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Dribble Quibble: Experiments find that new basketball gets slick

11-04-2006 · Science News Online

According to preliminary results from a study at a physics lab, a new basketball for professional players bounces less elastically, veers more when it bounces, and becomes more slippery when damp than does a leather ball.

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