How To Put Backspin On A Pool Ball

Sent by : Liz Ford Few pool moves can attract (pun intended) as much attention, or even envy, as the simple application of the backspin to the cue ball. In other words, “Did you see that guy? !! He just drew the black marble the length of the table – I don’t want to play him! “Does it need superhuman strength? No. Talent from birth? Negative. There are some fundamentals to keep in mind when learning this pool standard, but like anything else – real mastery comes from practice, practice, and practice. 1. Give rotation to the object sphere. There is no hocus pocus involved, cue ball only reverses if there is a backspin on it when it hits the object ball. No reverse – no tie. The farther the object’s sphere is from the ball, the more reverse rotation you will need because as the cue ball moves across the fabric, the spin dissipates due to friction. 2. Learn to observe. For this step you can use cue ball “as seen on TV” with 6 red dots but that is not necessary. Just start by shooting a striped ball straight into the pocket without using cue balls. The trick here is to place the stripe horizontally and see how much reverse spin occurs when you hit the low. Finally, you will see the point where the backspin stops and the ball starts rolling (“overturned”). Take the backstroke enough to get the striped ball from the footer into the far corner pocket without it “flipping” and you’ll create a shot that will allow you to hit mid-range shots. 3. Low means low… really low. To get the maximum tie, you must press the button at the bottom of the cue ball. This can be a scary prospect at first and you will probably bounce the cue ball up and down the table a few times as you get used to it. Be sure to cheer up, put your fears aside and go for the low! 4. Accuracy gets harder as you move further away from the center. Because there’s less biue to hit when you’re in low position, any small departure from the center axis will increase the deflection. To improve your chances of shading your object, go straight over the cue ball, not sideways 5. Make sure you’re queuing where you think you’re queuing. The position you aim at while practicing your shots doesn’t always translate into the position you hit during serve. If you have trouble getting the ball back, test your habit by keeping an eye on the cue ball while serving a few times. You may be surprised that you didn’t hit low enough. Frank said: You need to have a really good stroke to maximize your shot! Check out the DigiCue OB to see if you have any issues that need addressing. Just slide it over your butt and this amazing training aid will alert you when it detects steering, thrusts and body movements during your stroke. The Stroke Groover is a bit more “old-fashioned,” but there’s no better tool to help you stop flexing your elbow. It will train your muscles to hit the ball properly! Reading: how to put a backspin on a pendulum Read more: How to create a multi-level bulleted list in powerpoint 2013 6. Keep signal level. While it is possible to reset the spin ball while raising the signal, the draw you will produce is pale in comparison to the amount of reverse spins you would generate if you signaled low with a level signal. By going up and through the center of the ball, you’re directing wasted energy straight into the felt instead of turning it into backspin. 7. Different strokes for different people. Both velocity and mass are important ingredients for generating energy. Your tracking can be short and fast (additional velocity) or smoother and very long (larger mass), both work as long as you have a loose wrist, creating enough momentum and the signal is low enough. 8. Be a Jedi but don’t use force. Don’t kill your action and keep going by gripping your handle, trying to gain strength. The increased power comes from taking a bigger shot or a quicker stroke but it should always come through naturally, with the wrist and grip very loose. 9. Becoming a superhero takes time. Don’t kill yourself trying to draw long pictures all at once. Build up your stroke by increasing the length of the photos a few inches at a time from very short to the length of the board. 10. Now that you have it, learn to control it. It’s harder to gauge draw rate than it is to track, so it’s well worth the time and effort you put into doing the draw position exercises. Draw opens up a whole new world of positions for you and you might even find, like so many good players, that you enjoy using it in the majority of shots.