If it were, then Wimbledon, whose grass courts provide even less contrast with yellow balls than red clay does, would surely have taken remedial action already, such as introducing balls of a different colour.
In 1920, Wimbledon became the first tennis tournament to introduce ball boys (girls were not included until 1977).
Furthermore, it increases the packing density and introduces ball bearings between larger particles, which results in improvement of the flowability (Roussel 2011).
Now the next bit will be introducing the ball.
Equally Pes has made ground by introducing 'true ball motion' designed to make passing and shooting more accurately resemble real-life play, and also 'collision physics'; a feature that introduces a genuine understanding of balance and momentum into the gameplay.
Recent examples are introducing a ball that travels faster and swerves more and the latest incarnation of the interminable fiddling with the offside rule.
Trying to claim its place as a sport for the masses, tennis decides to shift the focus away from power, by introducing heavier balls and slower synthetic surfaces that extend rallies, and by moving the baselines three feet farther away from the net.
Instead of just encouraging them to play ball, let's also inspire them to design, patent, and introduce a ball to the world that shifts an entire sport's paradigm.
But still Britain, whose sailors introduced the ball to Brazil, harbors doubts.
The Spalding company introduced a ball covered with balata, a natural rubber, in 1903; it proved more durable and easier to control than gutta-percha.
