Editing Shinty (section)

===Ball===
The ball is a hard solid sphere of around half the diameter of a tennis ball, consisting of a [[cork material|cork]] core covered by two pieces of [[leather]] stitched together. The seam is raised. It is very similar to a hurling [[sliotar]] in that it resembles an American [[baseball (object)|baseball]] with more pronounced stitching. The permitted circumference is between {{convert|7+1/2|and|8|in|cm|spell=in}} and weight between {{convert|2+1/2|and|3|oz|g|spell=in}}.<ref name="shinty.com"/> The ball is usually white, but there is no statutory colour, black being a common colour for Kyles Athletic, and fluorescent balls now being available.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

Plastic balls or soft balls are often used in youth competitions such as the variant "First Shinty".{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}