What are some of the quickest sports in the world?

Professional athletes are constantly progressing further and faster in the sports in which they compete. With the aid of sports sciences, diets, breathing, movement, strength, muscle fatigue, basically every aspect that can be analysed, will be, all in the aim to get a slight edge over their competition. Have you ever watched a running race where someone was chased down from a seemingly large gap, or even on a football field before a tackle was made? Just how did they close the gap? Perhaps the only thing travelling faster than some of these athletes is the accessories they use to play these sports, such as racquets, balls, bats, shuttlecocks or pucks. APT Asia would like to shed a light on these sports to explain in detail:

If you’ve ever played any ball sport and accidentally been hit by a stray ball it can give you a bit of a sting. As you can imagine, if this impact were to come from a professional athlete, with superior speed and power to a casual sports player, this intensity would likely be dialled up a fair amount. Some sports can be incredibly fast and brutal, leading to heavy impacts and injuries sustained. But just how fast are these items travelling?

Cricket

With widespread media coverage especially in countries such as Australia, England, India and South Africa, it’s easy to find a game being broadcast on TV. If you do, you’ll see that the bowlers speed is measured and shown with each delivery. With a large run-up permitted, delivery speeds have been measured up to 160km/h, and as you can guess a returned strike of the bat can sometimes even increase this speed

Baseball

A similar style of game to cricket where the speed of the pitcher throwing a ball is measured for TV viewing. The pitching style does differ a little though, with no run-up permitted, but pitchers can essentially throw it in any manner, using all their body to propel balls slightly upward of 160 km/h

Ice Hockey

The surface of a skating rink will often have a micro-thin layer of water. This reduces drag for anything which travels over it, such as a player on skates, or even a puck. With players slaking around at speeds of 45 km/h and then launching the puck, it can propel it at speeds around 166km/h

Field Hockey

Strange as it might seem Field Hockey is actually, slightly quicker than its cousin played on ice, but this is largely dependent on the actual surface on which it is played as well as the swing the technique of the player. APT Asia Pacific manufactures a number of different surfaces configurations specifically for this sport. These vary slightly depending on the level of professionalism of the players, as well as the environment. When played on high-grade synthetic surfaces flicks and drives can be found reaching speeds of around 120 km/h and 170 km/h respectively.

Tennis

I think tennis is well documented as being one of the quickest sports in the world. With large television broadcast audiences, many of us will have seen players on with ATP serving to their opponents at speeds up to 253 km/h. Moreover, it is always fun to watch playing the players on the hard and grass tennis court surfaces.

Squash

This game is played on a small court with racquets not to differ from those used in tennis and a small soft rubber ball. Instead of serving over a net the ball is launched at a wall and players take turns at returning shots. Professional players serve’ have been measured at an astonishing 281 km/h

Badminton

With the use of a shrunken down tennis racquet and a shuttlecock, many would think this sport is a little surprising to be found in this list. The shuttlecock used in this sport actually derived its name from feathers of a chicken and are designed to create wind drag and slow down. Despite this, in the hands of a professional, they can reach an astonishing speed of 493 km/h.

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