I think that there is a small but useable amount of spin tranferred to the object ball in some circumstances.
If you place the cue ball and object ball exactly on the baulk line and in the D,say object ball on the green spot and the cue ball on the brown spot I have found that I can play for the object ball to strike the side cushion slightly out of baulk and come back in,or,strike the cushion in baulk and rebound out. This effect is small but useable especially in billiards.
Try it , play a stroke with maximum side and see the effect.
This to me proves conclusively that some spin is transmitted.
Roy Bacon
If you place the cue ball and object ball exactly on the baulk line and in the D,say object ball on the green spot and the cue ball on the brown spot I have found that I can play for the object ball to strike the side cushion slightly out of baulk and come back in,or,strike the cushion in baulk and rebound out. This effect is small but useable especially in billiards.
Try it , play a stroke with maximum side and see the effect.
This to me proves conclusively that some spin is transmitted.
Roy Bacon
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