I started to, but then I remembered what I was about to do.  Sorry.


"Terence Nesbit" <TerryKidd@att.net> wrote in message
news:3F935AE9.8010703@att.net...
> No replies?  No scientists out there?  I know that helium would lighten
> the ball, but of course, for other actions to occur there would have to
> be a third element, with air being the norm.  And then a control
> processor would be required no matter what was placed into the ball, in
> order for periods of normalcy to exist, as opposed to increased spin,
> lightened, or denser weighted balls.  Rather expensive isn't this?  Or
> isn't it?
>
> Terence Nesbit wrote:
> >
> >
> > Terence Nesbit wrote:
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > Terence Nesbit wrote:
> >  >
> >  >> Does science apply to the game of basketball?  In particular, to
jump
> >  >> shots and lay-ups?
> >  >>
> >  >> My reason for asking!  I am trying to figure out why a dribble could
> >  >> suddenly not bounce as high, with all things being equal;  and why a
> >  >> shot could alter rotation, glide from the basket to the left or
right;
> >  >> fall from one's hand, to the left or right, or upwards (off of the
> >  >> finger tips), or down into the palm or lower; and how can a shot
> >  >> suddenly spin downwards, or slow its revolution, or curve at the end
> >  >> of its arc.
> >  >>
> >  >> My theory:  I believe that the ball is being affected by something
> >  >> that can alter its mass/weight.  I can not figure out what it is,
and
> >  >> I am not sure what could trigger the adjustments, but it would have
to
> >  >> be some type of external control.  But this has to be the case, at
> >  >> least from my personal experience.  Why do I feel this is so?  After
> >  >> playing basketball for 23 years, I have taken a lot of shots.  I
have
> >  >> shot to the left or right, and I knew that from the time I released
> >  >> the ball.  I have shot high, and been able to adjust the next time I
> >  >> touched the ball.  The same can be said for any other shot that I
have
> >  >> missed.  I have had a turn around three point shot that I have hit
at
> >  >> an extremely high rate, but suddenly I could not hit it if my life
> >  >> depended on it.  I feel the ball shifting in my hand at the point of
> >  >> release (I have sensitive hands, and I have been able to shift the
> >  >> ball in my hand for a long time when the need arose).
> >  >>
> >  >> Thoughts?
> >  >>
> >  >> Terence Nesbit
> >  >> Valparaiso, IN
> >  >>
> >  >
> >  > Also, I have felt the ball become extremely heavy when I have delayed
my
> >  > shot, but only sometimes.  All of this is only sometimes, but I have
> >  > missed twenty shots in a row after hitting a few at a decent clip.  I
> >  > have also had to push the ball extremely hard in order to shoot
> >  > sometimes.  It seems warped (but that isn't odd as a lot of things
do).
> >  >
> > Of course, for this to occur, for a shot to be altered illegally, the
> > shooter would have to be watched.  By a person playing in the same game,
or
> > by some other party.
> >
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