Hold it, if you can, between your thumb and index finger - left hand. If you put it out front you can see its profile, the most perfect shape for stress related exposure. Strength and the equilibrium of forces acting upon it. Remember Newton's repose beneath the apple tree and was disturbed by a falling apple. The tyres on the family car would need to have 210,000 Pa or 210KPa to be well inflated.
Creative folk get their name hung on the best of things.
Good on ya Isaac, Julie and James and of course Solomon and Davie O'Croquet too. Depress the ground next to the target ball with your thumb and, unless your court is on the side of a hill, the striker's ball should bias and roll over into this gravity warp. If you do all this I'd be delighted to be informed of the outcome and if you are still a member of that Croquet Club. You have seen graphic pictures of the impact of a bullet or motor vehicle in slow motion. The elastic in your underduds stretches or deforms to comply with your body imposed stress and returns to it's original shape or dimension once the stress has been relieved .