New Posts For Thread: Snooker discussion : Pocketing a ball along the rail.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/27480165/snooker-discussion-pocketing-a-ball-along-the-railWhen tasked with pocketing an object ball that is tight against a rail, most snooker coaches advise aiming to hit the ball and cushion at the same time.This is usually very bad advice. Does anyone disagree?I have sent a few emails to the BBC over the years about one thing or another, but they never reply.Davis would love this, it would make an interesting segment. Perhaps they don`t want there commentators to look like idiots though.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/27480165/snooker-discussion-pocketing-a-ball-along-the-rail?post_id=544416961#544416961I have sent a few emails to the BBC over the years about one thing or another, but they never reply.Davis would love this, it would make an interesting segment. Perhaps they don`t want there commentators to look like idiots though.Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:44:55 -0500Great chatting as always, gentlemen. Good evening to you all.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/27480165/snooker-discussion-pocketing-a-ball-along-the-rail?post_id=544416813#544416813Great chatting as always, gentlemen. Good evening to you all.Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:36:51 -0500this was the tactic I used to employ after about the sixth pint.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/27480165/snooker-discussion-pocketing-a-ball-along-the-rail?post_id=544416771#544416771this was the tactic I used to employ after about the sixth pint.Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:34:54 -0500Very good thread PM. It`s been the troughs all along.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/27480165/snooker-discussion-pocketing-a-ball-along-the-rail?post_id=544416767#544416767Very good thread PM. It`s been the troughs all along.Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:34:06 -0500Brand new tables don't have the troughs, they're caused by countless balls striking the cushion and being ever so slightly forced downwards into the cloth by the cushion rubber. Over time all these miniscule divots join up to form a trough.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/27480165/snooker-discussion-pocketing-a-ball-along-the-rail?post_id=544416727#544416727Brand new tables don't have the troughs, they're caused by countless balls striking the cushion and being ever so slightly forced downwards into the cloth by the cushion rubber. Over time all these miniscule divots join up to form a trough.Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:32:00 -0500Very true PM as in my example the object ball is spinning along the cushion anti clockwise away from the cushion, so what is this magic force our elders taught us?I knew that they didn`t understand the game in the 70`shttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/27480165/snooker-discussion-pocketing-a-ball-along-the-rail?post_id=544416715#544416715Very true PM as in my example the object ball is spinning along the cushion anti clockwise away from the cushion, so what is this magic force our elders taught us?I knew that they didn`t understand the game in the 70`sTue, 21 Apr 2015 12:30:59 -0500I have sent a few emails to the BBC over the years about one thing or another, but they never reply.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/27480165/snooker-discussion-pocketing-a-ball-along-the-rail?post_id=544416689#544416689I have sent a few emails to the BBC over the years about one thing or another, but they never reply.Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:29:00 -0500My apologies for my replies seeming a bit disjointed. You type a little faster than me, gentlemen!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/27480165/snooker-discussion-pocketing-a-ball-along-the-rail?post_id=544416655#544416655My apologies for my replies seeming a bit disjointed. You type a little faster than me, gentlemen!Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:27:13 -0500By the way i am not at all suggesting you are wrong, it does make complete sense and i have spent the last 10 mins spinning balls along cushions in my head and what you say make perfect sense.Hitting the object ball and cushion at the same time timehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/27480165/snooker-discussion-pocketing-a-ball-along-the-rail?post_id=544416643#544416643By the way i am not at all suggesting you are wrong, it does make complete sense and i have spent the last 10 mins spinning balls along cushions in my head and what you say make perfect sense.Hitting the object ball and cushion at the same time timeTue, 21 Apr 2015 12:26:38 -0500I wouldn't say no grab, AG, as there is always what is known as contact friction or adhesive friction between two touching bodies, but applying sidespin directed at the pocket most certainly wouldn't help it.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/27480165/snooker-discussion-pocketing-a-ball-along-the-rail?post_id=544416635#544416635I wouldn't say no grab, AG, as there is always what is known as contact friction or adhesive friction between two touching bodies, but applying sidespin directed at the pocket most certainly wouldn't help it.Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:25:59 -0500