Is there such a thing as centerball?

You'll never be able to calculate the True Center of a pocket either but close enuff to make the ball go in.

Next stupid question please.
 
Your Mama, and why she didn't give you up for adoption 12 years ago.

Just kidding of course. I don't know, pick something else and we'll see.
 
You can find the center on anything with the right tooling. Imagine looking at the tip of a needle and you can find center. JMO
 
You find center ball by feel...all the math in the world won't help you.
When whitey feels like you're sliding a cube instead of a ball.....
...you've found dead-ball, the most important shot in billiards.
 
The chupacabra hits centerball every time because you have to have perfect position playing the Loch Ness Monster.
 
Side-to-side centerball, yes.
Vertical centerball, no. You will never stroke parallel to the table surface unless you have a crooked cue... ;)
 
I'd say if there is a 'slightly above' center, and 'slightly below', as well right and left, then at some point there has to be an exact center. You couldn't go from above to below without passing the exact center, right?
Right.
 
howiesatwork said:
Side-to-side centerball, yes.
Vertical centerball, no. You will never stroke parallel to the table surface unless you have a crooked cue... ;)
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There is a center ball regardless of cue elevation its just that the more elevation the higher the center. You can shoot center ball even when jacked up over another ball.

Also with a table bed at least eight feet long and cues usually around 58 inches there are some shots where the rails are not an obstruction. For some shots negative elevation can be used.
 
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BlindWizard said:
There is a center ball regardless of cue elevation its just that the more elevation the higher the center. You can shoot center ball even when jacked up over another ball.

Also with a table bed at least eight feet long and cues usually around 58 inches there are some shots where the rails are not an obstruction. For some shots negative elevation can be used.
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True that, but the direction through the center is always toward the table, and the direction of the cueball is parallel to the table when shooting over a rail.
As for the negative elevation, these instances are few and far between.
 
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True that, but the direction through the center is always toward the table, and the direction of the cueball is parallel to the table...
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That's not quite true. If you are willing to use a finger-tip grip it is possible to hit up on the cue ball when it is well away from the cushion. See the shot on page 101 of Byrne's "Complete Book of Pool Shots".

It is also possible to hit a perfectly level center ball shot in the same position. Most people always shoot slightly jacked up but it's not always required.
 
didn't read every post of this thread but centerball is dead easy to find: place another ball frozen to the first ball, and the point they are touching at is a very true center. This spot is tiny enough to eliminate any need of zooming into it.

P.S. what I just posted might be totally irrelevant but I just ran across the thread title and read only few previous posts like mentioned.
 
ChrisBanks said:
I'm talking about Mandelbrot Fractals. If we continually zoom in on the cueball, we will never find the true center.
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It's a moot point because we'll need an infinitely sharp cue tip to hit that center which we'll also not be able to find. Plus we'll never really hit anything because solid objects are an illusion created by electrical, magnetic and gravitational forces between gaping holes in molecules.
 
OK, try this again:
 

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Hit the ball with center tip u will be hitting center ball..... Now can we truely know if we are hitting center tip? Yes by hitting the center of the cueball...you will be using center tip ... wait a minute im getting dizzy.. what was the question? Which came first the chicken or the egg????? U win i quit
 
I played a guy once that when he aimed for the center of the cue ball he actually hit the dead center of the cue ball....everytime!

I don't know his name but I came across his picture in the AZ archives.
 

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I disagree

hang-the-9 said:
It's a moot point because we'll need an infinitely sharp cue tip to hit that center which we'll also not be able to find. Plus we'll never really hit anything because solid objects are an illusion created by electrical, magnetic and gravitational forces between gaping holes in molecules.
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The larger the tip the easier it is to hit center... and everything else around it...lol That why they make fly swatters and atom bombs...
 
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