Does draw (or follow) on the CB really have much effect on bank angles, especially when either of these is true?
- the OB would be rolling anyway when it hit the rail
- the bank angle is steep
pj <- questioning the President of the Bank
chgo
Hey. That reminds me of one of my old prop bets. You have to go inside the two balls frozen on the center diamonds without touching them. I use to miss this a few times until I could get somebody to ask me what I was doing. Then I would let them try it a few times. Use maximum center draw. I'm sure it was easy for SuperDuck, but I missed it a couple of times, even when trying. I liked to get two tries, and be careful using house cues with bad tips..
Does draw (or follow) on the CB really have much effect on bank angles, especially when either of these is true?
- the OB would be rolling anyway when it hit the rail
- the bank angle is steep
pj <- questioning the President of the Bank
chgo
...using low (draw) english, you can place the cue ball anywhere from 0" to 20" from the side rail. and you can do it with ease, every time..That is of course, an extreme demonstration, as you can't transfer that much english to an object ball..But the principles are the same, with regards to the first rail effect.
Well,it sure won't help to shorten it up like the way I would shoot it. Draw for sure makes most banks go long.Also draw will make the pocket play small on most banks. JB
PS: question away
I appreciate the advice, guys, but I've always questioned this common wisdom. Seems to me that too little follow or draw can be transferred to the OB to last all the way to the rail for most shots, especially with table surface friction turning everything into "natural roll" so quickly. Even sidespin (which doesn't have to fight against table surface friction nearly as much) wears off pretty quickly.