Humidity????

[Rpm]

I was watching an accustats dvd where danny de liberto mention that the humidity was obviously changing the way the table played. What does high humidity do to the table, and does it change the way the balls play too? where in the U.S.A would someone see this happening? Seattle? Kansas City?
thanx

 

[abbassi]

Has a big effect. Table becomes vey slow, position will be off. That is why good billiard tables are heated.

 

[pooltchr]

In the summer down south, tables can play very different from the afternoon to the evening. They can change as quickly as a thunderstorm can come up.
Steve

 

[ribdoner]

I was watching an accustats dvd where danny de liberto mention that the humidity was obviously changing the way the table played. What does high humidity do to the table, and does it change the way the balls play too? where in the U.S.A would someone see this happening? Seattle? Kansas City?
thanx

More of a factor in the south. Playing conditions are more difficult, specifically including but not limited to:

1) bank angles are shorter
2) rails are faster
3) bed cloth is slower
4) pockets play tighter

Is it any wonder that players from the Phillipines do so well when they leave their environment and becme aclimated to more pool friendly conditions

 

[Love The Game]

When a table picks up moisture (or gets "wet", as Ronnie Allen says) the rails/angles play short.

 

[Stones]

I was at a televised event years ago and helped with the set up of the spectator seating and such. This was about 4 hours before play was to start.
We got through early and decided to sneak in a little table time before things got underway.

A friend of mine and I played for about thirty minutes on the TV table before one of the producers chased us off.

There was a huge rack of lights hanging over the table that was turned on right before the event started.

After the event was over and everyone left, my friend and I grabbed our cues and started knocking balls around.

I couldn't believe how much the playing conditions of the table had changed since they turned those overhead lights on. The table had really dried out.

It was like night and day. My hat was off to the pros that played because I know how much that table changed WHILE they were playing.

 

[Tommy-D]

> Living in Tennessee,I can tell you 100% the tables can change in as little as 10 minutes. I've seen a wet table play faster,and I've seen them play slower. Tommy D.

 

[blackeee]

Tommy. I,m an ol Tennessee boy from Jackson. Are you close to jackson?

 

[hustlefinger]

I was watching an accustats dvd where danny de liberto mention that the humidity was obviously changing the way the table played. What does high humidity do to the table, and does it change the way the balls play too? where in the U.S.A would someone see this happening? Seattle? Kansas City?
thanx

Where???? How about Florida. If you wanted to change a players game real quick, … just open the door and let all the cool air conditioning air out and all the hot moist air in.

Everything is different from bank angles, cloth speed, rail bounce to cue shaft stickiness.

One time, I hit a cue ball and got a rooster tail spray in the face.

 

[cigardave]

I was watching an accustats dvd where danny de liberto mention that the humidity was obviously changing the way the table played. What does high humidity do to the table, and does it change the way the balls play too? where in the U.S.A would someone see this happening? Seattle? Kansas City?
thanx

Here in the Seattle area, table conditions change so quickly it'll drive ya goofy... most times it happens right between my last practice stroke and my stroke of shot... causing me to miss shots that I would have otherwise made.