The Banks are now open. Bank & kick with confidence & avoid ball-in-hand

I just had ten polos made for my up coming Vegs trip. I looked around for a while before picking a shop. Do you do custom work as well?
 
The angles shown are all pure mathematical angles and will have a person missing the kick or bank. You need to fine-tune this app.some suggestions:

Factor in how hard the ball is hit. You shorten up angles with higher speed.

left and right English. Show how paths can vary. It's going to depend if course on how much English is applied but you can show basic examples of what players can expect could happen.

Two and three rail kick shots pick up English off of the friction of the rails and it completely changes the pure mathematical angle. Your not accounting for that.

New cloth tends to roll long on anything more than about 1 to two diamonds of angle. Get wider angles and the ball running unnaturally long is more pronounced. Your current app will have your player giving up ball in hand or missing the bank by a large amount. You could have a feature where you have cloth condition. I realize putting varying degrees ofclothtype is impractical but new cloth is common at tournaments and it's an easy standard to quantify for the purposes of your app.
 
First I downloaded the BSC lite but it seemed limited to 1 rail banks (what I really wanted were the 2 and 3 railers, so I downloaded the pay version at $5.99...but still no 2 and 3 rail banks.

Am I missing something or does your program not do any 2 or 3 rail banks?

I see that you do the 2 rail kicks, but that is of limited usefullness in bank pool.
 
The angles shown are all pure mathematical angles and will have a person missing the kick or bank. You need to fine-tune this app.some suggestions:

Factor in how hard the ball is hit. You shorten up angles with higher speed.

left and right English. Show how paths can vary. It's going to depend if course on how much English is applied but you can show basic examples of what players can expect could happen.

Two and three rail kick shots pick up English off of the friction of the rails and it completely changes the pure mathematical angle. Your not accounting for that.

New cloth tends to roll long on anything more than about 1 to two diamonds of angle. Get wider angles and the ball running unnaturally long is more pronounced. Your current app will have your player giving up ball in hand or missing the bank by a large amount. You could have a feature where you have cloth condition. I realize putting varying degrees ofclothtype is impractical but new cloth is common at tournaments and it's an easy standard to quantify for the purposes of your app.
There are many effects that need to be taken into consideration when aiming kick and bank shots, but the basic equal-angle mirror aim is still a useful reference from which adjustments can be made.

Regards,
Dave
 
I take it you haven't read anything on the websight. When in doubt reference the FAQs.
It's all in there.
thanks,
 
No multi rail banks yet. They will be in the upgrade. For now just plot the object ball in the jaws of the target pocket and plot the cue ball at the position of the object ball you're banking. That will give you the impact point you're looking for.

Thanks,
 
Thanks Dave,
I Can't agree more. I'm yet to play on a table where the equal angle method would not work. Speeds all differ for sure but this is without a doubt the best method I've ever found, and that's from a guy that could never see the angles until I started using the BSC.

Cheers Mate,
 
I take it you haven't read anything on the websight. When in doubt reference the FAQs.
It's all in there.
thanks,

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Factor in how hard the ball is hit. You shorten up angles with higher speed.

True most of the time. :wink:

Not true in the case of the purely stroked bank (see Freddy the Beard's video on how to adjust for the 4-2 cross corner shot playing 1/4 diamond short).

However, I am quick to agree with what I think is your main point: There are many variables that need to be calculated and the BSC can't possibly take all of them into account.
 
I like it

Think you have done a great job, hope you keep improving the site, but I think you deserve a lot of credit, hope you do well with your site. I'm in !
 
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