Which is harder, hitting an 100mph baseball pitch or returning an 100mph tennis serve?

[UpAndComing]

Is what Nadal, Federer, Djokovic do more impressive than what Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Albert Pujols do?

 

[34TheTruth]

Losing 6 NBA finals

 

[cobra]

Losing 6 NBA finals

 

[Art Barr]

Hitting a baseball at one hundred miles an hour. You have to be born with a god given talent for.

Returning serve at 100 plus is childplay to hitting a baseball at 100 mph.

Hitting a baseball at 100 mph is the hardest sporting activity on earth tbh.

Hitting a 100 mph Baseball is easily the obvious clear choice here. Plus the most difficult between the two to do.



Art Barr

*placed third at the city championship in high school tennis.
with no high school tennis team.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

"Easier" to hit a tennis ball but you aren't doing shyt with it

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

You will need to provide some clarification around the question - are you speaking about what the average person would find the hardest, and you mentioned the word "returning" in the thread title, does that mean you're saying not just hitting the tennis ball, but returning it back over the net in-bounds?

The latter is an important distinction, because that requires a lot more actions than just simply hitting a baseball.

 

[Big Blue]

Baseball pitch. People don't realize that's the ball speed BEFORE it hits the ground so it slows down a lot.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Baseball pitch. People don't realize that's the ball speed BEFORE it hits the ground so it slows down a lot.

Yeah, a more appropriate comparison would be a 100mph baseball pitch vs. 130-140mph tennis serve, because then the reaction time needed to hit both balls would be similar.

 

[TrillaMonsoon]

You will need to provide some clarification around the question - are you speaking about what the average person would find the hardest, and you mentioned the word "returning" in the thread title, does that mean you're saying not just hitting the tennis ball, but returning it back over the net in-bounds?

The latter is an important distinction, because that requires a lot more actions than just simply hitting a baseball.

The same clarification needed for baseball because is it just ticking the ball or actually hitting a ball fair and with decent contact?

 

[RubioTheCruel]

Hitting a round ball thrown very hard with a round bat is one of the most difficult things to do in sport

 

[Born2BKing]

Losing 6 NBA finals

Is it harder to make 11 NBA Finals?

 

[Da_Eggman]

A tennis ball isn’t hard af and can possibly kill you

 

[FaTaL]

I can deflect a 100 mph tennis serve, I just can’t hit back in bounds




Actually hitting the net would be a accomplishment

 

[UpAndComing]

The same clarification needed for baseball because is it just ticking the ball or actually hitting a ball fair and with decent contact?

Hitting a 100mph baseball fair vs Returning a 100mph Tennis ball back in play without it going out of bounds

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Hitting a 100mph baseball fair vs Returning a 100mph Tennis ball back in play without it going out of bounds

Is bunting allowed