Skidding or kicks of object ball?

lockwood

lockwood

lockwood
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Dear all,
I just got back from Turning Stone’s Joss Northeast 9 ball tournament and on the 3rd day I had a bunch of skidding object balls. Everyone noticed it.
Mike Zuglan’s team did a great job of cleaning the balls and tables, but the problem persisted.
On the drive back, I was thinking about this and was wondering, if static electricity could be the culprit.
I, with +50 years experience, have never seen such a dramatic result with new cloth and clean balls.
Thoughts?
Jon
 
Were they slow speed shots, coming across the ball on a cut shot?
I know older/pitted ball sets, even when cleaned pick up chalk very quickly and ball contact requires more speed.

Skidding, do you mean induced obj. ball rotation from cue ball contact?
 
lockwood said:
Dear all,
I just got back from Turning Stone’s Joss Northeast 9 ball tournament and on the 3rd day I had a bunch of skidding object balls. Everyone noticed it.
Mike Zuglan’s team did a great job of cleaning the balls and tables, but the problem persisted.
On the drive back, I was thinking about this and was wondering, if static electricity could be the culprit.
I, with +50 years experience, have never seen such a dramatic result with new cloth and clean balls.
Thoughts?
Jon
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just because balls were clean at start of match doesn't mean that chalk didn't get on them. chalk marks are main cause of skids. never heard of static elec. causing a skid.
 
Willowbrook Wolfy said:
Balls were skidding on me last week. Not with new equipment though. Only on soft shots. Could be the weather. Static-Ihnfc on
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If there was an increase in humidity that for sure comes into play.
I heard at Turning Stone a weather front moved in, and if the day was somewhat warm and the night cooled quickly, then humidity Rises.

And some rooms when they fill up, and don't have great HVAC, that can and do effect ball collisions at slow speeds.
 
Island Drive said:
If there was an increase in humidity that for sure comes into play.
I heard at Turning Stone a weather front moved in, and if the day was somewhat warm and the night cooled quickly, then humidity Rises.

And some rooms when they fill up, and don't have great HVAC, that can and do effect ball collisions at slow speeds.
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Yeah. It was wet out. I thought it was the balls were a bit dirty or maybe chalk on table, but after 2nd skid I cleaned off the cb and still got one more after. Didnt think much of it until seeing this post.
 
That's why the GOATS play so well.
As conditions change, they are constantly changing their cut angles to simplify cue ball movement into position.
 
It was likely the weather, as the moisture in the air increased (which is did as the snow was approaching) you'll often see more skids along with "tackier" cloth.

This is very normal across the northeast where the weather changes from low humidity to high humidity within a short time frame. Good players will notice the change. The better players can adjust quickly.
 
lockwood said:
I was thinking about this and was wondering, if static electricity could be the culprit
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Strachan claims their cloth is antistatic and reduces skids. Then again, if the humidity is high, I would think that reduces static but the humidity could also be the source of the problem.
 
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There are specific shots/ collision types- angles and speeds- that see many skids and the good players avoid these shots the same way they avoid playing shape for shots they can't reach.
 
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