Balls That Skid/Kick

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DrCue'sProtege

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lately i have been having alot of problems with balls skidding and/or kicking on me. can anything in particular be causing this? i am playing on Simonis 860, and it is somewhat worn as i play/practice 2/4 hours a day. however, it is still in pretty good shape for the most part.

these skids/kicks have cost me runouts lately too, and that just makes things worse for me. last night for example, i was down to the '7' ball in the middle of a very tough rack. i was starting to think that i might actually run this difficult rack. and, of course, when i hit the '7' ball, it skids/kicks on me and misses.

between all of the horrible rolls/spreads i get, nothing going in on the break, balls hitting the side pockets and popping out, and now these skids/kicks, its all i can do to keep my sanity at the table.

any idea what could be causing these skids/kicks to seem to happen alot lately?

DCP

p.s. again, if you cant post a serious, helpful reply, please dont post a reply at all. thank you for your cooperation.
 
Try a little slower cloth, maybe something from championship. Might want to look into new rails to and getting the table a full maintenance. Especially with the side pockets spitting balls back out.

Along the lines of your technique, I have never seen you shoot so I cant offer advice there (probably wouldnt be able to offer advice even if I did see you shoot LOL)
 
Are they softly hit balls that you're missing? This is where skidding happens to me most often, so I try to avoid feathering balls when possible.

Do you clean your orbs or cloth at all? Wiping the cue ball off between racks at least helps a little here. I think chalk in the cloth plays a more noticable role though.


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DrCue'sProtege said:
... any idea what could be causing these skids/kicks to seem to happen alot lately?
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Chalk at the contact point causes skids. There is no other reasonable explanation.

Keep the balls cleaner. Clean the cue ball after each rack or when it has visible chalk spots. Buy a better cue ball (shinier surface). Wash the object balls. Wax the object balls if you don't care about banking. Use a thinner layer of chalk on your tip and avoid scuffing your tip excessively, as then there will be more chalk to get onto the cue ball.
 
In addition to what bob said, clean your cloth too...whether it's a brush, or that fancy spray that they advertise on BCn, so there's less chalk dust on the table.
 
Bob nailed it, thats why it rears it's ugly head when you play those rolling shots, where one or two turns of the cue ball lets that blob of chalk rotate and contact between the balls, ask me how I know :rolleyes:
 
This problem is very common on newer cloth. As suggested keep the balls clean. If possible play with more speed plus a touch of english.

Rod
 
If this may help I don't know, but I have played for many years in the nearby poolhall. Balls very, very, rarely skid on me. I get a NEW set of Brunswick Centennials, the first day I use them I swear I get 4 or 5 skids. Absolutley unbelievable.

So, are your balls brand new? If not, maybe just ignore the above. But if anybody reading this has had the same experience, let me know. I was always so curious about that. I figured there may have been some weird film (a coating of some kind for protection) on there that slowly gets rubbed off or something. Because, after that day, my balls started skidding very rarley again.
 
I think everyone explained it very wel here. I just had to interject something I read recently from a famous player. I forget who, but I'm only reading 2 books this week, so I'll find it. He said that skids were caused by an electro magnetic charge built up in the balls from rolling around the cloth all the time! I thought to myself, stranger things have happened. I guess you could roll balls around the table in the dark and watch for sparks?:)

Gerry
 
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