CaliRed
Verified Member
I was brought up with some of these terms
left - could be inside/reverse or outside/running, depending on the hit on the object ball
right - same things as abovee
inside=reverse
outside=running
which basically means that if you use inside, when it comes in contact with the rail, it will have reverse spin on it which will "hold" it
when you use outside english, it will have running english, which means when it contacts the rail it will lengthen because the spin will spin it away
It's easy to picture if you take a cueball in your hand and slowly twist it against the rail. If you twist it one way, when the cueball rubs against the rail, it will twist away and lengthen out and haul ass
If you twist it the other way, it will "grab" against the rail because the spin is trying to make it go the opposite way, which "kills" or "holds" the ball
In the diagram below... depending on which side of the object ball the cueball comes off of, will determine whether left english is inside or reverse.
In the picture on the left.... hitting a tip of left on the cueball is reverse or inside
In the picture on the right... hitting a tip of left on the cueball, it is now called outside or running english.
Hope that confuses you more
If anyone disagrees, please jump in.
I think we all might use different terms, but if someone says their using left hand english and I can't see the picture of what their talking about.. it tells me nothing. Left could be inside or outside, reverse or running.. I don't know.
If I saw a picture of what they were talking about, then if they said they used outside, I would know if they used left or right hand english. If they said I used reverse or running, I would know whether they used left or right english. If they said made the object ball lengthen out or hold up, I would know whether they used left or right hand english to do it with.
[cuetable]http://CueTable.com/P/?@2EdxB2LYLU3NYkU3PKoR2QKPV2YdxB1YevC2gYLU2gbXU3kKoR3kWPQ3kbPE2lKPV2lWHS2lbGu2qbpFIf_the_cueball_goes_off_to_the_left_of_the_object_ball..._when_you_use_a_tip_of_left_hand_english_on_the_cueball,_it_would_be_called_outside_english_or_running_english.__The_object_ball_will_lengthen_out_&ZZ2rcbfOnce_again,_if_the_cueball_goes_off_to_the_left_of_the_object_ball,_when_you_use_a_tip_of_right_hand_english,_it_would_be_called_inside_english_or_reverse_english.__The_object_ball_will_"hold"_or_shorten&ZZ3scdbThis_time_we_are_hitting_the_object_ball_so_the_cueball_goes_off_the_right_side_of_the_ball.__NOW_when_we_use_a_tip_of_left_hand_english,_it_has_inside_or_reverse_english.__The_object_ball_will_"hold"_or_shorten&ZZ3tbJyIf_we_hit_a_tip_of_right_hand_english_on_the_cueball,_it_will_have_outside_english_or_running_english.__The_object_ball_will_lengthen_out.&ZZ@[/cuetable]
left - could be inside/reverse or outside/running, depending on the hit on the object ball
right - same things as abovee
inside=reverse
outside=running
which basically means that if you use inside, when it comes in contact with the rail, it will have reverse spin on it which will "hold" it
when you use outside english, it will have running english, which means when it contacts the rail it will lengthen because the spin will spin it away
It's easy to picture if you take a cueball in your hand and slowly twist it against the rail. If you twist it one way, when the cueball rubs against the rail, it will twist away and lengthen out and haul ass
If you twist it the other way, it will "grab" against the rail because the spin is trying to make it go the opposite way, which "kills" or "holds" the ball
In the diagram below... depending on which side of the object ball the cueball comes off of, will determine whether left english is inside or reverse.
In the picture on the left.... hitting a tip of left on the cueball is reverse or inside
In the picture on the right... hitting a tip of left on the cueball, it is now called outside or running english.
Hope that confuses you more
If anyone disagrees, please jump in.I think we all might use different terms, but if someone says their using left hand english and I can't see the picture of what their talking about.. it tells me nothing. Left could be inside or outside, reverse or running.. I don't know.
If I saw a picture of what they were talking about, then if they said they used outside, I would know if they used left or right hand english. If they said I used reverse or running, I would know whether they used left or right english. If they said made the object ball lengthen out or hold up, I would know whether they used left or right hand english to do it with.
[cuetable]http://CueTable.com/P/?@2EdxB2LYLU3NYkU3PKoR2QKPV2YdxB1YevC2gYLU2gbXU3kKoR3kWPQ3kbPE2lKPV2lWHS2lbGu2qbpFIf_the_cueball_goes_off_to_the_left_of_the_object_ball..._when_you_use_a_tip_of_left_hand_english_on_the_cueball,_it_would_be_called_outside_english_or_running_english.__The_object_ball_will_lengthen_out_&ZZ2rcbfOnce_again,_if_the_cueball_goes_off_to_the_left_of_the_object_ball,_when_you_use_a_tip_of_right_hand_english,_it_would_be_called_inside_english_or_reverse_english.__The_object_ball_will_"hold"_or_shorten&ZZ3scdbThis_time_we_are_hitting_the_object_ball_so_the_cueball_goes_off_the_right_side_of_the_ball.__NOW_when_we_use_a_tip_of_left_hand_english,_it_has_inside_or_reverse_english.__The_object_ball_will_"hold"_or_shorten&ZZ3tbJyIf_we_hit_a_tip_of_right_hand_english_on_the_cueball,_it_will_have_outside_english_or_running_english.__The_object_ball_will_lengthen_out.&ZZ@[/cuetable]
