The golf ball is the only piece of equipment we use on every shot we hit and so it’s still a little crazy to me that golf ball compression flies under the radar for most golfers. This vital yet often ...

If you’re an avid golfer, chances are good you’ve gone through a club fitting of some sort in the last decade. The most likely is a driver or iron fitting, although you should go ahead and do wedges ...

Compression test on a football / soccer ball using a Z020 materials testing machine (Fmax 20 kN). The ball burst at approx. 5 kN (about 500 kg or 1100 lbs).

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) invited Mecmesin to bid for a project to replace its outdated ‘Stevens’ test machine which was used to measure the force required to ‘squash’ a tennis ball.