Energy transfer from cuetip to whiteball

[Black-Balled]

What’s the difference? Can you hit the CB fast but not hard? Hard but not fast?

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I think so?

Hard to tell in pool coz there are different circumstances, but ..

3c players blend hi impact force and slow speed. Gives a cb that rolls naturally and maintains spin.

Can also do opposite, low impact force with hi speed.

 

[Black-Balled]

The cueball is gone too fast for the grip on the cue to matter. It has been proven many times.

Sure it does p=mv. The problem is that as the weight increases your ability to move the cue fast decreases. So there is a weight beyond which it is not productive for a particular individual to increase the weight of the cue.

A firm grip does result in different ball action... back to 3c billiards basics.

The bigger balls and faster cloth and larger distances expose a lot of what is happening with balls on cloth that isn't easily noticed in pool.

 

[Bob Jewett]

A firm grip does result in different ball action... back to 3c billiards basics. ...

Well, no. A firm grip only changes the action to the extent that it changes the speed of the stick and where you hit on the ball.

The main use of those ideas is that they might prepare you for particular shots that you would otherwise hit wrong. But that's psychological, not physical.

 

[mr3cushion]

A firm grip does result in different ball action... back to 3c billiards basics.

The bigger balls and faster cloth and larger distances expose a lot of what is happening with balls on cloth that isn't easily noticed in pool.

Here's 3 examples of the cue/cue tip moving, 'Fast/Short/Quick' but not Hard'!