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

re: 50 Great Things you Never Knew you Could do with Tennis Balls

doc1IN — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:41:07 GMT

I'm responding to the 50 ways to use a Tennis Ball---- I use them as door stops, I drill hole in one side of the tennis ball and then I insert with the use a hand drill a screw with a small washer --- then --- I drill the screw and washer in the wall to stop damaging the door or wall---

it works great...

re: 50 Great Things you Never Knew you Could do with Tennis Balls

See Why — Wed, 14 May 2008 02:34:52 GMT

Insert 2 tennis balls in a sock. Lie on your back with the tennis balls at the point just above your neck. This provides self-craniosacral massage - as instructed by my cranio-sacral therapist.

re: 50 Great Things you Never Knew you Could do with Tennis Balls

webwitch6 — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:07:20 GMT

The tennis ball on the lock thing worked for my dad in the 1960's! He was a cop and helped more than one person out when they locked the keys in the car. Of course in those days wire hangers worked like a charm too. Do that to a car now and all you will have done is made a nice dent in the polyplasticgurumetal they make cars out of now!

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mrsmponds — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:14:20 GMT

Here's a question for you guys-if you put the tennis balls in the dryer-will the heat release any chemicals into the clothes/air that you wouldn't want to be exposed to? I know this is a different product than the plastic bottles and such, but wondered if the same concerns may apply...?

re: 50 Great Things you Never Knew you Could do with Tennis Balls

namoo — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:54:56 GMT

Thank you for giving me many ideas with used tennis balls to apply in various way at home.

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namoo — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:52:05 GMT

Thank you for many good ideas to apply with used tennis ball.

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Artemus — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:39:41 GMT

#51 - On some vehicles a tennis ball can be used to jimmy the lock if you have locked your keys in the car. Cut a tennis ball in half, place over the key hole, give it a swift thump and the lock pops up.

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Katie B — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:06:22 GMT

#34: Make people shower off before getting into the pool.

#44: What's a "holiday" tree?

Still, some neat tips on how to reuse/recycle these balls (though I wouldn't suggest putting a dirty one in with your clean laundry in the dryer. If they've been well-used, I would think they would contaminate the clothes).

re: 50 Great Things you Never Knew you Could do with Tennis Balls

healthiswealth — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:37:15 GMT

My #1 all time favorite use of tennis balls?...Playing tennis!!!
Although since balls lose their bounce, this is a GREAT list to use the old balls!

I especially liked the suggestions for the dryer and the laundry. They sell dryer balls that are like 10x more than tennis balls. I wish I read this before I bought them. Great suggestion. One thing they can't replace in my laundry is the magnetic laundrysystem. I am more impressed with this thing the more I use it. It is a wonder that anyone still uses petrochemicals (detergent) in their washing machines anymore, especially with oil prices going through the roof.

What can you do with those mega giant tennis balls they sell at the US OPEN?? Maybe use them in those BIG hotel industrial dryers!!

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Robubba — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:50:38 GMT

Cut a tennis ball in half, and create a vacuum on your skin by pressing it against our body. The gasket effect rocks. Leave it on for about 15 minutes, and you have a giant red mark that stays for over a week. AWESOME!

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samurai — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:14:54 GMT

Or, for the daring and er, uh, experienced lady, she might try her hand at turning the tennis balls into a set of Ben Wa balls?

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HealthCoachSandraG — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:38:31 GMT

My favorite: Tennis balls make the best massage tools. Put them under whatever muscles are chronically tight and use your body weight to get a deep tissue massage.

Put them on your back (not the bone (spine)) and lean or lay over it. Then use your hands, legs and feet to control how much pressure you use. Runners benefit from putting one under their hamstring or glutes while sitting, to release old injuries and scar tissue.

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Arizona — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:59:49 GMT

Putting tennis balls on the bottoms of chairs has such a great effect on noise reduction in schools. I have experienced this first hand.

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Dekalb — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:31:49 GMT

.... or you could just play tennis.
Some of those ideas are great - and some are just not a very economical use for them.