I don't know if you've noticed, but if you close your eyes, you can often tell the difference between players, purely by the sound of the balls. OK, I know that the better player's shots will more often be followed by the sound of the ball hitting the pocket vice a rail, but what I'm talking about is the sound of the cue ball hitting the object ball, and, all other things being equal, the sound the ball makes when it hits the pocket.
I was discussing this yesterday with another player and we were talking about how the balls sound different when you're playing well. And, it's not just a matte of hitting them harder or softer (I don't think).
Has anyone else noticed this? And, perhaps for the science guys, what would explain this?
I have a friend who plays pretty good. A number of years back we were in a bar playing in a tournament and he made the comment that the music was so loud he couldn't hear the balls hitting each other and so he couldn't tell if he was hitting them good or not. My first reaction was to laugh at a new excuse for playing bad but the more I thought about it I could understand what he was talking about. When you are playing good the balls just sound good when they contact each other.
PatH...rarely hears that 'sweet' sound
On Nov 25, 9:59 am, lfigueroa <lfigue...@att.net> wrote:
> I don't know if you've noticed, but if you close your eyes, you can > often tell the difference between players, purely by the sound of the > balls. OK, I know that the better player's shots will more often be > followed by the sound of the ball hitting the pocket vice a rail, but > what I'm talking about is the sound of the cue ball hitting the object > ball, and, all other things being equal, the sound the ball makes when > it hits the pocket.
> I was discussing this yesterday with another player and we were talking > about how the balls sound different when you're playing well. And, it's > not just a matte of hitting them harder or softer (I don't think).
> Has anyone else noticed this? And, perhaps for the science guys, what > would explain this?
In article <hejk9s$gv...@news.eternal-september.org>, lfigue...@att.net says...
> OK, I know that the better player's shots will more often be > followed by the sound of the ball hitting the pocket vice a rail, but > what I'm talking about is the sound of the cue ball hitting the object > ball, and, all other things being equal, the sound the ball makes when > it hits the pocket.
I'm not saying all, but I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that better players hit softer most of the time (with better cueball action) than poor players. Poor players blast away especially when they need top or bottom. They tend to think they have to hit real hard to achieve those (and end up not getting much anyway), whereas with proper technique and followthrough you can get nice action with a medium speed controlled hit. The ball going into the pocket sounds different due to speed to since it doesn't hit the back of the pocket or rattle. Its a soft drop in. And of course the hit with the cue stick sounds different too.
> I have a friend who plays pretty good. A number of years back we were > in a bar playing in a tournament and he made the comment that the > music was so loud he couldn't hear the balls hitting each other and so > he couldn't tell if he was hitting them good or not. My first > reaction was to laugh at a new excuse for playing bad but the more I > thought about it I could understand what he was talking about. When > you are playing good the balls just sound good when they contact each > other.
> PatH...rarely hears that 'sweet' sound
> On Nov 25, 9:59 am, lfigueroa <lfigue...@att.net> wrote:
> > I don't know if you've noticed, but if you close your eyes, you can > > often tell the difference between players, purely by the sound of the > > balls. OK, I know that the better player's shots will more often be > > followed by the sound of the ball hitting the pocket vice a rail, but > > what I'm talking about is the sound of the cue ball hitting the object > > ball, and, all other things being equal, the sound the ball makes when > > it hits the pocket.
> > I was discussing this yesterday with another player and we were talking > > about how the balls sound different when you're playing well. And, it's > > not just a matte of hitting them harder or softer (I don't think).
> > Has anyone else noticed this? And, perhaps for the science guys, what > > would explain this?
> > Lou Figueroa
It's been mentioned before how many things in pool occur in threes - like the sound. 1-cue stick hits CB 2-CB hits OB 3-OB hits pocket Possibly when amateurs play there are more incidental ball collisions creating more noise?
PatH wrote: > I have a friend who plays pretty good. A number of years back we were > in a bar playing in a tournament and he made the comment that the > music was so loud he couldn't hear the balls hitting each other and so > he couldn't tell if he was hitting them good or not. My first > reaction was to laugh at a new excuse for playing bad but the more I > thought about it I could understand what he was talking about. When > you are playing good the balls just sound good when they contact each > other.
> PatH...rarely hears that 'sweet' sound
> On Nov 25, 9:59 am, lfigueroa <lfigue...@att.net> wrote: >> I don't know if you've noticed, but if you close your eyes, you can >> often tell the difference between players, purely by the sound of the >> balls. OK, I know that the better player's shots will more often be >> followed by the sound of the ball hitting the pocket vice a rail, but >> what I'm talking about is the sound of the cue ball hitting the object >> ball, and, all other things being equal, the sound the ball makes when >> it hits the pocket.
>> I was discussing this yesterday with another player and we were talking >> about how the balls sound different when you're playing well. And, it's >> not just a matte of hitting them harder or softer (I don't think).
>> Has anyone else noticed this? And, perhaps for the science guys, what >> would explain this?
I'm thinking one component is that when struck better , the OB hits the back of the pocket more cleanly, and that's one of the sounds you hear differently.
bk42...@hotmail.com wrote: > On Nov 25, 9:44 am, PatH <ph...@certcoinc.com> wrote: >> I have a friend who plays pretty good. A number of years back we were >> in a bar playing in a tournament and he made the comment that the >> music was so loud he couldn't hear the balls hitting each other and so >> he couldn't tell if he was hitting them good or not. My first >> reaction was to laugh at a new excuse for playing bad but the more I >> thought about it I could understand what he was talking about. When >> you are playing good the balls just sound good when they contact each >> other.
>> PatH...rarely hears that 'sweet' sound
>> On Nov 25, 9:59 am, lfigueroa <lfigue...@att.net> wrote:
>>> I don't know if you've noticed, but if you close your eyes, you can >>> often tell the difference between players, purely by the sound of the >>> balls. OK, I know that the better player's shots will more often be >>> followed by the sound of the ball hitting the pocket vice a rail, but >>> what I'm talking about is the sound of the cue ball hitting the object >>> ball, and, all other things being equal, the sound the ball makes when >>> it hits the pocket. >>> I was discussing this yesterday with another player and we were talking >>> about how the balls sound different when you're playing well. And, it's >>> not just a matte of hitting them harder or softer (I don't think). >>> Has anyone else noticed this? And, perhaps for the science guys, what >>> would explain this? >>> Lou Figueroa
> It's been mentioned before how many things in pool occur in threes - > like the sound. > 1-cue stick hits CB > 2-CB hits OB > 3-OB hits pocket > Possibly when amateurs play there are more incidental ball collisions > creating more noise?
> I don't know if you've noticed, but if you close your eyes, you can > often tell the difference between players, purely by the sound of the > balls. OK, I know that the better player's shots will more often be > followed by the sound of the ball hitting the pocket vice a rail, but > what I'm talking about is the sound of the cue ball hitting the object > ball, and, all other things being equal, the sound the ball makes when > it hits the pocket.
> I was discussing this yesterday with another player and we were talking > about how the balls sound different when you're playing well. And, it's > not just a matte of hitting them harder or softer (I don't think).
> Has anyone else noticed this? And, perhaps for the science guys, what > would explain this?
> Lou Figueroa
I usually close my eyes on the final stroke. Thanks for the suggestion. This might be easier than trying to figure out if there are any balls which aren't on the table anymore.
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