If you play a lot of tennis then you use a lot of balls, simple as that. With typical tennis balls, you can crack a new bottle and the balls will stay fresh for a few days at best, and if you’re playing a few times a week you can be burning up 2-3 cans which can really ad up. Now I mentioned earlier that you can use pressureless tennis balls for things like practice and use in a tennis ball machine but they aren’t quite as good as new pressurized tennis balls. So you could just try and buy cheap tennis balls in bulk or wholesale but there’s one more thing you should really consider before you do that. The Tennis Ball Saver (it’s actual name) is a simple device that cost so little and lasts so long that it pays for itself in no time.
The Tennis Ball Saver is extremely cheap and costs about three or four tubes of tennis balls. So if you play twice a week and figure that you use two packs of tennis balls a week then the Tennis Saver will have paid for itself in two weeks. As you can see it’s well worth the cost, and the rave reviews it has received on Amazon shows that it’s not a gimmick or hoax. IF you’re thinking of buying the Tennis Ball Saver from Amazon, they offer free shipping on orders over $25, so you may want to pick up two and maybe a pack of balls to save on shipping costs. Just something to consider.
If you’re a serious tennis player then chances are you are going through a package of 3 tennis balls every day if not every other day. In either case it can be quite expensive trying to use quality balls every time you play. And who wants to play with old tennis balls? They have no bounce and it feels like your hitting a dog toy around (essentially that’s all it is).
Now you could go with the pressureless balls as I mentioned in the other post, but they don’t feel quite the same. And there’s a difference between hitting the pressureless balls from a tennis ball machine vs. playing against a living, breathing opponent.
So it really leaves you with one option and that’s to find the best price on tennis balls so that you can pick up a couple of cans or even a case and always have quality pressurized tennis balls ready.
You could spend a lot of time price comparing but when I was looking for discount tennis balls online, I kept running into these sites that looked like they were slapped together or had bad or outdated information. There are a few good companies out there on the internet that I found. One of the better known sites is Holabird Sports. They often run sales on some of the better known brands such as Wilson tennis balls and Penn tennis balls. But from what I’ve found they can be hit or miss. There’s also Esportsonline which had a pretty good selection of Dunlop tennis balls as well as the Penn 1 championship tennis balls (my favorite) in stock at a really good case price.
Where I ultimately bought my cheapest tennis balls online and where I send everyone whenever asked is to Amazon. Yeah, believe it or not Amazon had the lowest price on tennis balls both in bulk groups as well as by the case. They have just about every brand so even if you’re looking for Slazenger tennis balls, you’ll find a good deal. Use the link below to check out Amazon’s selection of tennis balls
Pressureless tennis balls are a must if you’re going to be practicing using a tennis ball machine. They offer a number of benefits over regular, pressurized balls that make them better for practice and also more economical over the long run. Below you’ll find some reasons why once you switch to pressureless balls you’ll never switch back. You can also use our link to score some discount prices on pressureless tennis balls. So without further ado.
Pressureless tennis balls are just what the name implies: tennis balls that haven’t been pressurized. Normal tennis balls that you buy in the three pack at Walmart or your local sporting store have been pressurized to provide the spring that you get from a fresh tennis ball, this is why the can has the pop can type lid on it. These regular tennis balls are great for match play and their bounce and resistance when hit is hard to match, but they won’t last for much more than a day before they lose some of that bounce.
Pressureless tennis balls on the other hand are constructed so that they don’t require pressure to bounce and therefore will (almost) never wear out. Furthermore, they’re constructed with stronger felt and will withstand the longer wear time. They are ideal for casual tennis play and for use with a tennis ball machine.
The biggest issue that some people have with pressureless balls is that they “feel” different when you hit them. While it’s generally true that there’s a difference between the two types of balls (they are constructed differently) it’s difficult for most people to really notice the difference. In fact, once you start hitting only pressureless tennis balls, you won’t be able to tell, garuanteed (only in a side by side comparison will it be close). Will it ruin your tennis game and match play? The simple answer is no. Once you warm up with a fresh pressurized ball, you’ll be hitting the ball like normal.
Now there are a few different brands of pressureless tennis balls and each person has their preference. From what I can gather, Penn seems to make the best pressureless tennis ball. They are a little more expensive than the other brands but they are still WAY cheaper than pressurized balls. Unless you’re willing to jump in, try purchasing a small pack of pressureless tennis balls to see how they feel and go from there.
All this info is great and all, but why would you want to use a pressureless tennis ball with a tennis ball machine? This is a good question and there are several reasons:
These are just a few of the reasons why you should invest in a set of pressureless tennis balls.