Have You Seen This? Not your mama’s ping-pong tricks video

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THE NET — If you spend much time on the internet, you’ve seen a lot of videos and whole YouTube channels that involve trick shots with all kinds of sports balls.

Ping-pong balls are a popular choice for people who aren’t Dude Perfect. I’m guessing this is because ping-pong balls are cheap — which means you don’t need a cash infusion from sponsors — and they are light, which means they can be tossed around your home safely.

Now, this featured video starts out like all the other ping-pong videos, with a few increasing distance shots and some angled boards. But if you patiently watch the just-over-one-minute video, you’ll be rewarded with some impressive upgrades.

YouTube user DoodleChaos is responsible for posting the clip, which he aptly describes as a “crescendo of difficulty.” One-hand shots escalate to two-hand shots. Two-hand shots escalate to timing shots with moving parts. Then moving parts shots escalate into moving parts that are literally thrown into each set up with a sort of chaotic precision.

It all ends with a small Rube Goldberg machine and a guttural “yes” from the ping-pong ball throwing hero in the video.

After all my praise, however, I do have one qualm. You may notice that we don’t actually see any human actually throwing ping-pong balls. Basically, I cannot guarantee that each throw wasn’t done by a precision robot or even a wizard. Please post any other conspiracy theories you may have in this vein below, and I’m sure we’ll get to the bottom of it.


Martha Ostergar

About the Author: Martha Ostergar

Martha Ostergar is a writer who delights in the ridiculous that internet serves up, which means she's more than grateful that she gets to cruise the web for amazing videos to write about. Follow her on Twitter @monstergar.

THE NET — If you spend much time on the internet, you’ve seen a lot of videos and whole YouTube channels that involve trick shots with all kinds of sports balls.

Ping-pong balls are a popular choice for people who aren’t Dude Perfect. I’m guessing this is because ping-pong balls are cheap — which means you don’t need a cash infusion from sponsors — and they are light, which means they can be tossed around your home safely.

Now, this featured video starts out like all the other ping-pong videos, with a few increasing distance shots and some angled boards. But if you patiently watch the just-over-one-minute video, you’ll be rewarded with some impressive upgrades.

YouTube user DoodleChaos is responsible for posting the clip, which he aptly describes as a “crescendo of difficulty.” One-hand shots escalate to two-hand shots. Two-hand shots escalate to timing shots with moving parts. Then moving parts shots escalate into moving parts that are literally thrown into each set up with a sort of chaotic precision.

It all ends with a small Rube Goldberg machine and a guttural “yes” from the ping-pong ball throwing hero in the video.

After all my praise, however, I do have one qualm. You may notice that we don’t actually see any human actually throwing ping-pong balls. Basically, I cannot guarantee that each throw wasn’t done by a precision robot or even a wizard. Please post any other conspiracy theories you may have in this vein below, and I’m sure we’ll get to the bottom of it.


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About the Author: Martha Ostergar ---------------------------------

Martha Ostergar is a writer who delights in the ridiculous that internet serves up, which means she's more than grateful that she gets to cruise the web for amazing videos to write about. Follow her on Twitter @monstergar.

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