The Radio Show hosts should have fun with this one. Some records are easier than others. This one is hard to judge. It’s one person throwing a beach ball and another catching it. How hard could it be?

The catch is that the person catching it is blindfolded. Once you put the blindfold on it becomes far more complicated. It’s hard to judge just how hard the record is until you’ve tried it yourself with the blindfold on. When is the ball coming and where is it going to land? When do you squeeze your hands to grasp it? A split second too early and the ball will simply bounce off your hands and a split second too late and it will hit you on the chest. It’s also worth noting that Guinness requires the ball hit nothing but the hands for a catch to count. If it hits the body or the head the catch is disqualified. This rule dramatically increases the difficulty level. The thrower and the catcher need to be in sync.

Finally, the ball has to be lifted above the head to demonstrate it has been fully caught. The previous record was 16 catches in 30 seconds. Jonathan and I completed 18. We had so many practice runs and official attempts over the days that I lost count.

Good luck to the radio hosts that try to break it or talk about how easy they think it would be!