As for slippers, technically speaking a smooth slipper does not have any air cushioning the blow on impact. A good noisy stingy whack followed producing a red imprint. The use of the ” green flash” type tennis shoe with more pronounced tread produced a duller more bruising effect.
If anyone is in doubt then try it out! ( rhymes)
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