This video was sent to me by a friend of mine who is an engineer. It captures in super slow motion the cue ball interaction with the tip (which is pretty cool watching the cue tip absorb the impact of the strike), ball skid both coming into the rail and the subsequent rebound, and a number of other observations unavailable at normal video speeds. Just trying to enhance the understanding of our game on a rather dour Monday morning...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZqkaJDaz2A&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZqkaJDaz2A&feature=related