all depends on which heavy cue ball.
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?
hi there,
FIRST THERE IS THE MUD BALL.THIS BALLS WAS MADE BY VALLEY AND HAD METAL FLAKES MIXED IN WITH THE BALL MATERIAL. THIS BALL WAS REALLY HARD TO DRAW AND YES IT WAS MUCH EASIER TO FOLLOW THAN TO DRAW.
THEN THERE WAS THE BIG BALL. SOME WERE HEAVY AND SOME WERE LIGHTER BUT THEY WERE REALLY HARD TO MANUEVER IF YOU WE'RNT USED TO IT. AND YES IT WOULD JUST PLOW THROUGH THE BALL WHEN YOU FOLLOWED.
THEN VALLEY MADE THE MAGNETIC CUE BALL. BY FAR THE BEST AT THIS TIME. THE METAL WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BALL AND SPUN VERY WELL. THIS BALL WAS AROUND FOR MANY YEARS AND WOULD DRAW AS WELL AS IT FOLLOWED BUT IT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT HEAVIER.
I LOVED THIS BALL. IT GAVE BIG TABLE PLAYERS FITS WITH IT'S DIFFERENT TYPE OF PLAY.PLUS IF THE MAGNET WASN'T CENTERD IT WOULD ROLL OFF PRETTY BAD. I USED TO CARRY ONE OF THESE ROLL BAD ONES WITH ME ON THE ROAD.
THEN THEY CAME OUT WITH THE BIGGEST NIGHTMARE OF ALL. THIS ARIMETH BALL. THAT ISN'T THE RIGHT SPELLING BUT EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT I MEAN. THIS BALL DOES THINGS THAT SINGLE HANDEDLY DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF MANY BARTABLE TOURNAMENT.
THEY GET VERY PORUS THEREFOR COLLECTING DIRT AND CHALK. IT MIGHT CLIMB UP ON A BALL FOR NO REASON AT ALL AND TOTALLY CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF THE OBJECT BALL. I CAN THINK OF 7 TOURNAMENTS LAST YEAR WHERE THIS BALL WAS THE REASON I GOT KNOCKED OUT AND I'M NOT ALONE. AT THE WISCONSIN BCA TEAM TOURNAMENT I SAW 3 HILL HILL MATCHES WHERE THE BALL CLIMBED ON THE OBJECT BALL MAKING IT SKID MISSING A FAIRLY EASY SHOOT. I THIOUGHT TO MYSELF. YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING. AND THE GUYS RUNNING THE TOURNY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A BALL CLEANER IN THE HOUSE. THE LAST DAY OF THE TOURNY THE BALLS WERE REAL DIRTY WHICH MADE IT WORSE. WHAT A SHAME.
BUT HERE IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THERE IS WITH MAINLY THE VALLEY BAR TABLE. THEY WERE DESIGNED MANY YEARS AGO WHEN THE ONLY CUE BALL THERE WAS, WAS THIS OVERSIZED CUE BALL OR WE USED TO CALL IT A BIG ROCK. WHEN THEY DESIGNED THE POOL TABLE THEY HAD TO HAVE THE RAILS UP EXTRA HIGH OR THE CUE BALL WOULD JUST FLY OFF THE TABLE. SO NOW WHAT HAPPEN IS THE OBJECT BALLS ARE ALWAYS GETTING PINCHED UNDER THE RAIL AND ALL THESE WEIRD THINGS WOULD HAPPEN.
THEN WHEN VALLY,DYNAMO AND WHATEVER OTHER TABLES WERE AROUND THEN NEVER LOWERED THE RAILS AFTER THE BIG CUE BALL WAS GONE. THE DESIGN STAYED THE SAME SO NOW EVEN THE CUE BALL IS KIND OF GETTING PINCHED UNDER THE RAILS JUST LIKE THE OBJECT BALLS WERE BEFORE. NOT A GOOD THING. THEY NEVER REDESIGNED THE POOL TABLE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY REALIZED THE PROBLEM. THEY JUST KEPT ON MAKING THEM THE SAME OLD WAY WITH THE RAILS TO HIGH.
NOW THERE WERE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS WOULD HAPPEN DEPENDING ON WHICH BALL THERE WAS.THE MUD BALL,MAGNETIC BALL, BIG BALL AND NOW THE ARIMETH BALL. AND THEY ALL PLAY SO DIFFERENT. WHEN I PLAYED ON THE ROAD YEARS BACK YOU HAD TO KNOW HOW TO ADJUST TO EACH ONE OF THESE RIGHT AWAY IF YOU WANTED TO GET THE CASH.
THEN SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED TO THE SLATE. YOU COULD BUY THE SLATE FOR THESE TABLES REALLY CHEAP SOMEPLACE ELSE FROM THE NORM BUT INSTEAD OF THE SLATE BEING 3/4 INCH IT WAS ONLY 5/8TH OF AN INCH. NOW THE RAILS COULD END UP BEING EVEN A LITTLE HIGHER. THESE TABLES ARE NOT FUN TO PLAY ON AT ALL. IF I'M IN A TOURNAMENT AND THE TABLE JUST PLAYS TERRIBLE I WILL MEASURE HOW HIGH THE RAILS ARE AND SURE ENOUGH. THEY ARE EXTRA HIGH. YOU BETTER BE REAL CAREFUL WHEN YOU RUN THE CUE BALL 2 OR 3 RAILS FOR SHAPE. IT REALLY DOESN'T GO WHERE IT SHOULD ON A NORMAL BAR TABLE.
THE RAILS ARE LOWER ON THE BIG TABLES AND THE DIAMOND TABLES AND THIS IS WHY THEY SEEM TO BE TRUER.
FOR YEARS EVERYONE BLAMED PEOPLE SITTING ON THE RAILS OF THE BARTABLES AND WRECKING THE RAILS WHEN IN ALL REALITY IT WAS THE BALL GETTING PINCHED UNDER THE RAILS FORCING THEM UP THAT WAS DOING THE DAMAGE. THIS IS WHY THE RAILS ARE SO BAD ON SO MANY BAR TABLES. THE RAILS ARE TOO HIGH AND THE BALLS BREAK THE RAILS BY PUSHING THEM UP. THE HARDER PLAYERS SHOOT ON THOSE TABLES THE QUICKER THE RAILS BREAK DOWN.
THE ANSWER IS YES TO THE QUESTIONS ABOUT FOLLOW THOUGH. ALL OF THESE BALLS PUSH THROUGH MORE WHEN YOU FOLLOW BUT THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT. THE RAILS ARE A CRAP SHOOT THOUGH. THIS IS WHY SO MANY BARTABLE PLAYERS THAT BANK REAL GOOD TRY TO FORCE THE BANKS BY HITTING THEM PRETTY FIRM.
THEN DEPENDING HOW HEAVY THE BALL IS THE FOLLOW IS A PROBLEM ALSO BECAUSE THE CUE BENDS TOO MUCH WHEN YOU SHOOT MAKING A WHOLE NEW BUNCH OF PROBLEMS. THEY SPIN DIFFERENT ALSO AND REACT DIFFERENT WHEN THEY HIT THE OBJECT BALL DEPENDING WHAT ENGLISH YOU USE.
SORRY ABOUT THE LONG ANSWER BUT IS A MULTIPLE ANSWER QUESTION.
MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE CAN SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THESE DIFFERENT BALLS ALSO.
