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Just listened to Steve Davis bemoaning yet another kick during a break, and the explanation that there is no explanation for them.
What gives? I can't work out how it's not been worked out yet - they've been whinging about them for probably 20 years now. If science can't explain it then maybe it's God?
racist white ball.
Best not look in to how/why a cricket ball 'swings'
Shakes head
I thought the kick in snooker was due to the white bull hitting the object ball on the exact spot where the cue chalk had been left on the white, causing there to white to sort of grip the ball and jump.
Static?
There's a PhD in the making.
It's one of those little mysteries.
I remember watching a VT about it during one of the Masters finals a few years ago where they'd spent a long time studying the static charge of the balls as they rolled/spun on the cloth, what effect temp had (heated tables etc) and whether playing under studio lights had an effect or not. No-one had a definitive answer apart from it seems to happen more under broadcast conditions than in the club, possibly to do with the higher temps due to the floodlighting required for the cameras.
It may annoy the players but it does add that bit of uncertainty to a good break or a 147 attempt.
its god playing dice and just messing with the laws of physics.
Best not look in to how/why a cricket ball 'swings'
Amen to that.
Best not look in to how/why a cricket ball 'swings'
Conventional or reverse?
I've made a contact kick playing snooker, I've also swung a cricket ball. Am I some kind of magician?
A long time ago I saw Steve Davis test the static and chalk theories on TV. Static (predictably) had no effect, and chalk (also predictably) caused a big kick.
Can't think why he says there's no explanation (other than £££'s of Chinese gambling money)