break acceleration

[OnTheMF]

You might be able to do it on a shot like the break shot, but if you are interested in getting max speed into the cue ball you don't want to waste any energy in spin. You need to hit very near center.

On a break shot, the cue ball is normally in the air for the first couple of feet or even all the way to the rack. While it's in the air, it's not losing speed by rubbing on the cloth, although there is a little air resistance.

As I recall, the last time I calculated it, the cue ball would lose about 1-2% of its speed if it did rub on the cloth on the way to the rack (as opposed to be airborne). The faster you shoot, the less energy will be lost because it takes time for the friction to act on the ball and the shorter the time the less the friction can slow the ball and start top spin.

I wasn't saying it was a good way to break, just that it was possible for the cue ball to accelerate after leaving the cue tip.

 

[LAMas]

I wasn't saying it was a good way to break, just that it was possible for the cue ball to accelerate after leaving the cue tip.

Before Simonis cloth, a friend of mine would use max top spin into the rack, rebound and then enter the rack again to scatter more balls.