a tennis ball was used for tennis.
  • snareguy17, on 03/23/2008, -3/+6You can play nutball with a tennis ball.
    • unorginalityftw, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1...ugh. I wonder who even invented that game?
    • matt2m, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1Nut ball sucked after my friends and I smoked by the bleachers we played nut ball with my friends steal toed boots.
  • mistafreeze, on 03/23/2008, -8/+37Yes, but can you ***** it?
    • frascellyboy273, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2maybe you can...
    • 1randomguyO8, on 03/23/2008, -6/+0Yes you can look at my link above.
    • sarixe, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1use lube, O.o
    • inbred, on 03/23/2008, -2/+2351. Squeeze a tennisball under your arm 'til it goes numb and proceed in feeling like a second party is involved in your masturbation.
  • KevinRWright, on 03/23/2008, -0/+17I throw them on my neighbors roof.
  • burnstyle, on 03/23/2008, -1/+42put matchstick heads in them and use them as colorful bouncing explosive devices?
    • JeffSpecolli, on 03/23/2008, -0/+7I was thinking the same thing! Thanks to Jolly Roger!
    • Cattywampus, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2Yes, I was also thinking that they would make very useful and easy-to-create Molotov *****...
    • TheAmbushAhead, on 03/23/2008, -0/+3Best book ever written!
    • namman, on 03/23/2008, -0/+6ha, thats the only reason i clicked on this story
      first thing that popped into my head
      indeed the best [outdated] book ever written
  • melcan, on 03/23/2008, -7/+1I am normal, i use tennis ball only for tennis... hehe

    I guess, I also use number 3 on the list "Hang one on string from the garage roof to help you park without running into things"
    • KingGorilla, on 03/23/2008, -0/+5ok so you don't only use them for tennis
  • capiCrimm, on 03/23/2008, -0/+20put them on the front legs of your walker equals Total Badassness.
  • iMike360, on 03/23/2008, -2/+7You can make a tennis ball bomb, thats always fun.
    • amanilaenvelope, on 03/23/2008, -5/+4ZOMG you can paint them so they can look like the bomb-ombs from mario and then they asplode
  • blueboxed, on 03/23/2008, -3/+5or you can fill it with strike anywhere match heads. BAAAM!
  • jcaino, on 03/23/2008, -1/+6you can also use them to make smoke bombs...
  • TheContinental0, on 03/23/2008, -9/+3But can I dip my balls in... err... the balls?

    Yeah, I got nothin'.
  • coit, on 03/23/2008, -5/+5I think you can use a tennis ball to break into certain models of Honda cars as well.
    • badjoke, on 03/23/2008, -0/+8You can pretty much use a pencil to break into a Honda.
    • bowe, on 03/23/2008, -4/+3I know you can do it with Volkswagens with air door locks up to 99. You cut a slit in the tennis ball and then push hard forcing air through the keyhole which drives the air cylinder backwards.
      • Pedlya, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1>_< I hope you're kidding man...
        • Mike89, on 03/23/2008, -2/+1He's not, it was on digg a while back
        • superdoofus, on 03/23/2008, -0/+4it was debunked on mythbusters a while back.
  • amanilaenvelope, on 03/23/2008, -1/+11they can be expertly be thrown out of a woman *coughs* certain area.
    vagina. the vagina if you were wondering. yep
    • markperia, on 03/23/2008, -1/+15ehh.. I use bowling balls for that...

      wait... what?
  • angrynorwegian, on 03/23/2008, -0/+9well i was going to mention filling tennis balls with strike-anywhere match heads but it seems the rest of the pyromanic community has got that covered
  • amanilaenvelope, on 03/23/2008, -1/+21"Put two tennis balls into a large sock. Tie the sock securely, then use the contraption as a back massager"
    sounds more like a weapon
    • antonio97b, on 03/23/2008, -0/+4only if you cut a slit in the tennis balls and fill it with sand.
    • antiorblkflag9, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2Batteries ftw
  • rjw617, on 03/23/2008, -2/+3...to think, the human race was blind to the ability of tennis balls to become cute pencil holders. remarkable. dugg.
  • EpicSelekta, on 03/23/2008, -1/+2Launching tennis balls from a trebuchet (#47) is good! Also, putting them at the base of the trebuchet works very good to reduce friction if the trebuchet is on ground that does not promote friction. Despite added friction, this also makes it very easy to move the trebuchet on any surface.
    • Darmichar, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2Did you post that just to see how many times you could put the word 'friction' in a post?
      Kind of like 'meow' in Super Troopers?
      • EpicSelekta, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1Do you have something against friction?
        • DephexTwin, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1I'm sensing some friction between EpicSelekta and Darmichar.
  • iMike360, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2My school puts them under the chairs so they don't make noise when you move them around.
    • krazykor, on 03/23/2008, -0/+7My school puts them under chairs so the students can take them off and throw them at the teacher when they're not doing a good job. I think.
  • badjoke, on 03/23/2008, -0/+5251. Make anything you own look 200% tackier.
  • mindsnare, on 03/23/2008, -1/+2dugg for the how tennis balls are made vid at the end.
  • addicted68098, on 03/23/2008, -4/+5I am sort of a tennis ball enthusiast; I although I have never actually played tennis nor plan to. I have done about 48/50 of the things listed. I have a tennis ball book shelf, tennis ball mouse, and even tennis ball grilling accessories (my tennis ball barbecue sauce is something out of this world). I even invented my own method of relieving victims of chronic hiccups with tennis balls. I wish I snored so I could see if that snoring thing really does work; I will always feel empty inside because of that. I even play beer bong with tennis balls.
    • addicted68098, on 03/23/2008, -1/+4oh did I mention they are considered edible in some third world countries. My trip to Somalia was just like a Canadians annual trip to Amsterdam.
      • Typhoon2009, on 03/23/2008, -1/+10I'm guessing the "addicted" in your username refers to something like crack or PCP?
        • holygram, on 03/23/2008, -2/+6no, silly, it refers to tennis balls.

          or just balls in general :/
  • EatingPie, on 03/23/2008, -1/+21The "Protect Your Surfboard" is totally bogus.

    The main issue with glassed-in fins (those permanently secured to the board) is them breaking off, which is a MAJOR repair. That's cased by a hit from the side, or a heavy bag dropped right on top of them. Putting tennis balls on the *tips* of your fins will not keep them from being knocked out. Though, I guess it will keep your fins from being chipped when they are knocked out!

    Most boards today are designed with a removable fin system. No danger of fins being knocked out because you remove them yourself before travelling. However, when I had a board with glassed-in fins, I purchased a thick piece of foam (1 inch thicker than the length of my fins) with 3 slits to fit around the fins. This solution got me to Hawaii and back 4 times with no incident... and no tennis balls.

    -Pie
    • smithchr, on 03/23/2008, -2/+5I'm not a surfer, so I don't have any real insight, but is there a reason you take a surfboard with you on an airplane flight? I figure the answer is the same reason people take skis with them - it's a quality/comfort/familiarity issue plus not having to use rented crappy skis. Maybe I'm wrong, so I was just curious if that was the reason, or if there was something else I'd failed to consider. Sad use of a Saturday evening, to be sure, but these questions weigh on a mind.
      • smithchr, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2I assume I've been dug down to zero through error/unfamiliarity with the english language. Surely no one can find fault with my above comment?
      • Mike89, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2Your use of English was good, I'm not sure why you were dugg down. The reason he'd take his surfboard is, I'd assume, he's going to Hawaii so often TO SURF, and I assume it's one of those things where you prefer your own equipment (same probably goes for using your own racket for tennis, etc). Besides, if he already owns a surfboard, it's cheaper to lug it around than to "hire" them (I didn't even know you could..)
  • colincattral, on 03/23/2008, -0/+4#51 road hockey. If you burn off the felt they work even better.
    • Jeffler, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2Honestly, these guys are obviously unaware of Canada. I have _2_ road hockey balls and about 40 tennis balls. And I never play tennis.
    • antiorblkflag9, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2Street hockey?
      • colincattral, on 03/23/2008, -0/+3Same thing.
        • antiorblkflag9, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1I assumed, I've just never heard it called road hockey
  • NenDaiKi, on 03/23/2008, -3/+1Ok, who DOESN'T know about using tennis balls for chairs? I imagine if you've been super rich all your life it is possible you always attended a school which had the money to throw out chairs with the slightest defect. For anyone who has ever stepped foot in a public school however, it is simply IMPOSSIBLE to not discover the poor world's universal shaky chair solution.
    • MeatyDoughnut, on 03/23/2008, -0/+5I'm barely super rich but I have never seen a chair with tennis balls on the legs, ever.
      • adrianmonk, on 03/23/2008, -2/+1Well, barely super rich would be good enough for me. You may not be at the top of the super rich spectrum, but at least you're on it. I myself am not super rich at all.

        (By the way, can I borrow a few million dollars?)
        • MeatyDoughnut, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1By "barely" super rich I meant not at all. The school I go to is 40 years old and was among the 10 worst in the country 2 years ago.
    • noloveIII, on 03/23/2008, -0/+5I have never seen tennis balls on a chair and I went to a public school
    • Kakemonster, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2Yeh, I usually see chairs with rubber under them...
  • Typhoon2009, on 03/23/2008, -1/+7From #5... wow... harvest mice are god damn adorable.
  • displaced1, on 03/23/2008, -3/+1Untill its been put up someones ass, I don't want to hear about tennis balls.
    Now....8 ping pong balls up the ass, like I saw...well....yea...
  • mets91, on 03/23/2008, -0/+4Dugg for corny video at the end.
  • BlueFalcon7, on 03/23/2008, -0/+3Dang, I was hoping I would get an idea for what to do with 500 weathered tennis balls I get in my backyard from living next to a tennis court...
    • Jeffler, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2Send them to me please...street hockey awaits.
  • bingobongony, on 03/23/2008, -1/+7So...lifehackery is the latest site to pay msaleem to submit articles to digg?

    msaleem..you have a horrible job. When the dot com bubble goes belly up again, you are screwed.
    • amanilaenvelope, on 03/23/2008, -1/+2*conspiracy theory!*
      isnt msaleem and mr.babyman the same person?
    • ClevelandBrown, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2Mechanical Turk alert!
  • Cattywampus, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1People in my family used to play a lot of tennis, so there were always spent tennis balls around. The main uses we had for them was as street-hockey balls and for juggling.

    Unless I was in high school, I don't think anyone I've dated would appreciate being given a tennis-ball rose!
  • joemofo214, on 03/23/2008, -2/+2tennis balls are the *****. i used to fill them with gunpowder and..... i better not finish
  • justz00t, on 03/23/2008, -1/+1Tennis ball + flash powder + fuse = a kick ass firework
  • AZTriGuy, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1I've used the foot massaging method, works really well to help if you have plantar facitis. I would have one at work, and while I was on calls stuck at my desk I would roll my foot on it. Really helped in the healing.
  • darkcallen, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2guy at the end looked and sounded like a sexual predator
  • tmpoirier, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1the dryer trick works great. now the dryer is done at the same time as the washer.
  • fodbirdy, on 03/23/2008, -3/+4Who gives a *****
  • drpleau, on 03/23/2008, -0/+0cut a slit in it, and use it to hold your change.
  • delmar14, on 03/23/2008, -2/+2Not sure if its on the list but my favorite is to pack one full of match heads and throw it at anything you want to explode.
  • ubuntu710, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2#40 "Use a tennis ball to explain internet security to n00bs" ???
    • amanilaenvelope, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1yeah what was all that about???? just seemed like a magic trick gone bad
  • 1ofMany, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1I make a mean Tennis Ball Salad ...
  • davydany, on 03/23/2008, -1/+1now, i can die in peace!
  • oooyooo, on 03/23/2008, -2/+0quite interested
  • Slagtits, on 03/23/2008, -1/+2You could also use them to throw at idiots that make lists on what to do with tennis balls.
  • AyaJulia, on 03/23/2008, -0/+3How very Martha Stewart. o.O;;
  • DonJohnTom, on 03/23/2008, -0/+4 also theres a really fun game you can play with tennis balls you hit them around with a racket and the objective is to make your opponent miss, whats it called again?!...................ooo thats right its called tennis
  • antonio97b, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1#51. Place two tennis balls underneath and in front of your jeans so you look like you have massive ones. So massive, no one would think twice about ***** with you because they know you could kill them with the sheer size of your nuts.
  • JavertHolmes, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1Wow, that video at item #40 (teaching internet security to noobs) really cleared things up.

    1) Person A: Throw your private key in a tennis ball.
    2) Person A: Put a sender padlock on the tennis ball.
    3) Person B: Put a receiver padlock on the tennis ball.
    4) Person A: Remove sender padlock on the tennis ball.
    5) Person B: Remove receiver padlock on the tennis ball.
    6) Person B: Remove private key from tennis ball.

    -- Wait

    1) Person A: Put private message into tennis ball.
    2) Person A: Lock tennis ball with unmarked padlock.
    3) Person B: Unlock unmarked padlock with key whose label you can't read due to editing.
    4) Person B: Remove private message!

    See? Learning how security works is easy!
  • Jeffler, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2Clearly none of these guys are from Canada, over here I think more people buy tennis balls for road hockey than tennis, and on that note, I think we might have the highest ratio of crap tennis balls purchased compared to name brand ones for that very reason.
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