How fast can a racquetball go

While many players have started using these indoors, visibility can be difficult as red, white and brown all blur together at high speeds. If you like to hit the balls as hard and fast as possible, these may be for you. Designed for ultimate visibility indoor and outdoor, multicolored racquetballs are ideal for fast-action speed in all lighting conditions and on any color court surface.

These pink racquetballs are on the same level as an outdoor ball with high speed and lively play. The visibility with these racquetballs is excellent. The Wilson Hope Racquetballs were introduced as part of the Hope line. I've heard that he crushes the ball harder than his brother ever did. I also remember reading in either Racquetball Magazine or Killshot within the last year that there was a rumor going around that someone clocked Sudsy's backhand during a match at mph.

I find this hard to believe, but after watching him play at the pro stop in Chicago last October, I can vouch that the little freak crushes it harder than most pros hit their drive serves. I do know that the only way a radar gun gets a true speed of any object is if it is traveling right at the radar gun. The next best thing is if it is traveling parallel to the direction that the gun is facing. Any angle between the gun and the ball will result in a lower speed rating, but for very small angles it will only be by a bit.

Frankly I'm always amazed that these radar guns are even reading anything as small as a raquetball. Makes you wonder if there are any birds around when you get pulled over that you can complain about in court not r-ball court. Mark Freund. Anyone know if this has ever been done? Bart I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

Sir Isaac Newton. Fastest serve or shot. Reply to author. Report message as abuse. Show original message. Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message. Does anybody know what the fastest official serve or shot in mph is, and who it belongs to?

They have Sudsy Monchik as the top hitter at mph. If anybody knows of any faster shots, I would appreciate you letting me know. Keith Herman. I have heard rumors of Egan Inoue being clocked at mph back in the 's and a later speed of in In an interview Egan said that he had never seen the read-out on the gun that clocked him at but he had seen the one that had him at I also read a newspaper article once that said Cliff Swain had been clocked in the 's and once heard a rumor that Scott Reiff was clocked at mph at a pro stop in Atlanta one year.

I think it's a bunch of bull. However for anyone who plays semi-often, especially big-swingers with ultra-light racquets, the HD ball plays a major role in avoiding injuries such as tennis elbow and tendinitis.

Engineers were eventually able to develop a compound that worked with thinner walls. The result: a lighter ball to go with the new lighter racquetball racquets. The heaviest racquet on Tour is around grams, according to Ganim, with most players competing with racquets in the range. Durability and additional comfort are just two of the three major components of the Pro Penn HD.

These balls were designed for completely different playing surfaces, racquets, and styles of play than tennis balls. In fact, the fastest tennis ball hit was by Andy Roddick at mph. You now know why racquetball players typically wear eye protection.

That ball could make you go blind getting hit that hard. Also Joseph G. Sobek - was the inventor of racquetball, He also worked in a rubber manufacturing plant in Bridgeport, CT. That would explain why the racquetball is a solid piece of rubber. With a mph swing, using an degree driver with. When testing equipment, the USGA uses a swing speed of mph to simulate a professionals swing speed. This results in a ball speed of around mph. The fastest velocity is just after impact.

Yes because if you hit the top of the ball it won't go very fast, but if you hit the bottom or the middle if the ball it will go faster. Yes, they are required to hit the ball before it hits the floor a second time Combined speed. The soccer ball reaches its top speed of about 75 mph 1 second after being hit.

The ball's speed is 9. Generally, yes - or at lest to a greater extent than it does in baseball. Physically, the harder you hit the ball mostly speed of the bat the farther it will travel. In softball, the speed of the incoming ball really doesn't vary all that much between fast pich and slow pitch. In baseball, the speed of the incoming ball - if it's a fast ball especially - has a great bearing on how far the ball will travel. So if the bat speed is good in either sport, in softball the hit will travel farther.

In baseball, with the right pitch, the hit will travel much farther. It should hit the ground with the same speed it was thrown up. But due to air friction , the speed will be less in practice. The racquetball can only hit the floor once before the player must hit it back to the front wall.