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How to get better at snooker… with physics
- The 2025 World Snooker Championship recently concluded, with Zhao Xintong becoming the first Chinese world champion by defeating Mark Williams.
- Mark Allen achieved a rare perfect break of 147 points during the championship, earning a significant bonus.
- Snooker involves potting balls in a specific sequence starting with reds followed by colored balls of ascending values.
- Players aim to chain successive pots in a break, with a maximum possible score of 147 in a single break.
- Achieving a perfect 147 break is extremely challenging, requiring potting 36 balls successively without a miss.
- Snooker tables are larger than pool tables, with smaller pockets, making the game less forgiving.
- Physics plays a crucial role in snooker, especially in cue ball control and understanding momentum transfer during collisions.
- Angular momentum, imparted by spin on the cue ball, allows skilled players to manipulate the ball's trajectory and position for precise shots.
- Factors like table friction and cushion interactions affect ball behavior, adding complexity to shots in snooker.
- Professional snooker players develop an instinctive understanding of ball behavior through practice and experience.
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