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Mar 6, 2015
2:01:27pm

darkcoug

Tennis balls also go up and down so travel even further before they get to the

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darkcoug

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which requires a faster reaction time: baseball batter or tennis serve

bald man

3/6/15 1:46pm

I would guess baseball, but you could probably do the math.

boogers

3/6/15 1:48pm

A tennis player has more ground to cover

mudpupper

3/6/15 1:52pm

tennis serves are probably on avg 20-30 mph

franklyvulgar

3/6/15 1:54pm

Also, the ball has to travel a greater distance in tennis

fredgarvin

3/6/15 1:57pm

Tennis balls also go up and down so travel even further before they get to the

darkcoug

3/6/15 2:01pm

baseball distance more like 55 feet.

bald man

3/6/15 2:15pm

True, considering release point to bat contact

fredgarvin

3/6/15 2:55pm

More tennis serves are returned than pitches put into play

Left Shark Coug

3/6/15 2:00pm

...and your point is?

Nathanael Greene

3/6/15 2:00pm

One is obviously easier than the other.

Left Shark Coug

3/6/15 2:05pm

The tennis racket is bigger than a bat.

Cougar-Duck

3/6/15 2:07pm

Also, tennis players are swinging with a wide racket, not a baseball bat

WhiteKnight

3/6/15 2:07pm

That has a flat, more predictable contact surface.

Left Shark Coug

3/6/15 2:10pm

If you bunted every at-bat I think you'd have a much higher rate of success

Nathanael Greene

3/6/15 2:12pm

That's funny cause I don't think that post has much of a point

Left Shark Coug

3/6/15 2:55pm

very few tennis serves are meant to be an ace. most pitches are meant to

BlueFrog

3/6/15 2:30pm

It's not because the desire to do so in tennis isn't h there.

Left Shark Coug

3/6/15 2:50pm

A tennis player has to return a server, a batter can take a pass on a pitch

mudpupper

3/6/15 2:58pm

Here is the correct answer

TeeKaa

3/6/15 2:25pm

I think he's just asking which one requries you to react faster to actually

boogers

3/6/15 2:33pm

In that case. I'm going with the baseball requires quicker reflexes.

TeeKaa

3/6/15 2:58pm

RE: which requires a faster reaction time: baseball batter or tennis serve

3/6/15 2:35pm

RE: which requires a faster reaction time: baseball batter or tennis serve

Nathanael Greene

3/6/15 2:38pm

Having played both fairly seriously I can tell you

Zoobie

3/6/15 3:23pm

Very interesting question. I think contact with a pitch is tougher.

Spindash

3/6/15 3:45pm

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