Is ball size important?
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
After over forty years of observing many ball sports (and the occasional ball associated pastime) it has slowly dawned on me that, in general, the larger the ball the less boring the game. For example a sport like sabbuteo or a leisure pursuit like golf are just the thing to get you to sleep at any time of day whereas rugger or footer are certain to keep one interested until the final whistle. In between are games like tennis, interesting when women play with their finesse - no grunting please , boring when the blokes are smashing down ace after ace. No marbles on tv but plenty of cricket. Table tennis? No way. Indoor tennis with that big ball that won't break anything? Marvellous. An exception is, of course, squash, kept me on my toes for many years, b****red up my joints mind.
