"we can only recognize what we're familiar with".
"Marked Cards" is a good analogy. The first time I saw someone using them I carefully looked at the cards and couldn't see the "mark". Then, he showed the mark to me and it's ALL I could see - like my eyes were drawn to that spot like a magnet.
There's many things like that in pool, some I've disclosed, others are best kept "hermetically sealed".......the morale to the story is "we can only recognize what we're familiar with". And such is life.......'The Game is the Teacher'
Besides using silicon on the CB and cloth they will also use a CB that is lighter than the regular balls. Trick shot artists are exactly that, same as a "magician" or card cheat using a doctored deck of cards. I read a article where there are more doctored card decks sold than regular cards. I find it hard to believe but I think that they are trying to say that stuff like that is readily available and are used more than you think.
When you see them balancing a ball on top of the other it is because there is a hole drilled thru ball so that the top ball has a place to set on and so it also doesn't roll on the cloth.
It is the same as the HR Derby for the all Star game. They use special balls that are more lively than regular balls and are specially marked to keep them from being used in a game. Was at a Tiger game after the All Star game was here and during batting practice the person in front of me got a ball that was hit into the stands. It was one of those balls that was left over.
"Marked Cards" is a good analogy. The first time I saw someone using them I carefully looked at the cards and couldn't see the "mark". Then, he showed the mark to me and it's ALL I could see - like my eyes were drawn to that spot like a magnet.
There's many things like that in pool, some I've disclosed, others are best kept "hermetically sealed".......the morale to the story is "we can only recognize what we're familiar with". And such is life.......'The Game is the Teacher'