Throw in Pool and Billiards

– adjusting aim for throw
– answers to questions about CIT, SIT, and OE
– ball cleaning and treatment effects
– ball size effects
– cling / skid / kick
– combination shot aiming
– cut-induced spin
– draw and follow effects
– effects summary
– example throw shots

– inside spin effects
– frozen balls
– “hold” or “kill” shot to limit cue ball drift
– maximum throw
– outside english to prevent throw and cling
– physics details and results
– speed effects
– spin transfer
– stop shot with sidespin
– tutorial covering the basics

For more information, see “Everything You Need to Know About Throw” (BD, November, 2020), the System for Aiming With Sidespin (SAWS), Sections 4.04, 7.03, and 7.04 in The Illustrated Principles of Pool and Billiards, and Vol. IV of the Video Encyclopedia of Pool Shots.

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