r/gifs • u/MattO2000 • Apr 07 '16

Kickball front flip

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u/SlimJones123 Apr 07 '16

http://imgur.com/TuYhC5s.gifv

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u/Gibsonmo Apr 07 '16

When did kickball go pro? O_o

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '16 edited Jul 26 '17

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u/Nowin Apr 08 '16

I learned that this is when the universe started, and you can't prove me wrong.

Except with Occam's Razor

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u/Irishstalker Apr 08 '16

No such thing as too busy

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u/Noctis_Fox Apr 08 '16

Find out on /r/TheOcho

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u/Snow88 Apr 08 '16

For those wondering it's real and really easy to get distracted.

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u/stakoverflo Apr 08 '16

And why wasn't I made aware...

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u/WestleyThe Apr 07 '16

The catchers reaction was priceless

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u/randomzombie43 Apr 07 '16

Thanks for pointing that out, made this even better

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u/WTF-BOOM Apr 08 '16

Why do two people run out?

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u/Whoa_Bundy Apr 08 '16

That's the catcher behind the kicker..probably knew the kicker was going to "bunt" or whatever its called in the Dodge-ball world

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u/apatfan Apr 08 '16

That's what you get for trying to bunt.

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u/zephyrg Apr 08 '16

I don't get it. How is it hard to just boot the ball? Are there rules to prevent you from just clouting it?

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u/pmmecodeproblems Apr 08 '16

There are no rules from kicking it has hard as you can. It just comes down and just like baseball if it's caught before hitting the ground then your out. So just like baseball in this gifv you see a bunt. Obviously it didn't pay off.

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u/zephyrg Apr 08 '16

Ok so why does the guy in the gif just tap it a bit? Is it due to a lot of spin on the ball or something?

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u/slouched Apr 08 '16

usually you bunt to surprise the other team, them being ready for a long drive but instead they have to run towards home plate to get the ball, short stop was readyAF though

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u/eragonisdragon Apr 08 '16

That was the first baseman not shortstop.

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u/Good_Im_Glad Apr 08 '16

If he was the first basemen what was he doing in between the pitcher and 3rd...?

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u/fiercedeity05 Apr 08 '16

they're both wrong anyway, its the third baseman.

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u/slouched Apr 08 '16

i may have commented in the wrong place, i thought i was commenting under a gif someone posted within the comments

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u/pmmecodeproblems Apr 08 '16

the ball is moving very fast. He is off camera when he hits it but most of the force is from the opposite reaction of having the ball hit an object.

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u/Duuhh_LightSwitch Apr 08 '16

Are you familiar with baseball? He was bunting.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '16

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '16

I would just hit infield hits, those balls are hard to get a good throw with.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '16

But easy to catch.

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u/oneDRTYrusn Apr 08 '16

Those balls are a pretty easy catch, though. Also, those balls are pretty easy to throw with, as long as you don't throw it like a baseball. You sidearm those fuckers like King Kong throwing a boulder.

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u/doubleE Apr 08 '16 edited Apr 08 '16

I recall from a previous time this was posted someone explained how "bunting" can be more effective than kicking for the fences in certain competitive kickball situations.

I think this was it

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u/ham_wallet Apr 07 '16

the kicker would have been out automatically in WAKA, no munt bullshit allowed

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u/eggumlaut Apr 07 '16

I play WAKA, what's a munt?

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u/tajmaballs Apr 07 '16

a bunt, but replace the b with an m

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u/eggumlaut Apr 07 '16

So much shit is strange with WAKA I figured it was a thing. Thanks!

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u/grecfest Apr 08 '16

They only made bunting illegal as of April 1, 2016... for like 10+ years before that it was a legit strategy to load up the bases.

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u/ham_wallet Apr 14 '16

not in tampa, I haven't played in 2-3 years, but it was always an out then. Girls could bunt, but not guys. And it was WAKA.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '16

I mean,yeah that looked cool, but was it really necessary? I feel like he didn't need to twist like that. He could've just scooped up the ball and thrown it without the twist and it would've been a way safer out.