Billy Bragg
once wrote "there is no substitute, for a ball struck squarely and firmly".

There is most certainly no substitute for a ball struck squarely and firmly right in the plums. An exquisite agony that could never be described to someone who doesn't own testicles, and yet every man who knows the terror of it will not fail to find immense hilarity in watching it happen to someone else.
(rockdoctor, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 17:45, 2 replies)

I think the worst part is the delay.
Which seems to last just long enough for you to think 'ooh, maybe i've got away with this.' before realising very quickly that you absolutely haven't.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 18:05, closed)

It depends on the type of ball
If it's a heavy one, then a shot to the plums is hideous. However, if it's a flyaway, I always found it stung more when it hit bare skin.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 24 Apr 2012, 10:32, closed)

I think it was a solid steel cannon ball, fired by something out of
'The Guns of Navarone'
Well, that's what it felt like.
(Underpants, Tue 24 Apr 2012, 10:38, closed)

Oof, fucking hell

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 24 Apr 2012, 12:17, closed)