Interesting Article: Billiards Math is Hard

Bob Jewett said:
Speaking of "billiard" books that have nothing to do with billiards, here's one that was just recommended to me by Ebay. In the fine print it is listed as a "colouring book for adults."

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I thought that couldn't be correct so I looked around and found this description on another site that looks suspiciously like something a bad AI system would write.

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Hello and welcome to 3 Cushion billiards Hybrid systems. Do you find it difficult to apply the systems you know? Are you tired of memorizing separate formulas for each system? Or are you looking for different and easy to implement billiard systems? Hybrid systems can give you all of these. A single formula used in almost all systems, simple system scores, the easiest system you will ever see in terms of calculation and implementation. Systems from a new perspective that you won't find anywhere else. Start trying it now. In the first book of the series, you will find detailed information and some tips on how to apply the system. In the rest of the series, you will find more tips and tricks that will make it easier for you in the game. These tips will be useful no matter which system you use.

Hybrid: Three Cushion Billiards - Hybrid Systems 1 (Paperback)
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I couldn't help myself -- I had to buy it to find out. It is worse than the intro above. Confused, repetitive text that says nothing and really, really bad diagrams. Someone should be ashamed of themselves.
 
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I'm still waiting for my gyroscopically balanced AI driven solar powered laser guided computerized pool cue to arrive. Has anyone else experienced trouble with delivery delays ? I'm stuck using my old analogue cue for now. ;-)
 
In 3C, shooting at the rail directly vs calculating cueball activity (angles) off an object ball is entirely different. So the "Math" will vary substantially from type of shot. Spin, masse' and angle deviation will be much different off another ball.
 
Hoppe's book, Thirty Years Of Billiards deals with a lot of these questions. Although Hoppe was a "System" player he was first a Balkline player instead of 3C who utilized his innate acquired sense of "Feel" to determine bank angles and cueball travel.
 
Math while playing is only useful for diamond systems.

Math to understand the physics while not playing is a hobby.

Applying the physics to pool helps you understand what fundamentals of the game are important to master and which aren’t.
 
Math is a gateway language. The precision numbers don't do the work. They serve only to make the equations work which, only serve to satisfy the mathematician (or the guided missile) the description is correct.
 
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