Where can I find interesting super-slow-mo videos and studies dealing with pool?
Dr. Dave has performed lots of high-speed video analysis of a wide range of pool physics effects. All of his clips can be viewed here:
Dr. Dave’s High-Speed Video Footage
and here are some articles and info pages describing some of the results:
- “Coriolis was brilliant … but he didn’t have a high-speed camera – Part II: high-speed video” (Dr. Dave, Billiards Digest, August, 2005)
- “Coriolis was brilliant … but he didn’t have a high-speed camera – Part IV: maximum cue tip offset” (Dr. Dave, Billiards Digest, October, 2005)
- bank and kick effects
- break hop and squat
- cue tip deformation
- cue tip contact time
- cue tip hardness effects
- draw shot effects
- follow shot ball hop
- grip tightness effects
- jump shots
- miscues
- overspin
- pocket “size” and “center” info
- pocket rattle
- rail and point compression shots
- rail cut shots
- rail dribble shots
- “scoop” shots
- spin transfer
- squirt, swerve, and throw effects
- stroke acceleration
The first high-speed video study of pool physics stuff was carried out by Bob Jewett, Mike Shamos, and others in Jacksonville, Florida in 1998. For more info, see:
A group in Austria has also captured some amazing footage with high-resolution, full-color and infrared high-speed cameras. For more info, see:
A group in Russia has also captured some really high-speed footage and done some experiments with a cue-testing machine. For more info, see:
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