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Billiards and Math
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What?
I do have lots of practice letting people work through my confusion and their confusion about physics or billiards.
Having a scientific discussion on a billiard forum should be semi regular. Advances in computers, technology and imaging is creating a new type of billiard generation. They know technology faster and better at younger ages.
What types of discussion did you think would help billiard table owners connect with their college bound family?
Most people can afford pool tables, but do they know what to say to promote them.
witnessed a probable situation tonight,
home team had the 8ball in the head corner shelf, opponent was justing to the left with one more near the foot,
looked good for the home team, even giving BIH, then oh' sh!t, Darwin showed up,
made the called pocket with an acknowledged miss calculation, finished a clutch long shot, tapped in the 8.
..at first, I was thinking of something else about the thread title.
It was along the lines of getting out in 9 frames within a strength of 25.5 exploiting 1,866 options...
home team had the 8ball in the head corner shelf, opponent was justing to the left with one more near the foot,
looked good for the home team, even giving BIH, then oh' sh!t, Darwin showed up,
made the called pocket with an acknowledged miss calculation, finished a clutch long shot, tapped in the 8.
..at first, I was thinking of something else about the thread title.
It was along the lines of getting out in 9 frames within a strength of 25.5 exploiting 1,866 options...
lol, what?
I like that he gave you a smile behind which was locked the secrets of billiards
Two of the best banks players in the world are clearly secret math majors: Mullet Mathematics!!!
Just realized: I’m an English teacher. That explains why I’m so comfortable using side!
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The only math professor I know of who played pool well is Tom Jennings. I think he played pool well not because he knew the math but rather because he ran 100 every day in practice.
Tom Jennings (pool player) - Wikipedia
Yes
How far off center do you hit the CB, and when you hit it off center 1/16th of an inch what happens when it hit's the rail, when you hit 1/4" off center what happens when you hit the rail, 1/32"?, 1/2"?
What angle do you need to bank a ball, what happens when you compress the rail (shortens it), what happens if you slow roll a bank?
How hard do you have to hit it to play a safe?
And for your name
When playing a carom, what do you use to determine where to hit the OB - tangent line All that is in fact math, it may be natural to some but, it doesn't change the fact that it is math.
HA! I had him blocked so all I could see were the replies...
TEMPORARILY unblocked...
It's not the "what" you talk about, it's the "how" you go about it...
It is basically the same as the five-cushion shot towards the end of this (8 minute mark):
The only math professor I know of who played pool well is Tom Jennings. I think he played pool well not because he knew the math but rather because he ran 100 every day in practice.
Tom Jennings (pool player) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
He never would've gotten to 100 if he wasn't good at math
Yes
How far off center do you hit the CB, and when you hit it off center 1/16th of an inch what happens when it hit's the rail, when you hit 1/4" off center what happens when you hit the rail, 1/32"?, 1/2"?
What angle do you need to bank a ball, what happens when you compress the rail (shortens it), what happens if you slow roll a bank?
How hard do you have to hit it to play a safe?
And for your name
All that is in fact math, it may be natural to some but, it doesn't change the fact that it is math.
I wasn't saying it wasn't, I was saying no to the whole thing, don't do math while billiarding,
Bvm did an article on it as well regard 3c players and systems
He's not a fan of doing math at the table either
Play by Feel for this guy
Yeah, I figured it out.
I've had pretty good luck with that shot actually.
Once you know what needs to happen and know where the balls need to be it's a fairly easy hit but making it in a match would be impressive.
Reading your posts have the same effect on brain cells as sniffing glue without the pay off
really only advisable if there's a dead combo waiting at the other end and the jump shot is not possible. maybe there would be another scenario but i think for most cases it's a sellout
To me, it would depend on the overall setup. If I get lucky and make it where's the CB going, will I get hooked on the next ball, will I sell out, etc. Chances are, it would be hit at a speed that would allow for contact and the best possible outcome to NOT sell out
That is the classical 5-rail shot where the CB does not change sidespin as it touches all 5 rails.
The one illustrated on page 1 does change the side spin direction.