|
|
I would be really interested to hear from anyone that regularly has a go on the arcade machines, whereby the punchbag pops down and you smack it as hard as you can and it "supposedly" tells you how hard you have hit it.
Bit of a long story, but I had a try on holiday and noticed that I was hitting a good 100 points less than most of the other people having a go.
Whilst I am no boxer, I knew for a fact that I can certainly hit pretty hard and should certainly not be hitting less than the perceived average.
Manhood destroyed, I did a bit of research and have found lots of information that suggests that these machines are particularly bad for those individuals that can hit hard and straight.
It never occurred to me, at the time, but everyone else seemed to be punching slightly down on the ball, whereas I was punching as if I were punching another human (i.e. through the ball).
Suddenly, things started to make sense - the way the ball swings back and up is completely unnatural. When you punch most things, in front of you, they absorb the below and move immediately backwards.
By my punching straight, I was losing lots of power as the ball moved up and away from my hand.
I have even read some accounts of martial artists and UFC fighters that got lower scores than people half their weight, because they were also unaware of this bit of physics.
There are also video-clips of people slapping the ball at just the right point and still getting incredibly high scores.
It would be great to hear from anyone that has cracked exactly where to hit the ball for maximum effect or perhaps any physics buffs that might be able to theoretically predict exactly what the best strike place might be. |
|
26-11-2019 04:59:32
Author