Tapping table slows the ball??

[LongAndStraight]

another poor soul without a sense of humor

 

[Bob Jewett]

... I gotta call BS on this one. No way tapping the chalk on the rail will have any affect on the ball....

Good call, but I'm willing to be proven wrong. If anyone would like to bet that tapping can make as much as an inch of difference in the rolling distance of a ball, I'm your sucker.

 

[Bob Jewett]

... Some tables (like bar boxes) are not as solid so it's possible it could have a very minor effect. Even if it made just a millimeter difference, that could mean having a shot or being hooked....

I think it's far more effective to stand in the path of the ball and sort of "whistle" at it without making any sound (or noticeably pursing your lips). The stream of air can slow the ball down lots more than any tapping even if you use the butt of the cue. Practice by putting a candle on the foot spot and blowing it out from the head of the table. Go for power and distance.

There, that should keep the cheats and sharks busy for a while.

 

[Bob Jewett]

... periods of alternatingly increased and decreased pressure between the ball and the cloth. I'm pretty sure in this case they would cancel each other out, ...

That's what the simple theory says, just as bouncing on a hard shot will have about as much friction with the table as a non-bouncing shot.

 

[cardsfan]

I agree with Earl on this one. Maybe it does and maybe it doesn't slow the ball, but more importantly, it was obvious that's what he was trying to do. And since the referee didn't call it, Earl was in his right to speak up and get into his kitchen. It's hard to prove one way or the other, but he WAS trying to alter the natural roll of the ball, which is a foul in my book.
-Mike

 

[cardsfan]

Whats surprised me is Kim agreed with him. Jim said its the first time he head heard of that and let it drop.
SR

Someone needs to call Kim out on this one. He seemed pretty sure about it on the air.

 

[TheSniper]

Of course tapping the table with chalk slows down the ball.

Just like putting a ball in golf, the path of the rolling golf ball on the green can be influenced by the putter leaning his body to one side or the other. By leaning to the left, the player exerts pressure on the green such that the slope of the green changes just enough to modify the path of the rolling ball in that direction. I also think using "body english" in golf shouldn't be allowed as well.

I am in complete support of this arguement

 

[trickdaddy]

duh

butterfly effect

 

[SloRoller]

Good call, but I'm willing to be proven wrong. If anyone would like to bet that tapping can make as much as an inch of difference in the rolling distance of a ball, I'm your sucker.

Ditto.

If someone was pounding on the rails with their fist I would say most definitely yes it would have an effect, but tapping chalk?

Not sure how this could be proved (disproved) ultra slow motion camera perhaps?

Next tournament I see Kim at I might ask him about it.

SR