"measles" cueball

[Fatboy]

You guys are all nuts. How can the spots not bother you? I tried it for an hour or so, and I hated it. Everytime I see those little spots moving around it looks like my ball's rolling off and I'm gonna miss. Of course, this is probably just me. I can't even bear to see the chalk stains on the cueball spinning around.

its the oppsite for me, i can tell if the ball is going to make it on a long shot running close to the rail or if the ball needs to "turn over" a half a ball to go in, and you can also see going-in spin has been put on the object ball by seeing how the rock is spinning(should be the opsite direction). those red spots give up alot of information, you can even tell how much speed there is left when the roll starts to slow down, you can see if the rochk skids when hitting an object ball, when the english grabs, the list goes on and on, those dots are wonderful, i'm glad too that it plays like the biue circle, the red circle gets lose sometimes.

right now after a many year lay-off i'm playing terrible but whats between my ears is playing good as ever, its going to be nice in a few months when I can make a ball again, its the best new thing I have seen in along time.

 

[JimS]

My measles ball weighed 1 gram more than my cream colored red circle... as weighed on my digital postal scale but it seems to me to play heavier.

I have a problem dropping my shoulder and hitting the ball w/high left spin. Using the spotted ball for practice does help me see when I'm dropping the shoulder and consequently has helped me learn to feel it.

I gave mine to my grandsons who are beginners. It helps them see what they are doing too. Neither of them was hitting the cb anywhere near in the center and the spots spinning around really helped make it clear to them what I'd been trying to teach them. They became much more cognizant of the dangers of hitting the cb off center when they could see the abnormal movement. But then the Rempe training ball is cheaper and does the same thing or more.

I'm kinda glad mine is gone.

 

[SILVER__WOMBAT]

The very first time this polka-dotted cueball made its debut here in the States was at the 2003 U.S. Open, and when it arrived mid tournament, they brought it up to the TV table to see how it would do. The scuttlebutt was that folks watching the TV recording could see the spin and english used better with this cueball.

As luck would have it, the first TV table match to use the red-spotted cueball was Buddy Hall versus Keith McCready. The two of them didn't seem to mind, but they both examined it very carefully before the set.

Then it was lights, camera, and action. The race to 11 was quite uneventful. Neither player seemed to catch a gear. At one point during the match, Keith fired at a ball and came with a miss. He couldn't believe his eyes and said to his opponent, "Hey, Buddy, I think I must have hit the wrong dot."

It was a fairly easy shot that Keith missed too, and the expression on his face says it all!

JAM

im probably going to sound like a complete idiot but, is that you?

 

[JAM]

im probably going to sound like a complete idiot but, is that you?

I'm not sure what you mean, but if you are speaking about my avatar picture, I am the person on the right-hand side.

JAM

 

[SILVER__WOMBAT]

I'm not sure what you mean, but if you are speaking about my avatar picture, I am the person on the right-hand side.

JAM

the attached image to your post that i quoted, the image didnt show up in the quote