Challenge to Mudge

[Doublebase]

Could you pop a tennis ball with one hand? Or two hands for that matter. I had one in my car last night and was trying. I couldn't get close. You ever try this or see anyone do this? I think the guy in "One Crazy Summer" did. That had to be fake though. What great movie.

 

[Doublebase]

Somebody look at my thread.

 

[fufu]

done.

 

[DOMS]

At first, I thought you were challenging Mudge to a fight. I was hoping to watch your death on YouTube.

 

[Bakerboy]

fake.

 

[Yanick]

I always wondered if Mudge can pop a fully mature male skull?

 

[Brachiisaurus]

I always wondered if Mudge can pop a fully mature male Boner?

 

[Pianomahnn]

I say quite impossible via hand squishing. They are built to withstand quite large forces from tennis rackets.

 

[Squaggleboggin]

I say quite impossible via hand squishing. They are built to withstand quite large forces from tennis rackets.

Yeah, but those forces are instantaneous and elastic relative to squeezing it with a hand.

There is someone who can crush a filled, sealed pop can with his hand; those are designed to withstand quite a bit of pressure, but I doubt hitting them with a tennis racket would cause significant damage.

 

[Brachiisaurus]

I say quite impossible via hand squishing. They are built to withstand quite large forces from tennis rackets.

Please, have you ever played tennis?

The way the balls are designed, along with the nylon strings on the racket, there's not that much force upon the ball.

 

[Squaggleboggin]

Please, have you ever played tennis?

The way the balls are designed, along with the nylon strings on the racket, there's not that much force upon the ball.

Note that I've never played tennis.

I'm not sure I'd agree with this information. Serves can occur at 100 mph as a conservative number for a maximum speed, correct? So a serve is hit at a theoretical 100 mph and then returned at 30 (?) mph. At the instant the serve is returned, the impulse is quite large, meaning the force on the ball is pretty big. Would you want to get hit with a 100 mph serve? I wouldn't. Why? Because that serve gave the ball quite a bit of force, almost all of which would be absorbed by my body upon impact. This force would be even greater at a time when returning the serve, when the racket would place an even larger force on the ball than the force initally placed on the racket by the ball, causing it to change directions very quickly. That takes a pretty large force.

 

[LexusGS]

I used to play tennis all the time and I definitly dont think a human can pop a tennis ball. I tried!

 

[tucker01]

We would break them all the time playing road hockey

 

[Doublebase]

We would break them all the time playing road hockey

So thats what you guys do in Canada.

 

[min0 lee]

So thats what you guys do in Canada.

That and moose.

 

[Brachiisaurus]

Note that I've never played tennis.

I'm not sure I'd agree with this information. Serves can occur at 100 mph as a conservative number for a maximum speed, correct? So a serve is hit at a theoretical 100 mph and then returned at 30 (?) mph. At the instant the serve is returned, the impulse is quite large, meaning the force on the ball is pretty big. Would you want to get hit with a 100 mph serve? I wouldn't. Why? Because that serve gave the ball quite a bit of force, almost all of which would be absorbed by my body upon impact. This force would be even greater at a time when returning the serve, when the racket would place an even larger force on the ball than the force initally placed on the racket by the ball, causing it to change directions very quickly. That takes a pretty large force.

The racket has much more give than you are taking into account.

Honestly, take a racket and hit your toes while you have a shoe on, very hard. It will bounce off harmlessly.

Plus the ball's rubber bends in and out along with the racket. It's not as much as you think.

 

[min0 lee]

I'll crush Doubles nuts with my hands.

 

[Squaggleboggin]

The racket has much more give than you are taking into account.

Honestly, take a racket and hit your toes while you have a shoe on, very hard. It will bounce off harmlessly.

Plus the ball's rubber bends in and out along with the racket. It's not as much as you think.

How the force is absorbed has nothing to do with the amount of force applied.

A tennis ball is designed to absorb large forces over a short period of time by deforming instantaneously. This includes a small implosion. This would increase the pressure of the gas inside by quite a bit, considering it's already pressurized. I'm fairly confident it can withstand quite large forces. But a human hand squeezing is a force over a pretty long period of time comparatively, something to which a tennis ball is not accustomed and something for which it was not designed.

I have no idea if it's possible, it just seems to me like something moving so fast and changing direction so often would undergo a decent amount of foce, that's all.

 

[goandykid]

How did this turn into a thread on the elasticity of a tennis racket? Pop the fucking tennis ball!

 

[gsxrK3]

They don't pop. There was this clamp with a big lever, I smashed it flat except for some sticking out the top. I had to hit it while it was squeezed.

 

[Nate K]

End of thread.

 

[Doublebase]

I'll crush Doubles nuts with my hands.

 

[BigDyl]

End of thread.

True Story. Mudge didn't even reply, lawl.

 

[Mudge]

One hand would be amazing, two hands hmm... I will search YouTube to see how common this is.

I may re-do the soda can thing too just because I am pretty sure I can get the time down significantly. I've seen guys doing it and making it look much easier, I have to really lean into it.

 

[Mudge]

How did this turn into a thread on the elasticity of a tennis racket? Pop the fucking tennis ball!

If the racket is too stiff it actually doesn't give the ball as much speed, same example would be aluminum bats are elastic somewhat and this is one reason the aluminum bat makes hitters look better (coupled with much more sweet spot than a wooden bat).

You bounce better off a trampoline than a marble floor.