3. How do you avoid putting burn marks on the table? I tried putting another layer of felt on the table but it seems to kill the action of the ball. 
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CharlieHustle said:3. How do you avoid putting burn marks on the table? I tried putting another layer of felt on the table but it seems to kill the action of the ball.
Burn marks?
Do you mean pressure marks?
I have heard that using the clear, acrylic novelty balls with actually heat up due to friction and cause burn marks, but....I've never heard of porcelain balls causing burn marks.
Yes I mean pressure marks, or whatever you want to call the marks left on the cloth after the masse shot. Thanks.
CharlieHustle said:
The pressure marks are unavoidable.
I don't like the cloth patch either. It's core reason for use, is to protect the table cloth from the cue tip.
What you can do, is...put the cloth patch on the side of the cue ball, that you will strike the CB. This will protect the table cloth from your cue tip, while the CB is resting on the table cloth.
Okinawa, so the patch prevents the cue tip mark, but the mark in front of that is the pressure mark from the ball itself, and that one stays on the cloth forever. I guess there's no way to prevent that one and still effectively practice the shot. Thanks.
CharlieHustle said:
Yes, but I don't know about forever. Sometimes the pressure marks blend in after brushing/cleaning the cloth.
FYI: My cue tip rarely ever touches the table cloth.
My cue tip will contact the table cloth more often during jump shots, but not masse shots.....unless they are extreme power masse shots.
I will actually get pressure marks on the table from my power break shots.....and you'll notice a lot of pool halls have "break patches" (a small square patch of table cloth).
It does help a little bit in preventing pressure marks, but it's really to prevent the cue tip from scratching/tearing the table cloth.
I don't claim to be an Expert in masse shots, but I'm better than the average bear.
Contacting the OB (Object Ball) is the easy part, pocketing the OB and getting shape on the next shot is what makes Masse shots difficult.
Yeah, I really didn't expect experts on masseing to pop up, but your answers have been helpful, thanks.
I'm a better than average banker and masse-er. Jumping I'm really good at. I think its good to get a number of opinions on things, you never stop learning from others. If you do, I guess its time to take up a new game.
I'm a better than average banker and masse-er. Jumping I'm really good at. I think its good to get a number of opinions on things, you never stop learning from others. If you do, I guess its time to take up a new game.