'Arrow Catcher' snares another world record

What happens when a tennis ball is fired at nearly 193kmh?

The 'Arrow Catcher' breaks another Guinness world record.

Australia's highest record-holder Anthony Kelly added another title to his name when his superhuman reflexes set a new mark for 'fastest tennis ball caught'.

Appearing on Today to celebrate Guinness World Record Day, Kelly braved a cannon-like ball machine that shot out the missiles at 200kmh.

Standing 6m from then machine and only with a 0.106 of a second reaction time, Kelly, who is the holder of 40 world records, caught three of eight shots fired down at him, breaking the record with one flying at a speed of 192.9kmh.

The speed of the shots and Kelly's amazing hand-eye coordination drew gasps of astonishment from the Today studio.

"You can't even see it!" Host Karl Stefanovic exclaimed.

However, the record was without its dangers with Kelly forced to suffer a number of painful blows before nabbing the record ball.