USED TENNIS BALLS

As he matured in the sport and honed his skills he became more and more involved in the day to day operation of the courts where he worked and trained. He saw daily the hundreds, no thousands of balls in the practice carts and found that these balls got replaced every few weeks with new balls. To him, an unsettling dichotomy emerged - how great it was that he could drill for long sessions with a cart of 300 balls before having to ever go pick one up off the court, YET how sad it was that so many balls were produced and discarded just to afford him that convenience. "My goodness, how many balls does my club go through?" he eventually asked club staff, discovering it was a staggering number... Then one day, in walked a good ole' boy from the plains of Nebraska. Something diff'rent though ‘bout this short wiley sheriff, it was the engineering badge he wore. He walked up to the young pro and said matter of factly, "what you need boy, is a way to hang 'em high and sort ‘em fast, and if I..

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