scottycoyote said:if you do a search, i started a thread on this because i felt i was englishing in too many balls. Hes talking about using outside english to cut it in, so a cut to the left youd be using right english and vice versa. I think part of it is, due to throw, etc, we have a tendency to undercut. I was reading a column saying basically you need to aim to overcut the ball usually, especially as the shot gets longer, and putting the english on a shot accomplishes this in a manner too, if you dont have alot of deflection then the ball is gonna spin out slightly from where you aim making you overcut the ball a bit. I normally use this to cut a ball, especially a long cut, if my position play allows it, it just seems to fall automatically for me.
Teacherman said:Using inside english to cut balls allows the line of the stroke to be the same as the line of the contact points.
pharaoh68 said:suggested i use outside. He couldn't really offer an explanantion. Neither can I. All i know is it works.
woody_968 said:Using a little outside english cuts down on the amount of friction between the cueball and object ball. This reduces the amount of friction induced throw and can make pocketing the ball easier.
pharaoh68 said:this is my experience on long or even, super thin cuts. If the object ball is on the rail, sometimes, inside english (that is to say right english on a cut to the right and vice versa) is effective as you can hit rail first and then the object ball waling it along the rail and into the pocket. Most of you already know this, I'm sure.
But when off the rail, I use outside english. I found myself constantly missing these shots all the time playing it with inside english and no english at all until a friend of mine (who owns the room) suggested i use outside. He couldn't really offer an explanantion. Neither can I. All i know is it works. Plain and Simple.
So, i go inside on the rail and outside when i'm off.