The Impossible Table Tennis Shot?

[YosuaYosan]

I laughed at the poll
Have you seen anything like it? Yes... Just now

 

[goldhand96]

haha omg pierre-luc hinse is training in austria actually !!! i think i've got to ask him out about that shot^^

 

[Mr. RicharD]

I don't know, it's as close to pretty impossible as you can get only because statistically speaking this will probably only ever happen once in a player's life. The circumstances are like astronomical for touch, countering of spin, placement, how it hits the net and so on. And to those of you who have done this two or more times in a lifetime it's still statistically impossible because you're probably the only people who've ever done it that many times in the world.

 

[LegendenSBG]

We had a look at this on New Years Eve, and laughed our asses of

 

[gggecko]

It occured because the ball will travel in a parabolic curve when hit, and the table surface was level with the bottom of the ball when it reached the apex of the curve. Because of this, the ball had no vertical speed and therefore no bounce. I did this to my dad once, he just stood there mouth open, as did I.

 

[Beartrendy]

Where's the "I'm sorry" gesture? an impossible shot indeed

 

[JustAlt]

Where's the "I'm sorry" gesture? an impossible shot indeed

Why would anyone be sorry in that situation?

 

[Axamax]

I still think Xavier could've returned that shot. The ball rolled, it didn't bounce. All he needed to do was wait until the ball rolled off the right side.

 

[Beartrendy]

Why would anyone be sorry in that situation?

A bit of a lucky shot, don't you think?

 

[JustAlt]

A bit of a lucky shot, don't you think?

Nah, a shot that hits the net or the edge of the table is lucky shot, that one took effort to get in.

 

[azlan]

Beartrendy meant "Sorry mate, you thought that point is yours?" or "Sorry mate, I'm just too good. You thought it's over? Good try though"

 

[rdlau]

Its not imposible , Its okay,,,,,

 

[Mysttable]

OMG Epic shot

 

[Andrew]

lucky shot XD

 

[syed naseer]

bhensum aala

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

I still think Xavier could've returned that shot. The ball rolled, it didn't bounce. All he needed to do was wait until the ball rolled off the right side.

I was wondering the same thing but I do think that there is a tiny bounce when the ball first lands. But in theory, I wonder what the rule is if it actually did not bounce at all and just rolled.

 

[kllw100]

This Was Just insane

 

[kllw100]

yaya insane

 

[GeMaCa]

Cool!!!!!!!!!! wow!!! How did he do that???

 

[Axamax]

You can see Pierre-Luc talk about his shot at 2:30