As the country slowly reopens amid the pandemic, officials are reminding residents to maintain certain social distancing measures — like not touching other people's balls.

Tennis balls, that is.

Ahead of tennis courts reopening in parts of Long Island, New York, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran emphasized the importance of only handling your own balls. If you and another player are from another household, she explained during a press conference last week, you can touch each others' balls, but players should otherwise take every precaution to avoid coming in contact with balls of unknown origin.

"You can kick their balls, but you can't touch them," Curran said to a giggling crowd.

Although she managed to get through most of the conference with a straight face, she broke when she told the audience to mark their balls to avoid mixing them up with other balls.

"To avoid confusion between whose balls are whose, you can use a marker, like a Sharpie, to mark out an X or to put someone's initials on them," Curran continued.

So there you have it. Don't touch other people's balls, and if you do come in contact with a stranger's balls, please wash your hands.

Source: Mashable

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