Pool ball on a turntable -- what should happen?

Can this help me to pocket balls even though I rarely try?

Do I need to go down this rabbit hole? The vid is very cool.

You're the science guy.

I know this is a joke... But ???

But, Is there anything here?
 
3kushn said:
Can this help me to pocket balls even though I rarely try?

Do I need to go down this rabbit hole? The vid is very cool.

You're the science guy.

I know this is a joke... But ???

But, Is there anything here?
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It will not help you beat Shakey Dave at 8-ball next Friday at the VFW.

For people who are interested in the physics of what happens on the table, I think it will be interesting. There must be at least five such people worldwide, maybe more. Some of those people understood immediately where the 2:7 and 2:5 period ratios came from.
 
I wish that I had a stroke that could get my CB to backspin like that😁 would really help on very fast tables.
 
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The demo reminds you that your intuition about physical systems can be wrong and you'll give the wrong prediction, but once you see what happens, there is a relatively simple explanation. Physics theory could have told you what was going to happen if you had thought about it a little longer, and worked out all the forces and momentum and stuff.

For me, a similar "seeing it, then understanding it" was cue ball deflection. There was no accurate physical theory of why CB deflection (AKA squirt) happened. Was it taper? Stiffness? Ferrule? Slight miscue? Some cue makers had a pretty good idea that weight up front was involved, but the ideas were not developed to a point that could make good predictions. It was really Bob Meucci's high speed of videos of cues spinning balls that gave the hints needed to develop a useful theory of squirt.
 
Bob Jewett said:
The demo reminds you that your intuition about physical systems can be wrong and you'll give the wrong prediction, but once you see what happens, there is a relatively simple explanation. Physics theory could have told you what was going to happen if you had thought about it a little longer, and worked out all the forces and momentum and stuff.

For me, a similar "seeing it, then understanding it" was cue ball deflection. There was no accurate physical theory of why CB deflection (AKA squirt) happened. Was it taper? Stiffness? Ferrule? Slight miscue? Some cue makers had a pretty good idea that weight up front was involved, but the ideas were not developed to a point that could make good predictions. It was really Bob Meucci's high speed of videos of cues spinning balls that gave the hints needed to develop a useful theory of squirt.
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Bob….I usually pay rapt attention to anything you write….but this is no way to set a record.. 😎
 
learned the harder you shoot and the fatter your shaft made for more squirt 50 plus years ago. while experimenting and learning back hand english.
most thought you got more english with it because you were cutting across and made the cue ball go straight.
 
Bob Jewett said:
The demo reminds you that your intuition about physical systems can be wrong and you'll give the wrong prediction, but once you see what happens, there is a relatively simple explanation. Physics theory could have told you what was going to happen if you had thought about it a little longer, and worked out all the forces and momentum and stuff.

For me, a similar "seeing it, then understanding it" was cue ball deflection. There was no accurate physical theory of why CB deflection (AKA squirt) happened. Was it taper? Stiffness? Ferrule? Slight miscue? Some cue makers had a pretty good idea that weight up front was involved, but the ideas were not developed to a point that could make good predictions. It was really Bob Meucci's high speed of videos of cues spinning balls that gave the hints needed to develop a useful theory of squirt.
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people just adjusted for squirt naturally after playing enough. intermediate players didnt use much english so it came gradually along. nowadays they start english right away as its cool and think you need special equipment to counteract it.

all that happens is that everytime they switch cue sticks they have to learn the game again.
 
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