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Re(2): "Home run ball" - fact or fiction?

Posted on May 18, 2014 at 10:15:32 PM by jaialaitv



I don't need to know the math behind the physics to understand the basic laws of physics which require lift to counter gravity. A ball that is "lifting" towards the back wall would reverse itself once contacting the back wall. It is the whole premise of why a chic-chac does what it does.

We could then hypothesize the amount of speed the ball would have to be traveling at just to travel the length of the court twice and then counter the laws of gravity.

Finally we have to account for the amount of kinetic energy the wall actually absorbs and add that in.

Anyone that is saying they have "seen" this mythical shot is probably playing mind games with themselves.

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