[POOL] Fwd: Pool Physics Paper

[Paul Hovland]

Brian T. and I were talking a little about light versus heavy cues on  
the break.  Here is a passage from Ron Shepard's "Amateur Physics for  
the Amateur Pool Player" paper:

> In the last few years, many professional 9-ball players have  
> switched from heavy
> break cues to lighter break cues.  These players may still use a  
> typical 19-20oz cue for
> their normal strokes in a game, but they break with a lighter  
> 15-18oz break cue.  Break
> cues of this weight are consistent with the above equations, elbow  
> pivots rather than
> shoulder pivots, and slim to medium body types.  The actual breaking  
> technique used by
> these players is more complicated than that considered above, and  
> involves pivots about
> both the shoulder and the elbow.
>

I'm including Ron's pointer to the full paper below, in case anyone is  
interested.

Paul

ps: I don't think Brian's forearm mass falls in either the light or  
medium category, so according to Ron's analysis, a heavier break cue  
might be most appropriate for him.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Ron Shepard <shepard at tcg.anl.gov>
> Date: October 31, 2008 3:03:22 PM CDT
> To: Paul Hovland <hovland at mcs.anl.gov>
> Subject: Pool Physics Paper
>
> Hi Paul: Here is a link to Amateur Physics for the Amateur Pool  
> Player.
>
>   http://www.sfbilliards.com/Shepard_apapp.pdf
>
> You might be interested in chapter 5 in particular.  It discusses  
> some the statistics, markov analysis, and game theory.
>
> -Ron

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