Have you ever counted the holes in a pickleball?

                                                           Have you ever counted the holes in a pickleball?

To do a good job, you must first use your tools. There are three decisive elements in racket sports: racket, ball and court, and Pickleball is no exception.

Focusing on the elements of the ball, compared to the vulnerability of badminton, the change in the size of the ball in table tennis, and the difference between the soft and conventional tennis balls, the main difference between the pickleball ball is the hole. Of course, as an emerging leisure sports, pickleball color also has yellow, orange, green, etc., and are bright colors, reflecting the attractiveness of youth and dopamine color matching.

Pickleball holes are mainly 26 holes and 40 holes two types, the original pickleball has 56 holes, but the actual use found that the loss rate is too high, so gradually become 26/40 two types. The differences are as follows:

26 holes: The number of holes is usually small, and the diameter of a single hole is relatively large, about 1.1 cm.

40 holes: The number of holes is large, and the diameter of a single hole is small, about 0.7 cm.

26-hole ball: The material is relatively soft plastic, and the weight is generally about 23 grams. This material and weight design makes the ball relatively slow during flight and relatively easy to control. (If you are an amateur player, choose the 26-hole ball can hone the technical action in practice, reduce the psychological loss caused by mistakes, and can be used longer to reduce the cost of replacing the ball, refer to the frequency of badminton ball change)

40-hole ball: The material is hard plastic, the weight is about 26 grams, which is slightly heavier than the 26-hole ball. The hard plastic material and slightly heavy design give the ball more elasticity and faster ball speed when struck. (This type of ball is generally chosen in official games, and it is easier to play fast and strong offensive balls)

26-hole ball: suitable for use in indoor venues, because the ball speed is slow, it is easier to control in a relatively small space indoors, and it can also reduce the accidental collision or out of bounds caused by fast flight of the ball, which is suitable for beginners or professional players to use when practicing small balls in front of the net.

40 hole ball: suitable for use in outdoor venues, due to stronger elasticity, faster ball speed, stronger feeling, can adapt to various outdoor environmental conditions, such as in the case of wind, 40 hole ball flight stability may be relatively better.