I have always known how important it was to land on the ball and the table almost at the same time to control the cueball. But the other day i was pondering a jump shot i missed, (funny thing is this shot had nothing to do with what i figured out, i jumped a foot past the OB) and i figured something out. I asked some good players and they all knew and when i thought about it i kinda thought i should have known.
When you are jumping at any kind of angle, if you hit the OB in the air you overcut it. Because of the height of the CB the contact Point changes on the OB, it moves up and the cut angle changes, do to the roundness of the balls. Let me show you what i mean in 2 diagrams.
Diagram 1, Landing correctly hitting the cloth and OB at nearly the same time.:
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I am using the 1 Ball to show the impact point of the cueball.
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Diagram 2, landing slightly on top of the CB:
(I had to use the 3 ball to show impact this time.)
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This time you overcut because the contact point is changed. I did not move the red line, the cueball is still on the same line but the cut angle is changed.
I dunno if i am getting my point across correctly, but I'm trying to show how Height and correctly 'Landing' the ball are just as important, if not more important, than the cut angle itself. This can really come into play when deciding how to play a jump shot. On long ones before i just kind of lined it up and wailed away, now i am making a point of trying to land a foot or 2 short and rolling into the ball. Also on short jump shots where the interfering ball is close to the OB, it kinda takes the pressure off me knowing that the exact same shot is required, and the landing zone is exactly the same as if i had more room between the IB and OB. Hope I'm not making things complicated. Did everyone know about this? I knew it was important to land on the ball, but i didnt know the cut angle was so drasticly affected.
When you are jumping at any kind of angle, if you hit the OB in the air you overcut it. Because of the height of the CB the contact Point changes on the OB, it moves up and the cut angle changes, do to the roundness of the balls. Let me show you what i mean in 2 diagrams.
Diagram 1, Landing correctly hitting the cloth and OB at nearly the same time.:
WEI TABLE
I am using the 1 Ball to show the impact point of the cueball.
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Diagram 2, landing slightly on top of the CB:
(I had to use the 3 ball to show impact this time.)
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This time you overcut because the contact point is changed. I did not move the red line, the cueball is still on the same line but the cut angle is changed.
I dunno if i am getting my point across correctly, but I'm trying to show how Height and correctly 'Landing' the ball are just as important, if not more important, than the cut angle itself. This can really come into play when deciding how to play a jump shot. On long ones before i just kind of lined it up and wailed away, now i am making a point of trying to land a foot or 2 short and rolling into the ball. Also on short jump shots where the interfering ball is close to the OB, it kinda takes the pressure off me knowing that the exact same shot is required, and the landing zone is exactly the same as if i had more room between the IB and OB. Hope I'm not making things complicated. Did everyone know about this? I knew it was important to land on the ball, but i didnt know the cut angle was so drasticly affected.
