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:
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>  > Terence Nesbit wrote:
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>  >> Does science apply to the game of basketball?  In particular, to jump
>  >> shots and lay-ups?
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>  >> 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.
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>  >> 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?
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>  >> Terence Nesbit
>  >> Valparaiso, IN
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>  > 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).
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> 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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