why are Billiard balls larger than pool balls?
- Thread starter OTLB
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i honestly believe its because heavier balls roll further. So when shooting five railers the ball doesn't stop off of the fourth rail. Hope this helps.
Because you have to have "BIGGER" balls to play billiards
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Billiard tables are practically non-existent in this part of America. Perhaps you shaould take this thread into the carom biiliards forum. You might get an answer there.
I think its for when you shooting 2 or more rails into a ball that ball becomes bigger off the last rail. Also going to a larger ball you get more tip contact for more power, english and control on super stroke shots.
Back in the day maybe being ivory or clay bigger didnt break as often as the smaller balls were used in 8ball & 9 ball less harder impacts.
As for rubber hieght its always 62-1/2% the hieght of the ball is were the point of the rubber should be with +- of 1%. these numbers arnt 100% right but real close.
Craig
Back in the day maybe being ivory or clay bigger didnt break as often as the smaller balls were used in 8ball & 9 ball less harder impacts.
As for rubber hieght its always 62-1/2% the hieght of the ball is were the point of the rubber should be with +- of 1%. these numbers arnt 100% right but real close.
Craig
Just taking a SWAG here, but could it have something to do with the bigger balls having a longer radius (distance from center to edge), therefore making it easier to spin the ball? I think you have to spin the ball a lot in billiards.
Roger
Roger
You almost snookered me try snooker with a golf ball as a cue ball...
Good one Jeff
Craig
Here's my wild a$% guess. I think it might be a combination of tradition and practicality.
Back in the old days like 1800's Carom games were the most popular games, at least much more popular than today in this country. Since Ivory was the preferred material there was a problem with the balls getting out of round and needed to be trued which made them smaller each time. If you start off with a large ball and need to take some off to make it round the percentage difference is less than if you start off with a small size. Thus a smaller effect in play. Over time and several cuts to make them true they became too small for Carom and were cut to Pool or Snooker balls which is the practical side of my argument. Reducing the expense of purchasing new ivory, just recycle and convert to Pool and Snooker.
Form the physics standpoint I'll probably agree with the comments above regarding kinetic energy/distance and possibly easier to apply exacting English with a slightly larger target area.
Back in the old days like 1800's Carom games were the most popular games, at least much more popular than today in this country. Since Ivory was the preferred material there was a problem with the balls getting out of round and needed to be trued which made them smaller each time. If you start off with a large ball and need to take some off to make it round the percentage difference is less than if you start off with a small size. Thus a smaller effect in play. Over time and several cuts to make them true they became too small for Carom and were cut to Pool or Snooker balls which is the practical side of my argument. Reducing the expense of purchasing new ivory, just recycle and convert to Pool and Snooker.
Form the physics standpoint I'll probably agree with the comments above regarding kinetic energy/distance and possibly easier to apply exacting English with a slightly larger target area.
OTLB
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Because you have to have "BIGGER" balls to play billiards
humor in the forum is good, even better coming from my friend Glen
Good point i didnt think of them going out of round and recycling them to pool balls or snooker in the long run.
Craig
Waiting till sunday to go Gold Crowns from Jay wont be in till Tuesday or Thursday Which gives me extra time to fine tune the Ohlhuosen tables because thier 12+ yrs old and never been finetuned in a long time mostly just refelted.
See you at Hardtimes today.
Craig
I haven't been on here in quite a while but just my 2 cents.
It seems to me that billiard balls would behave differently than the smaller pool balls. Going back to 8th grade science the greater mass would make for more inertia when the ball is rolling. For example after rebounding off a rail at an angle the rolling follow would stay on the ball longer. This effect would open the angle up more, some people call this slide. Think of this as a flywheel effect, the heavier the flywheel the more residual tourque. Perhaps this is part of the reason Billiard players seem to be able to keep english on the ball for so long, (like Semih Sayinger).
I am sure I could adjust to the larger balls but it surely would change the game.