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How to Judge SPLIT HITS … Everything You Need to Know

dr_dave
Bob Jewett said:
I think you can figure overlapping contact from the speed of the cue ball and the contact time. After first contact, the direction of the cue ball and its speed will be changing to the new path, so it's a little complicated, but you can take an average to determine how much it will move towards the other ball during contact. The time will be about 0.1 millisecond. If the cue ball is moving towards the other ball at 1 m/sec on average during the contact time, it will move about 0.1 millimeter, so any shot within +-0.1 mm of the exact center will result in overlapping contact. That's for a medium speed shot. A slower shot has to be more centered because the contact time will be about the same but the average speed sideways will be smaller (and directly proportional to the incoming speed).
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Thanks Bob. I was over complicating it. 0.1 mm doesn’t seem so tough for the shot in the video. I was able to get overlapping contact about 1 in 10 shots in the video. I wonder how much better a top player can do.
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Live Streams?

dquarasr
Not competition per se, but Bob Keller has excellent content of straight pool. He does “Rack of the Week” videos ( numbering now somewhere in the 265+ range) where he narrates strategies for the out. He also has numerous century, max run attempts (“Road to 200”) and ghost challenges.

On top of that, instructional videos of varying pool topics.

YouTube channel is “SSOP” or “Shortstop On Pool.” I subscribe and signed up as a Patreon. Great stuff from Bob.
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