A beach ball is used for recreation and refreshment purposes. It is an inflatable ball which travels slowly and is also heavy and hence should be used with both the hands. Its invention dates back to 1938. There are many varieties of a beach ball that have been created by the manufacturing companies, mainly for the recreational purpose, it is always used to play at the beaches because of the idea behind its usage. Beach balls also come in a variety of shapes and sizes. By shapes, it means the design on the ball. It is always a ball which is designed later as one wants.
The beach ball comes in sizes varying from hand-sized to almost 1m of length. They are usually very soft with an oral inflation valve through which the air is pumped in, in case of loss of enough pressure in the ball. Being very soft, it can easily not sink in the sand and also, being heavy for a ball, it doesn’t become a problem to be played with, on the sand of the beaches.
What are the uses of beach balls?
Every game is played with a purpose of enjoyment. This is the same with this spot; this game is widely played by people during their holidays near locations like the beach or near the place which have the water reservoir. This is a major attraction of this game that every person can play this game irrespective to the gender and age. The beach balls though are basically used for recreational purposes only and not for any commercial uses, but there are many sub-types of the recreational uses that the beach ball gives. Some of which are given below-
- Used in Water polo-Water polo is a beach sport which requires the beach ball as the main ingredient for the sport. The beach ball used in this sport is usually made of plastic since it is played in the water pools. Being played inside the water body, the balls used in this sport should be made of lightweight material so that it floats on the water and doesn’t sink. Sinking of the beach ball during any sport poses a huge problem, since finding the ball in the water seems next to impossible!
- Volleyball-Many times, volleyball is the most preferred sport that is played on the beaches. For this sport, the ball is again made of lightweight but not too light. It is not made of plastic since the ball can easily be molded if it is made of plastic. In volleyball, the ball is hit with a great force and hence, the ball is made such that it ensures no harm to the ball even after several strokes of forces.
The pressure in the inflatable balls are checked well before the sport or taking the balls to the beaches. Inflatable balls/beach balls are filled with gases like Hydrogen or helium which makes the balls float on the water and not sink.
