Talk:Ball

Jeltz's comments

er with a empty article than irrelevant information. Jeltz talk 15:47, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

ok! 高浦の砂 (talk) 11:10, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

Disambiguation

Where is the link to the disembag page about ball? JayKeaton 18:24, 4 May 2007 (UTC) ball is a word used for cricket

Since when inflatable balls used in sports?

Since when are inflatable balls commonly available? And how did their availability change the world of sports? There's certainly more potential in this article! -- 77.7.131.196 16:41, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Or solid?

they can be ovoid or solid (as in billiards)."

So, a filled or solid sphere is not a proper sphere, only an empty sphere counts as a real sphere? Since when?!?

Shouldn't the opening sentence have simply read, "A ball is any spherical shaped object or entity"

Then perhaps, further into the article, "In a few sporting games, like Australian Rules Football, the egg shaped object used in play, is often referred to as 'the ball'".

A ball is any object resembling a sphere, so you can get a ball of string or a ball of fish, as examples.  

If, a pottery teacher said to you, during instruction, "You begin by making a clay ball", you would not immediately assume you were being asked to make an object to be used in a game of sport, of any kind.

The article as it stands, makes me wonder if in American English, 'a ball' is a completely different concept, than it is in British English? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.154.111.77 (talk • contribs) 21:03, 5 August 2007

Materials

any types of balls are today made from rubber, this form was unknown outside the Americas until after the voyages of Columbus. The Spanish were the first Europeans to see bouncing rubber balls (albeit solid and not inflated) which were employed most notably in the Mesoamerican ballgame. Balls used in various sports in other parts of the world prior to Columbus were made from other materials such as animal bladders or skins, stuffed with various materials. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pranaysameer (talk • contribs) 02:55, 28 August 2009

Etymology

The first known use of the word ball in English in the sense of a globular body that is played with was in 1205 in Laȝamon's Brut, or Chronicle of Britaincode: lat promoted to code: la in the phrase, "Summe heo driuen balles wide ȝeond Þa feldes.code: lat promoted to code: la " —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pranaysameer (talk • contribs) 02:55, 28 August 2009

Edit request from ButtocksMaven, 20 May 2010

{{editsemiprotected}}

Replace old picture:

 File:BaodingQigong.JPG|Baoding Balls

with updated picture:

 File:BaodingQigong.jpg|Baoding Balls

ButtocksMaven (talk) 23:44, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Done The old image is now replaced with the one with higher resolution you suggested. jonkerz♠ 00:28, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Appeal

Around the part that says 'a rolling object appeals to... baby, puppy, kitten': it should mention how many species of animal find balls appealing, and play with them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.224.98.35 (talk) 19:03, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

@isme 0zell 78.190.8.136 (talk) 19:09, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Volleyball (ball)

The link "Volleyball" goes to "Volleyball" article not to "Volleyball (ball)" I can not edit this page due to "the padlock" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.79.56.39 (talk) 07:11, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 February 2014

A ball is also usually referred as an inappropriate word. 208.53.94.163 (talk) 04:41, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} 05:57, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Need to make clear at start this is not the mathematical ball, as it starts that way

also this article needs to be renamed "Ball (sports)" and why the hell is it protected? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.115.168.70 (talk) 14:05, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

It's protected because testicles. (No really, see the line below, people were probably vandalizing it) 2607:F2C0:F200:1901:504:E954:6155:7DA9 (talk) 15:16, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 March 2015

Coolrose20 (talk) 22:06, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

balls are more then one thing its not only a ball that you play with its a boys private part

Not done: That's covered at Ball_(disambiguation), which is linked at the top of the article. RudolfRed (talk) 00:16, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

elaborate on metal balls

for example slingshots and bb guns & paintballs also Ball bearing Shot (pellet) — Preceding unsigned comment added by TimPatAlPostma1996 (talk • contribs) 23:04, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Ball (disambiguation) is a better place for that. Just plain Bill (talk) 00:01, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

my mind is a lot more knowledgeable & more ideas then the normal mind, as well as higher-powered so TimPatAlPostma1996 (talk) mind automatically, knows but yes to (just plain bill ) i agree i would want specific names & i understand and agree --TimPatAlPostma1996 (talk) 01:38, 19 February 2021 (UTC) TimPatAlPostma1996 (talk)

what TimPatAlPostma1996 (talk) 17:14, 20 February 2021 (UTC) added

i added includes Shot (pellet)under also see as Rubber band (for rubber band balls) to what i can currently recall anyone who wants to talk to me about it is welcome — Preceding unsigned comment added by TimPatAlPostma1996 (talk • contribs)

Your writing is borderline incoherent. Please either spend more effort on your writing, or if English is not your first language, consider contributing on your own language's version of Wikipedia. - MrOllie (talk) 17:23, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 December 2022

you forgot to list testicles 173.246.228.62 (talk) 14:40, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: Already mentioned at Ball (disambiguation). Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 15:38, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Edit request

Why does the history section say " A rolling object appeals not only to a human baby, but to a kitten and a puppy."? I am asking to delete this because it is not important to the history of the ball. Notaoffensivename (talk) 01:25, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

• I don't know why it was there, but I took care of it. Thanks. Drmies (talk) 01:27, 16 July 2024 (UTC)