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Red ball: For kids 8-and-younger, 23 percent larger than normal yellow tennis ball, 65 percent lighter. Bounces 75 percent lower than normal ball. Orange ball: For kids age 9 and 10.

For the kids who can play a routine catch, popping a tennis ball with a racquet is a good next step. They won’t be afraid. I used to hit the ball up and let it hit me in the top of my head just ...

Part of an international plan to save tennis—which has struggled to compete with sports like soccer, football and basketball—is introducing softer, lower-bouncing balls for kids.

Towelgate: Tennis needs to remember that ball kids are volunteers ATP Beijing & Tokyo (Sep. 30-Oct. 7) Tennis Channel PLUS has every ATP match live, from the first round to the final.

Three-thousand children applied for jobs as ball boys and girls at the French Open this year, but only 250 made the cut. John Martin of the New York Times joins Bill Littlefield to explain what ...

Sheinelle Jones’ kids are the most adorable ‘ball kids’ at event with tennis legends The TODAY co-host cheered on her twins Clara and Uche as they took part in a pickleball match. Aug. 28 ...

7-year-old twins share the court with tennis pros as ball kids Lilliputian in height and indistinguishable in oversized uniforms, sisters have a blast at Bank of the West Classic.

Ball kids, first introduced in Wimbledon 1920, became a success. It wasn’t until 1977 when girls were allowed to help retrieve balls the grassy courts of Wimby.