Physics in Sports
Introduction
Billiards, Pool or 8 Ball are the names given to this game. For many
of us 8 Ball is a game that we play at friends' place or at pool
houses, pubs and a good many other places. But when you are playing 8
Ball you would never really think about physics would you? But it is
there, and it is in play everytime the cue hits the ball to make it
curve, everytime you jump the ball over another or bounce it around
the cushioned sides to get the white ball to connect with one of your
own. This connection is also a matter of physics, the angles that you
hit the balls into the pockets at, the speeds that the balls travel at
and of course the ever embarrassing ball bouncing around the table
without hitting a ball at all. Why does the white ball slow down? Why
didn't that ball go in the pocket? Why did that ball hit the back of
the pocket and pop back out? These questions are all related to
physics and will be discussed throughout this investigation as well as
many others revolving around differences in equipment and other
interesting facts.
Description of Materials Used
The materials used for 8 Ball are generally the same for each person,
with the exception of people who have extra things that others don't
have (spiders, score counters, Kelly pool balls and snooker balls -
another type of game with similar characteristics but different
rules). 8 Ball is played on a table which is usually around about the
height of 120cm above the floor, the covering on the top of the pool
table is a cloth type surface called 'felt' made of a type of wool
which has a very small amount of friction, the table is normally in a
rectangular shape that normally can have as big dimensions as 3 metres
in length and around about a metre in width. 8 Ball is played with 16
balls on the table numbered from 1 to 15 and with a white ball that is
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...the more energy is lost and the less the ball bounces back. The less denting that occurs, the more energy is kept and the higher the ball bounces back.