March 2 (UPI) — Idaho man David Rush caught a tennis ball behind his back from a distance of 199 feet to claim his latest Guinness World Records title.
Rush enlisted the help of Chris Stumph, who he has collaborated with on multiple other Guinness World Record attempts, to throw the ball a distance of 199 feet.
“What made this hard wasn’t just catching a ball blind. It’s the compound problem: Chris had to hit it just right, and I had to be in the right spot, and my hand had to be in the right position, and the timing had to be perfect. Any one of those variables goes wrong and you’re starting over,” Rush wrote online.
He managed to catch the ball after multiple attempts, and the distance was confirmed by a surveyor.
The attempt occurred in December 2024, and Rush has now received confirmation from Guinness World Records that he officially has the title for the farthest behind-the-back catch of a tennis ball. The previous record stood at 177 feet.
