Inertial Dampening, anyone?

Many great advances are the result of accidental events or observations (penicillin comes to mind) ... Maybe someone can apply the principle of whatever caused the 'non-bounce' ... to ameliorate the problem of inertia (with the accompanying G Forces) in a fast moving system!

What?... Stranger things have happened

Wait...I've got a more reasonable explanation...the air pocket was caused by heat right? So thus it was probably sticky around that area? Do I need go on? However, she does seem to walk right over the area with no problem what so ever. Not even a sign of an air pocket.

I've seen this happen before. It is caused by air trapped under the surface of the court. Obviously, the participants of the tournament have seen this happen before as well, because they immediately went out and drilled holes in the court and the problem was solved.

Try bouncing a tennis ball off a pillow or a waterbed....same result as seen in the video. No conspiracy here. Nothing to hide. it happens sometimes with artificial surfaces.

Originally posted by Aggie Man
I've seen this happen before. It is caused by air trapped under the surface of the court. Obviously, the participants of the tournament have seen this happen before as well, because they immediately went out and drilled holes in the court and the problem was solved.

Try bouncing a tennis ball off a pillow or a waterbed....same result as seen in the video. No conspiracy here. Nothing to hide. it happens sometimes with artificial surfaces.

edit on 21-1-2011 by Aggie Man because: (no reason given)

That is a flat surface and she stepped in the area and the ball stuck and never rolled or moved.Maybe some sort of a way they have been ''FIX'' the out come of games?

Originally posted by Highergrounds
That is a flat surface and she stepped in the area and the ball stuck and never rolled or moved.Maybe some sort of a way they have been ''FIX'' the out come of games?

I'm not sure I get your point. She is not a 2-ounce tennis ball, so the physical reaction to her stepping on the court vs. the ball hitting the court is an apples to oranges comparison. Please clarify if I am misinterpreting your comment.

Nice find mate.

I think there may be more to this.

Here's a scenario for you;

A grid-work of electromagnets is secreted under the court.

The balls in play are 'specially' manufactured, and include very fine strips of either neodymium or just plain old ferrous metal foil, inside the ball (the weight would remain the same as a normal ball).

The match is played and huge sums are bet on the outcome.

The grid is monitored, and activated either (probably) by computer or manually at the appropriate moment, in order to cause a momentary 'hiccup' in the bounce or direction of the ball and wrong-foot the player you're betting against.

Sports are rigged all over the planet, it's not such a 'tin foil' conspiracy to assume the same is true of tennis.

Perhaps on this occasion, the computer controlling the electromagnetic grid buried under the court, went haywire and left a grid element (electromagnet) activated. The 'acted out' drilling holes in the court surface may have simply coincided with the grid operator resetting the computer or turning off that particular electromagnet, and making it appear as though an air bubble was the cause.

It would be quite easy to accomplish this fiddle, technologically speaking.