A tennis ball’s worst nightmare

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    stmercy2020
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    Nice pic as well. Looks like the racket's strings failed on that one. Looking at the size of her arms reminds me of a story I heard years ago of a professional woman tennis player who had a grip so strong she could burst a tennis ball in her hand. I was intrigued at this, so I placed a brand new Wilson ball in a 15 ton press and commenced to putting it under pressure. I stopped after the gauge read 3 tons. The ball was nearly flat and I was afraid it would burst and possibly cause rubber shrapnel. Needless to say, if the story was true then there must have been some trick the woman used to be able to accomplish such a feat.

    probably was at least partly because the human grip doesn't exert pressure equally along the surface of the ball; still, it's a hell of a feat of grip strength.

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