Why do Billiards balls spin more than snooker balls?

Question

I asked this question sometime ago and they told me that if you hit the cue with the same speed and power the spin of the ball will be the same. I personally have not playes billiards so much and I dont have any experience,but when I watch Billiards games they give the balls some amazing spins and the balls actually curve in a crazy way.but in snooker I have only seen players like jimmy white and mark williams giving the balls some back spins, and when players are snookered(well not completely!)they use the cusions instead of curling the ball in the board. when I tried to curl the snooker ball as much as I could, I could only see the difference when the ball hits the cusions.it actually doesnt curve that much on the bed of the table.

Please help me.

Answer 1

Here's a different explanation so try to equate it to this:

Two cars are racing on an oval track that is 2 miles long and 100 yards wide. One car races on the inside  lane, say the one yard line, and the other car races on the outside lane, say the ninety-nine yard line.

In order for those two cars to run side by side around the track, not withstanding the fact that there is nearly 100 yards between them, the car on the inside lane (the small snooker ball) will not be traveling (spinning) as fast as the outside lane (the big pool ball).

The smaller the diameter, the less spin dynamic it will have.

Answer 2

The thing is that a billiard ball is a lot bigger and heavier than others pools balls.

Answer 3

Billiard balls are considerably heavier than pool balls.  A fat man on a fast break will hit the wall after his layup; a skinny guy can make the shot, stop and turn the other way without ever going out of bounds.  Once you get that billiard ball spinning, the mass keeps it going longer (ever noticed the spin-action on a bowling ball?).  I takes more force which translates to more kinetic energy in the ball after the strike.  Also, billiard tables have felt designed for speed (less resistance [friction] against the ball--they slide more easily).  Put the same ball on different cloth and it won't spin as well or as long (like spinning it on concrete as opposed to the family slip-n-slide).  Finally, billiard tables (good ones) are heated which affects the resistance factors (like humidity--imagine a golf ball rolling across a wet green as opposed to a dry one).  If you really want some spin action, get the lowest nap worsted wool billiard cloth, turn up the heat to the slate of the table, use a billiard ball, and polish it with silicone before shooting (no legal, but fun to play with).  Bottom line, it has to do with mass and friction reduction.  I am . . .

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