Heavy Cue Ball Question.

[mnorwood]

The tables at my after school program are coin operated. After watching the tournament this weekend I decided to stay late and hit some balls after I dismissed my students.

Is it just my imagination or is cue ball pathways where you are using inside English and follow easier to execute with the heavy cue ball?

I have always known heavy cue balls are follow oriented. Could you also argue that the heavier cue ball digs in to the rail more giving the English more time to take?

 

[CreeDo]

just guessing but I think it digs into the rail the same amount, but the heavier ball won't rebound from the rail quite as quickly as a normal ball, giving it extra milleseconds of contact with the rail, and a longer grab.

I feel like it's not so much that the heavier ball is follow oriented, it's just a bìtch to draw with. So you gotta play for follow shape as often as possible.

 

[Mike in MN]

just guessing but I think it digs into the rail the same amount, but the heavier ball won't rebound from the rail quite as quickly as a normal ball, giving it extra milleseconds of contact with the rail, and a longer grab.

I feel like it's not so much that the heavier ball is follow oriented, it's just a bìtch to draw with. So you gotta play for follow shape as often as possible.

You can say that again. I personally can't stand the oversized cue balls. Something about it seems very ingenuine to me, and an oversized ball doesn't lend itself to the purity that I think of when I think of pool. Not to mention the fact that the aesthetics of the game go out the window. It's like a hand model having a swollen thumb after hitting it with a hammer. And every time I see one, I can't help but start singing ... "One of these things is not like the others."