Measles cue ball harder to draw???!!!!????

[SiRacer]

Does anyone know where i can get one for a decent price?

 

[Jal]

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A fine player did tell me - @ the same tourney - the reason those q balls were hard to draw was because they were still "slick", tended to slide and didn't grab like a broken in/worn q ball. I didn't say it... he did.. I thought it made sense.

It's one of those things that seems plausible, but just isn't true. The slicker ball will draw further, all else being equal. The maximum speed the cueball reaches after the collision is completely independent of the friction between the ball and the cloth. What the slick ball loses in friction is exactly compensated for by the increased time it takes for it to attain maximum speed (the spin is not rubbed off as fast). Since max speed is the same regardless of the friction, the average speed is also independent of it. And since it takes longer for a slicker ball to reach max speed, the average speed acts over a longer period of time, increasing the overall distance it will travel.

Well, that's the english version of the argument, which may or may not be convincing, but the math version supports the above conclusion.

Jim

 

[Masayoshi]

am i the only one who cant tell the difference? ive hit with all three regularly and it all feels the same to me. hell, bar table cue balls dont usually bother me (unless they happen to be really dirty). maybe i just dont use one type of cue ball consistently enough to notice.

 

[F8it]

am i the only one who cant tell the difference? ive hit with all three regularly and it all feels the same to me. hell, bar table cue balls dont usually bother me (unless they happen to be really dirty). maybe i just dont use one type of cue ball consistently enough to notice.

Well... as with everything else there can be subtle differences. If you aren't being sarcastic I can relate to what you are saying. If you aren't focused on how the cue ball "feels" you won't notice it much. It's amazing how we can adapt/compensate for changes in many types conditions - including whitey - and not know it!!!

I recall Grady Matthews stating you could take 2 of the "same" make/manufacture cue ball, hold them the same distance from the ground, drop them and they will bounce @ different heights!!! Shows you how even the resiliency of the seemingly "same" made q balls will still differ somewhat.

It would be nice to measure how hard each q-ball generally is too. I think the relative hardness might have a lot to do with how they play and feel.