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Mar 6, 2015
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Nathanael Greene
RE: which requires a faster reaction time: baseball batter or tennis serve
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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
BIG XII Coug
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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