Way the Ball Bounces
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In the article "The Way the Ball Bounces" it states how different athletic balls react under certain circumstances. Many of the balls we use for athletic competition react different under the same circumstances and act the same under other circumstances. Take for example when it is warm outside and you are hitting a golf ball the ball will go farther that if it was cold out. One because the person hitting the ball is more loose and two so it the ball it is not hard and will allow for explosive power when contact is made. The same can be said for a baseball; it is a known fact that homeruns don't really start flying out of the ballpark until the middle of June when the weather starts to heat up. As apposed to April and May when the weather is cooler and it is harder to get loose and when you hit the ball it hurts your hands.
The article goes over various test and measurements of the different balls used for athletic competition. One of them was to place a baseball in the freezer and keep one under normal room temperature. Then take the balls out and drop them from the same height and see, which bounces higher. Now you would think that the frozen would bounce higher because the ground would absorb less of the impact and therefore the ball would bounce higher...