Ball

''Alternate uses: See Ball (disambiguation)

A ball is a round object that is used most often in sports and games. Balls are usually spherical but can be other shapes, such as ovoid (only in a few special cases). In most games using balls, the play of the game follows the state of the ball as it is hit, kicked, or thrown by players.

Balls were used in ancient times by the early Egyptians, the ancient Greeks and Romans, and the Aztecs and earlier Mesoamerican peoples.

Popular games involving balls include:

• American football
• Australian rules football
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Bocce
• Bowling
• Bowls
• Canoe polo
• Cricket
• Croquet
• Dodgeball
• Football (soccer)
• Footbag
• Golf
• Team handball
• American handball
• Jai alai
• Mesoamerican ballgame
• Netball
• Polo
• Rugby Football
• Skee ball
• Squash
• Tee Ball
• Tetherball
• Tennis
• Ulama game
• Volleyball
• Water polo