Softer balls
The best kind of day is one where you learn something new. Not necessary for the information to be important but new. And so a few minutes ago I learned that there are different kinds of golf balls. Not just colours. Actual differences in the way they roll and the way they respond to being hit. I had heard of those fancy chalk ones they explode when you hit them but that wasn’t what this was about. Some of the golf ball manufacturers have full test facilities. Laboratories. I do not golf. Take that as a starting point but now I want to know if the same strategy of having differences in the balls. Applies to other sports Are there hockey pucks they’re just a little bit different? What about tennis balls? How about badminton birdies? Actually I know that one a little bit. Some of the shuttles have feathers and some of them have fancy plastic. But that wasn’t the point of this all. You can say that you practice a given sport but if the basic equipment changes from person to person is it even possible to make judgments about either your own or collective skill level. I will have to put some research into this question. Call me challenged. And for the record I have no long term expectations about learning to play any of these sports. That part of my life is an earlier chapter. Right now I just want to make sure that when I get hit by a golf ball it is one of the soft ones that leaves no lasting mark on me. Is that too much to ask?
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