About this product
Double Dot Squash Ball – in stock at 361 Degrees Adventure in Dar es Salaam.
HEAD’s Prime – a double yellow dot squash ball, which is the competition standard and the slowest, lowest-bouncing ball made.
HEAD’s Prime is their redeveloped premium double yellow, approved to World Squash Federation specifications and longer-lasting than the Championship ball it replaced.
Here is the thing about double yellow that shops usually skip. A squash ball only bounces properly once it is hot – the air inside the rubber has to be warmed by repeated hard impact before the ball comes alive. A double yellow is engineered to need the most warming of any ball, deliberately, so that strong players hitting hard do not produce endless rallies.
Which means that in a beginner’s hands it is miserable. They cannot hit hard enough to warm it, the cold ball dies on the floor off the front wall, every rally lasts two shots, and they conclude squash is impossible or that they are bad at it. None of that is their fault – it is the wrong ball.
If you are starting out, buy a blue dot. Then red, then single yellow, and come to double yellow when you are hitting properly. If you already play at a decent level, this is the ball you want and nothing else will do.
HEAD supply it in a three-ball tube and position it on control and consistency – which is what a competition ball is actually selling. A ball that behaves identically every time is what lets you trust a length.
One local advantage: a warm Dar court brings any ball up faster than a cold European one, so a double yellow is a little more forgiving here than it would be in a British club in February.
Buying a Double Dot Squash Ball in Dar es Salaam
361 Degrees Adventure keeps the double dot squash ball at our showroom in Upanga, Dar es Salaam, with delivery countrywide across Tanzania. Come and handle it before you buy, or order online and collect.
Every double dot squash ball is checked in store before it leaves us, and our staff use the same kit in the field, so you get an honest answer on fit and sizing rather than a sales pitch.
Not sure which double dot squash ball suits you? Call or message the showroom and we will talk you through the options that are actually in stock in Tanzania.
Spare parts and replacements for the double dot squash ball are easier to get here than on an overseas order, which matters once the gear is in use.
Pricing on the double dot squash ball is quoted in Tanzanian shillings, VAT included, so the figure you see is the figure you pay at the counter in Tanzania.
Browse more Sports in Tanzania, or see the full 361 Degrees range. For general background on sports equipment, see this overview on Wikipedia.
HEAD Prime Double Dot Squash Ball