I found the pocket center idea interesting. You may want to check out the April article in http://www.sfbilliards.com/articles/1997.pdf and the links on this page: https://billiards.colostate.edu/faq/pocket/size-and-center/ for some further details.
My issue is the the use of whole degrees only. The measurement for angles is in degrees.minutes.seconds.
So...24 degrees is actually 24 degrees.00 minutes.00 seconds.
In real life, you have no idea nor can you accurately measure a shot angle. In real life, a shot angle of 28 degrees.30 minutes.30 seconds is possible.
Meaning not all shot angles encountered in real world pool playing will always be whole degrees.
The actual degree of the shot cut angle does not matter one bit. What does matter is understanding the affect of a increasing shot cut angle has on the transfer of energy from the CB to OB. The greater the angle, the less transfer of energy and that is the only thing needed to know about cut shot angle.
Just off the top of my head:The greater the angle, the less transfer of energy and that is the only thing needed to know about cut shot angle.
Thanks, Dave.Pat,
Excellent contribution, as always.
I'm somebody now!FYI, I added your info to the estimating cut angles and fractional-ball aiming resource pages.
I will commend you on the great deal of work you put in, truly impressive.
I'm in the same camp as garczar and BeiberLvr, it's too much. I've read detailed instruction for golf like this and it messed my game up for a month. I can remember a friend noticed my game was off and how my swing was screwed up. He said 'Scott, just get up there and take an athletic swing at the golf ball', it worked. I forgot about all that I read and just played the game, I did much better and it was much more enjoyable.
Knowing all the angles is great. But even if I could draw the aim line on the table, those without experience will still miss.
Again, amazing amount of work you did. I may read it slowly and limit my intake. Very generous of you to put all of that out too.
I found the pocket center idea interesting. You may want to check out the April article in http://www.sfbilliards.com/articles/1997.pdf and the links on this page: https://billiards.colostate.edu/faq/pocket/size-and-center/ for some further details.
The greater the angle the less CB/OB throw.
I will commend you on the great deal of work you put in, truly impressive.
I'm in the same camp as garczar and BeiberLvr, it's too much. I've read detailed instruction for golf like this and it messed my game up for a month. I can remember a friend noticed my game was off and how my swing was screwed up. He said 'Scott, just get up there and take an athletic swing at the golf ball', it worked. I forgot about all that I read and just played the game, I did much better and it was much more enjoyable.
Knowing all the angles is great. But even if I could draw the aim line on the table, those without experience will still miss.
Again, amazing amount of work you did. I may read it slowly and limit my intake. Very generous of you to put all of that out too.
Not yet, but I'll check it out.Patrick, did you ever get a chance to see the video on throw that I posted on YouTube last year?
Yes, and on cut angle and amount of spin. Common wisdom is that throw:The results surprised me, and they might surprise you too. It seems to depend a lot on speed.
For those interested, a complete summary and demonstrations of all well-known throw effects can be found here:Not yet, but I'll check it out.
Yes, and on cut angle and amount of spin. Common wisdom is that throw:
- decreases with more speed
- increases with more cut angle up to half ball
- decreases with more cut angle beyond half ball
- increases/decreases with the amount of (vertical and/or horizontal) spin on the CB
Two "limits" are:
- With no side spin, maximum throw occurs with a half ball cut angle and slow speed
- With no cut angle, maximum throw occurs with half maximum side spin and slow speed
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I read thru alot if it but it was overwhelming
My suggestion is to put out an “abridged” version with a few master diagrams
With tge meat of the expoanations
For reference