Slipping VS Rolling
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"The difficulty is knowing what causes the cue ball to slip, and when it rolls. I won't discuss that here."
Isn't this the title of the thread?
Please discuss....
Hitting the cueball up and down the table proves my alignment and stroke are pretty good and unless i hammer it, it will be rolling back toward me.
I'm lost
Isn't this the title of the thread?
Please discuss....
Hitting the cueball up and down the table proves my alignment and stroke are pretty good and unless i hammer it, it will be rolling back toward me.
I'm lost
justnum...Well I will. Sounds to me like you're talking about understanding skid zones, cue speeds, and tangent line physics...all things we have been teaching for more than 20 years...and not really difficult to understand, once you're taught what to look for, and how to make it happen. It's all about speed and spin.
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
Scott Lee
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Centerpunch...The truth is you should still be able to shoot at a very high speed (break speed) without "hammering" the CB...and still be accurate on having the CB come back to your tip. You're right, though, that drill does show whether you can hit a straight line...or not! It is much more difficult to do that drill with a sliding CB than a rolling one! LOL
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
"The difficulty is knowing what causes the cue ball to slip, and when it rolls. I won't discuss that here."
Isn't this the title of the thread?
Please discuss....
Hitting the cueball up and down the table proves my alignment and stroke are pretty good and unless i hammer it, it will be rolling back toward me.
I'm lost
I even noticed that on some shots, I can make the CB 'slip' so much it actually spins in reverse...................and then after it hits a ball............................it 'slips' backwards! It's actually kinda cool to watch. Travis taught me how.
dave
dave
Slipping Sliding Skidding Sludding
I have found that when the cueball starts going off line I am usually lined up a little bit off.
Don't have any idea what causes it for other people.
I have found that when the cueball starts going off line I am usually lined up a little bit off.
Don't have any idea what causes it for other people.
I understand the drill you are talking about. Hitting the cue ball perfectly straight down the length of the table and have it come back and contact the cue tip. If you hit the ball, and it does not come back to your tip your stroke was not perfectly straight. One other note, if your stroke is not straight, the harder you hit the cue ball trying to perform this drill, your accuracy suffers big time.
Another more difficult version of this drill is to take the cue ball and an object ball and go to the end of the table where the balls are racked. Line them up perfectly straight with the object ball on the spot and the cue ball a diamond away from the object ball. Stroke the cue ball so as to stop it dead (this will also test your stroke to be able to stop the rock without any follow, draw, left of right. The object ball should go down the length of the table and return to the cue ball, contacting the cue ball dead on.
Another more difficult version of this drill is to take the cue ball and an object ball and go to the end of the table where the balls are racked. Line them up perfectly straight with the object ball on the spot and the cue ball a diamond away from the object ball. Stroke the cue ball so as to stop it dead (this will also test your stroke to be able to stop the rock without any follow, draw, left of right. The object ball should go down the length of the table and return to the cue ball, contacting the cue ball dead on.