Take a breather and enjoy the beauty of this game...

shoutout33 said:
Man that was so pretty. :D Relaxing is an uderstatement. You can actually do that to a billiards ball?!? Man I need to get a cue.

That made me want to do meditate and do yoga with a cue ball, i mean come on we all know the real beauty of the sport, is to take other people's money and make them feel bad. LOL

Mack
 
greenkill said:
Is there a place where you can get the 'non' free clip? Purchase?
I think that the DVD is presently only available as PAL format. For more info, in German, see the page
http://www.bskunion.at/efler.htm
which also has a 17-page PDF about carom billiards and seems to offer the DVD and framed pictures, but I can't find any prices. There is an email address.

The NTSC version of the DVD is in preparation, I think.
 
See your play at that speed.

Read Mark Wilson in BD. That's what he writes about every month. Zen billiards.
 
I thought it was great. I watched some of it in frame-by-frame mode and
I dont think the cue hits the ball twice on the jump. Do you?

I like the tip hitting the ball in frame-by-frame alot. Thats the best shot
I have ever seen of a tip breaking down. It looks like they might have had alot of chalk on there for effect.
Do you still have any DVDs of the Jacksonville Project?


Bob Jewett said:
There are seven sections in the free clip:

1. Flying Cue Ball Hitting Cushion. You can see the spin change nearly instantly on the cushion and the cushion penetration.

2. 3-Cushion Follow Shot in Infrared. You can see hot spots where the first object ball rubs on the cloth. Also, the cue ball hops as it bounces back from the rail, leaving a series of hot spots.

3. Tip Hitting Ball. You can see the tip emitting a cloud of chalk even before it hits the cue ball, and afterwards, oh, my is there a cloud. You can also see tip compression, and the tip riding around the cue ball as spin goes on, which is the thing that causes squirt. There is only one tip contact.

4. Jump Shot With Follow. Does the tip hit a second time? See the stick wiggle after the shot.

5. Masse From Behind. Notice the hot spots as the cue ball is hopping as it leaves the tip. Note how the cloth is heated by the cue ball -- the path is a parabola. There is a hot ring around the cue ball where it has been rubbing on the cloth, most noticible just after the peak of the parabola.

6. Running With The Balls. Just like Pamplona.

7. Ball Meets Cushion. See the dust fly. You can also see the cushion penetration again.
 
You're Right....

This site has some really interesting stuff ! I've been surfin around it for a month now :D
 
frankncali said:
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I like the tip hitting the ball in frame-by-frame alot. Thats the best shot
I have ever seen of a tip breaking down. It looks like they might have had alot of chalk on there for effect.
Do you still have any DVDs of the Jacksonville Project?
I also thought that they might have had extra chalk on the tip for that shot. I'm not sure the tip actually breaks down, but it sure does deform. It would be interesting to know what the player thought subjectively of the hit.

I do still sell VHS tapes of the Jacksonville Project, but for a gee-whiz experience the Austrian DVD is probably more interesting. Dr. Dave's high speed videos also cover a lot of shots and they are free on his web site.

For info on the Jacksonville Project, see http://www.sfbilliards.com/jax_bd150.pdf

For Dr. Dave's videos, see http://www.engr.colostate.edu/~dga/pool/high_speed_videos/
 
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