What causes difficulty with spin/english?
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What causes difficulty with spin/english?
By Billiards Forum Feed | July 9, 2012
I've owned a pool table for a few years now, and play regularly on it. However, I've never been able to perfect the art of spinning the cue ball; in particular backspin/draw. On some occasions when the cue ball is very near the object ball, I can hit low on the cue ball and send it spinning back a short distance; but in most cases the ball tends to stop rather than get any true spin. Topspin seems to be a bit easier, though on some long shots the ball can gather a lot of topspin even if not intended.
If I happen to see any pool on TV, I see them spinning the ball back a huge distance. I put all of this down to my technique - until I visited a pool hall with a group of people recently. Without even applying much force, I could generate large amounts of backspin consistently by doing exactly what I had been attempting at home.
So my question is - what could cause this and is there any way it could be improved? Is it:
a) The size/quality of the pool balls themselves (ours is a little smaller)
b) The quality of the cue (though I didn't even need to apply chalk in the pool hall and could still obtain plenty of spin)
c) The quality of the felt / amount of dust etc - occasionally brush the table to remove excess dust, though I've heard vacuuming may be a better idea.
d) Something else?
I'm guessing it's some combination of a) and c), but does anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
What causes difficulty with spin/english?.
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