world record basketball shot

Platapus · 06-15-15, 05:40 PM

I wonder how many times they had to do that before recording that one shot?

Harvs · 06-15-15, 07:17 PM

he only did it once in the video, bloody long walk to get it on the first try

Platapus · 06-15-15, 07:26 PM

I wonder if it is faked. From the casual and non-repeatable way he threw that ball, I really can't imagine he was able to compensate for thermals and wind like that.

Unfortunately it is so easy to fake videos these days, you really can't trust what you see any more.

Also I have seen players break backboards like that just by jumping-shotting. I wonder what the kinetic energy would be. Especially with that camera being there it was in the last bit. I would imagine that there would be more kinetic force transferred.

But then to quote from the movie The Lost Skeleton of Cadavera "I'm a scientist, I don't believe in anything. "

Wolferz · 06-17-15, 11:32 AM

You would think that the basketball's terminal velocity would be enough to either bend the rim or break the backboard or both. Though it did swish the net, it's still a tad preposterous and possibly faked due to the lack of bounce when it struck the ground. I think the ball should have bounced much higher, even after being slowed by friction from the net. It was travelling at @ 120 MPH after all.

Buddahaid · 06-17-15, 01:32 PM

This is a silly record stunt that pretty much anyone could do with enough time. I'm not impressed at all.

Dowly · 06-17-15, 01:41 PM

It's real.

Sailor Steve · 06-17-15, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolferz

You would think that the basketball's terminal velocity would be enough to either bend the rim or break the backboard or both.

According to this site the terminal velocity of a basketball is only 20 m/s, or 45 mph. I don't know how much force that would exert on a steel hoop or safety glass, but I'll bet the rubber-and-air ball weighing a whopping 22 ounces would give first.

06-15-15, 05:40 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,381 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I wonder how many times they had to do that before recording that one shot? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-15-15, 07:17 PM	#2
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06-15-15, 07:26 PM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,381 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I wonder if it is faked. From the casual and non-repeatable way he threw that ball, I really can't imagine he was able to compensate for thermals and wind like that. Unfortunately it is so easy to fake videos these days, you really can't trust what you see any more. Also I have seen players break backboards like that just by jumping-shotting. I wonder what the kinetic energy would be. Especially with that camera being there it was in the last bit. I would imagine that there would be more kinetic force transferred. But then to quote from the movie The Lost Skeleton of Cadavera "I'm a scientist, I don't believe in anything. " __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right. Last edited by Platapus; 06-15-15 at 07:33 PM.

06-17-15, 11:32 AM	#4
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	You would think that the basketball's terminal velocity would be enough to either bend the rim or break the backboard or both. Though it did swish the net, it's still a tad preposterous and possibly faked due to the lack of bounce when it struck the ground. I think the ball should have bounced much higher, even after being slowed by friction from the net. It was travelling at @ 120 MPH after all. __________________ Tomorrow never comes

06-17-15, 01:32 PM	#5
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,330 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	This is a silly record stunt that pretty much anyone could do with enough time. I'm not impressed at all. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

06-17-15, 01:41 PM	#6
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,054 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	It's real.