Jul 19, 2015
I live for this.
seen from Chile
seen from Netherlands
seen from Cyprus
seen from Cape Verde
seen from Iraq
seen from Switzerland
seen from Malaysia
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from Malaysia
seen from United States
seen from Malaysia
seen from China
seen from Kazakhstan
seen from Cyprus
seen from Brazil
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Australia
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I live for this.
The Incredible Numbers Behind Serena Williams' Dominance [x]
Guys, if you seriously hate Chrome’s revamped bookmark UI *cough* like me *cough*, just do the following:
Type chrome://flags in the omnibar
Set Enable Enhanced Bookmarks to disable.
Restart the browser.
Cheers! Rei
Random tennis fact/s of the day
Let’s talk about the most obvious aspect that sets tennis apart from other sports --the court surface. No other sport is played on so many different materials, and these materials dictate the game more than we’re aware of.
“During a typical rally, the ball will spend more than 99.5 percent of its time traveling between players, sailing through the air and ricocheting off the ground. It is in contact with the racket for the remaining fraction of a percent. The players control that fraction. Physics controls everything else. [x]”
The actual boss: PHYSICS
There are two ways to examine grass, cement/hard, and clay surfaces: (1) bounce/surface elasticity (coefficient of restitution), and (2) skid (coefficient of friction).
The ball bounces the highest on clay because the materials are compact af (high restitution). Little energy is lost upon the ball’s impact on surface. Meanwhile the ball bounces the lowest on grass because the soil acts as a cushion (low restitution), dissipating a high percentage of the ball’s energy. A ball’s bounce on hard court is somewhere between the two.
Now let’s talk friction. Ball is slow on clay because the surface acts as a sandpaper that grabs on the ball’s fuzz. On the other hand, grass is sleek af, so the ball literally just skids across the grass blades like a smooth mofo. Lastly, hard courts are in between.
What does this mean for a playah?
Friction influences the speed of the ball, and elasticity/bounciness influences the angle of the ball. A 120mph serve on grass will come off the bounce about 8mph faster than a 120mph serve on clay thanks to lower friction, and about 7 degrees lower than clay because of lower restitution. Now add up all of these shit together with the unevenness of the surface. The player’s reaction should be fast and fucking furious at Wimby, and warrior mode at French Open.
But what about my fave, the hard court?
What makes hard court special is heat retention. Now you know why your bae is sweaty af during hard court season.
Cheers!!! Rei
P.S. I’m not drunk.
P.S.S. I need sleep.
I got excited because The Titan is in this list, and deservedly so.
Ten minutes of Oliver Kahn being legendary [x]
Top 5 Cleanest Players In History
You just know that you can't trust a football channel that makes this kind of list with Alaba at #2 and no Philipp Lahm. Dude, between the two, Fips has more caps (club and nt) and 0 red card. But I guess Fips is on different class for being one of the best defenders, and not once getting a red.
Youtube, please stop recommending shitty videos next time.
For those who are wondering, you can now use the 540px post width without worrying about your photosets/gifsets getting royally fucked blurred.