Question

Why

bouncingbouncing ball bounce too much
and a leather ball doesn't bounce too much

Answer 1

Using a softball to play basketball or a handball during a tennis match doesn't make sense. Different sports require differently designed balls. The size and the material making up a ball matter a great deal, and a lot of scientific research goes into developing the right bounce for the right ball.

The outer coverings of balls, for example,b bouncing ball or leather ball have a lot to do with the bounciness of the ball.​​​​​​

However, different types of balls have different bounciness (different bouncing abilities), as shown in the above chart. For example, the baseball is less bouncy than the soccer ball, i. e. the baseball will bounce back to a much lower position than the soccer ball if they are dropped from the same height. Why some balls are bouncy while some others are not so bouncy? It is determined by the elasticity of the ball. A more elastic ball has more bounciness.

.The elasticity of an object means the tendency of the object to return to its equilibrium shape, the natural shape of the object with no net force applied on it, when it is being deformed. And the force for the object to restore to its equilibrium shape is called therestoring force, which is always directed in opposite to the deformation of the object.

The bouncing ball has more elasticity than leather ball due to difference in its material of construction.