Believe it or not?

That would not surprise too much.

Not sure if it is real or not, but I find it odd that they would put the hoop on the 45 yard line. Seems like he could have thrown it and then they just put the basket where ever the ball landed later using a computer.

This shot is more convincing.


They have the camera setup on the hoop before the ball comes down.

Then again, just keep throwing the ball and recording eventually one will go in, right?

I love it...I've hit full court shots before...you have to throw it like a baseball pitch. The nice thing about that shot is the angle...he gets to throw the ball down instead of dealing with an arc.

Pretty cool!

I made a paper airplane from a magazine, opened up my window at the Fairmont in San Francisco. Tossed it out the window and the thing hovered and dived, went back up and after 20 seconds, flew into an open window a block away. Hole in one.

Look how little the backboard shakes after it is hit by the ball. I've thrown up some bricks in my day which ended up being total rim rattlers and this does not even come close. I can only imagine how hard and fast that ball much be coming as it accelerates from the top deck.

Also, from the ground view, does the flight of the ball appear to be bending from left to right? I guess you could make the argument of wind, but again, does the physics support arch in the flight of the ball?

(09-23-2009 11:38 AM)JunctaJuvant Wrote:  Look how little the backboard shakes after it is hit by the ball. I've thrown up some bricks in my day which ended up being total rim rattlers and this does not even come close. I can only imagine how hard and fast that ball much be coming as it accelerates from the top deck.

Also, from the ground view, does the flight of the ball appear to be bending from left to right? I guess you could make the argument of wind, but again, does the physics support arch in the flight of the ball?

Depends on the spin...Laminar flow dictates that a force will be produced to push an object toward the lowest air density...with backspin, that force is up (if, say, you were throwing a pitch off a baseball mound)..same thing with left to right movement..if the ball is spinning on its vertical axis, the net movement would be toward the side of the ball that is rotating toward you (that's how curveballs and screwballs work).

My guess it that a combination of wind and rotation made the ball arc the way it did...

I used to throw a screwball with a softball and get it to break almost a foot from the mound to the plate (not a very fast pitch, but it did have movement!). It would break into a right-handed batter...