Squash: the smallest ball
Donn C. Young
Dear folks,
I was proselytizing on the righteousness of squash amongst some heathen
[non-squash players] and mentioned the size of the ball. A discussion on
the size of the ball ensued - we were wondering if the squash ball is
the
smallest ball played in a competitive sport [we ignored marbles]. The
discussion ran into size limits on balls that are handled/thrown/caught
versus those that are primarily hit [like a golf or tennis ball].
Anyone care to comment? I doubt that there'll be much of a market for
bumper stickers with tongue-in-cheek references to size!
Donn
Donn Young, Ohio State University Cancer Center
Dave Macmurchie
>Dear folks,
>Donn
The last time I played squash at Ohio State (1973) it was in a
raquetball court, with a very large ball! Glad things have improved (I
gather!) On that glorious occasion, it was my honour to finish 5th in
the OSU squash championships- you guessed it, there were exactly 5
entrants! I was also the only Caucasian in the badminton club; has
that changed, too?
Dave Macmurchie
Thetis Island, BC
http://www.island.net/~dmacmurc/
Jonathan George
Donn C. Young wrote:
>
> I was proselytizing on the righteousness of squash amongst some heathen
> [non-squash players] and mentioned the size of the ball. A discussion on
> the size of the ball ensued - we were wondering if the squash ball is
> the
> smallest ball played in a competitive sport [we ignored marbles]. The
> discussion ran into size limits on balls that are handled/thrown/caught
> versus those that are primarily hit [like a golf or tennis ball].
>
> Anyone care to comment? I doubt that there'll be much of a market for
> bumper stickers with tongue-in-cheek references to size!
I haven't got one to hand, but a Table Tennis ("Ping-Pong") ball must be
about the same size, or maybe smaller than a Squash ball!
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Ronald Kirk Marat
>I was proselytizing on the righteousness of squash amongst some heathen
>[non-squash players] and mentioned the size of the ball. A discussion on
>the size of the ball ensued - we were wondering if the squash ball is
>the
>smallest ball played in a competitive sport [we ignored marbles]. The
>discussion ran into size limits on balls that are handled/thrown/caught
>versus those that are primarily hit [like a golf or tennis ball].
A regulation squash ball is 39.5 mm.
A ping-pong ball might be a bit smaller. I would venture a guess that squash
balls have the highest initial projectile velocity of any racquet sport.
Any data out there?
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Mark Delany
h_l...@postoffice.sandybay.utas.edu.au (Mad Hamish) writes:
>In article <327126...@osu.edu> "Donn C. Young" <you...@osu.edu> writes:
>>the size of the ball ensued - we were wondering if the squash ball is
>>the
>>smallest ball played in a competitive sport [we ignored marbles].
>well ignoring Shot from shooting I'd suspect that a table tennis ball is just
>smaller.
Correct weight.
Sport Ball Diameter
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Table Tennis 38.2mm (1.5inch)
Squash 39.5 - 41.5mm
Handball 48mm
Head of shuttlecock 28mm (full length 70mm)
Golf UK 41.1mm (1.62inch)
Golf US 42.6mm (1.68inch) (also Canada, International)
Dunno whether the UK/US golf differences are still true.
Note that the Boccie jack is 37mm according to my reference but it has
nothing on marbles - sigh.
Regards.
Glen Lochhead
And how about golf? Does anyone know the dimensions of the table-tennis,
squash and golf balls?
Mad Hamish wrote:
>
> In article <327126...@osu.edu> "Donn C. Young" <you...@osu.edu> writes:
> >the size of the ball ensued - we were wondering if the squash ball is
> >the
> >smallest ball played in a competitive sport [we ignored marbles].
>
> well ignoring Shot from shooting I'd suspect that a table tennis ball is just
> smaller.
>
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Mad Hamish
Paul Yee
Mark Delany <ma...@mira.net.au> wrote:
>
> Sport Ball Diameter
> --------------- ------------------------------
> Table Tennis 38.2mm (1.5inch)
>
> Squash 39.5 - 41.5mm
>
> Handball 48mm
>
> Head of shuttlecock 28mm (full length 70mm)
>
> Golf UK 41.1mm (1.62inch)
> Golf US 42.6mm (1.68inch) (also Canada, International)
> Dunno whether the UK/US golf differences are still true.
>
>
> Note that the Boccie jack is 37mm according to my reference but it has
> nothing on marbles - sigh.
>
Do we really want to advertise the fact that squash players have the
smallest balls in sport?
Paul
S D G
In article <552j3v$l...@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>, ma...@cc.umanitoba.ca (Ronald Kirk Marat) wrote:
>A regulation squash ball is 39.5 mm.
>
>A ping-pong ball might be a bit smaller. I would venture a guess that squash
>balls have the highest initial projectile velocity of any racquet sport.
>Any data out there?
I don't know for sure, but a badminton shuttlecock may travel faster than a
squash ball.
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Leon Kuan
This has got to be one of the most aimless news threads I've seen.
That being said, there's a sport called Racquets which may have a
smaller ball than any of the ones mentioned. The ball is as hard
as a rock, and is not necessarily perfectly round.
I don't want to prejudge, but it seems like a pretty ridiculous
game.
Stone1029
>>A ping-pong ball might be a bit smaller. I would venture a guess that
squash
>>balls have the highest initial projectile velocity of any racquet sport.
>>Any data out there?
>I don't know for sure, but a badminton shuttlecock may travel faster than
a
>squash ball.
Hard Racquets probably has it over both of them in initial projectile
velocity. Consider hitting a small golf ball with a racquet a couple
inches longer than a squash racquet. That and you're hitting it against a
slate wall. VERY VERY fast game. Not too many courts around though.
Doug Stone
Harmon Pierce
Squash is the second fastest ball in the world, second to Jai-alai (sp?). I doubt very much, in fact I am sure that a shuttlecock would not even make it into the top 5. Would be nice to see data though....
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Anthony Andrews
In article <567vlo$19...@news.rchland.ibm.com>, hapi...@hapster.rchland.ibm.com
says...
>
>Squash is the second fastest ball in the world, second to Jai-alai (sp?). I
dou
>bt very much, in fact I am sure that a shuttlecock would not even make it
into
>the top 5. Would be nice to see data though....
>
In terms of initial velocity the shuttlecock WILL be in the top 5. Measured
coming off the raquet the shuttlecock reaches speeds of up to 190 MPH. I am
quite sure that this is fater than the squash ball travels. However the
shuttlecock slows down very rapidly due to the feathers and design. The squash
ball does not slow quite as much. However when you've faced someone with a big
smash in badminton the slowing process doesn't occur fast enough!!
Cheers
Anthony
Marc Fuller
hapi...@hapster.rchland.ibm.com (Harmon Pierce) wrote:
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I tried this game once. I would not recommend it without a
referee and a LaCrosse. Helmet. Doug is right, the ball is a
small golf ball and the court is a squash players nightmare.
Can you imagine what a golf ball does on slate?
Marc S. Fuller
CVRTI, University of Utah