Sense & Nonsense of Draw --my youtube video

[mikepage]

Mike,
If you're in the set position with the tip 2 inches away from the cue
and your back arm perpendicular...
you're going to hit the cb where you thought you were without
incorporating your shoulder?
-cOOp

Likely not. But this isn't what I was objecting to.

 

[The Bourbonator]

I don't understand what you're saying here.

I would expect the maximum force when a cueball is hit to say a speed of 10 mph with a soft tip is less than that when the cueball is hit with a hard tip. The area under the force-time curve is the same for the two, and if the contact time is longer for the soft tip, the maximum force should be less.

But still, I'm not following you.

Right, but I was talking about the Frictional force between the tip and the ball that is causing the spin, not the force that is causing the cue ball to move forward. The force you are talking about is equvalent to the weight of the 2x4, but the force applied in pool is not constant and so neither is the frictional force.

 

[mikepage]

Right, but I was talking about the Frictional force between the tip and the ball that is causing the spin, not the force that is causing the cue ball to move forward. The force you are talking about is equvalent to the weight of the 2x4, but the force applied in pool is not constant and so neither is the frictional force.

I still don't understand your argument. Why do you think a soft tip will give more frictional force? Maybe a hypothetical example with numbers would help me to understand what you're saying.

 

[The Bourbonator]

Doing the numbers would be complicated and probably a waste of time. I'm sure they would show that the two are exactly the same.

And allow me to guess...You like hard tips?

 

[Flex]

I'm with Mike on this one - why complicate a flaw further? Instead of adding a movement, go to the root of the issue and fix the flaw. KISS. The stroke should already be a simple, uncomplicated movement requiring little effort. Adding a wrist snap doesn't decrease that effort.

Mike, I really like your video. I think in the future, any newbies asking about draw should be required to watch this video.

-djb

I don't use the snap, usually, but sometimes it just happens, probably because subconsciously I know that for a particular shot if I don't do it, the ball won't drop, and I probably won't get the action I need.

To each his own.

Flex