Pool related to physics?

Question

Can someone please tell me how pool is at all related to physics or some sites where I could find that out.. google isn't helping me much...thank you

Answer 1

There are lots of ways physics can be seen in pool.  The spin on the balls affecting their travel path and rebound angles, friction between the balls, friction between the ball and the cloth ... the list goes on and on.  Below is a great site with some low and high speed videos of pool.  I've got real basic stuff on my site.  Just let me know if you really want to know the details.  There are some pretty in depth (read: mathematical and scientific) discussions elsewhere, but they go very deep, so it's probably best I don't point you to them now.

-trickshottim