Even when shooting with medium speed or even softly, I tend to scratch anyway. What tricks do you guys have for preventing this on a friction-less pool table?
I always end up scratching...please help!
- Thread starter jalapus logan
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Is this a trick question?
When playing position, try to scratch. If you don't scratch, keeping doing that; if you scratch, don't do that.
I'm still waiting for my ball to stop.
I'll let you know if I scratch.
I'll let you know if I scratch.
Start by learning about the 30-degree and 90-degree rules:
http://billiards.colostate.edu/threads/position.html
pj
chgo
Calamine - stops the itch = no scratching
Dont just shoot. You have to pick the spot where you want the cue ball end up to be. Most of the time i scratch is because the shot is so familiar and i didnt pick a spot for my cue ball then i get down and shot right away. When u pick a spot it just not ab making a ball but also the speed u play. Beside that, go back to play 3 cushion for learning angles with help a lot.
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You have a lot to learn from this. Keep practicing and you will start avoid scratching without even thinking of it. You are learning the angles and cue ball routes at different speeds. Pay attention to the cue ball on every shot.
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You could try carom billiards.
Follow up question:
A cue ball (mass = 0.165 kg) is at rest on a frictionless pool table. The ball is hit dead center by a pool stick which applies an impulse of +1.50 N-s to the ball. The ball then slides along the table and makes an elastic head-on collision with a second ball of equal mass that is initially at rest. Find the velocity of the second ball just after it is struck.
A cue ball (mass = 0.165 kg) is at rest on a frictionless pool table. The ball is hit dead center by a pool stick which applies an impulse of +1.50 N-s to the ball. The ball then slides along the table and makes an elastic head-on collision with a second ball of equal mass that is initially at rest. Find the velocity of the second ball just after it is struck.
With a frictionless table and perfectly elastic collision (both of which are impossible, by the way), the OB should have the same velocity as the CB did, not just after the collision, but forever (ignoring air resistance and imperfect rails). The actual mass and speed don't matter for this answer.
pj <- I think
chgo
When I think I am close to a scratch I start by checking the tangent line, then I decide if stun, follow, or draw will get me out of the scratch. That is just to cinch the shot, if I need to play position then you need to consider that too.
ENGLISH! - I think his first post indicated that but most didn't get it.
BD ---- wants to win something for noticing.
BD ---- wants to win something for noticing.
Most important shot in pool is the sliding cue ball shot where the cue ball is sliding when it hits the OB. Then you know it is going 90 degrees from the aim line.
Normal table, you can then use the forward roll or back spin along with speed to adjust if it is going to go forward that line or behind that line and when.
Friction-less then you can only control if it is going to go down that line or forward of it and when by how hard you hit it.
Normal table, you can then use the forward roll or back spin along with speed to adjust if it is going to go forward that line or behind that line and when.
Friction-less then you can only control if it is going to go down that line or forward of it and when by how hard you hit it.
If understanding the tangent line and practicing cue ball drills takes too much time and effort, maybe this product could help.
http://www.cueballtracker.com/
http://www.cueballtracker.com/