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The ball(s) that can be hit first by the cue ball are referred to as being "on" for that particular stroke. The ball(s) "on" differ from shot to shot; if any reds are on the table, all of them are "on" for the first stroke of a player's turn. Potting a red allows the player to nominate one colour as "on" for the next shot and attempt to pot it.
In sports, backspin or underspin refers to the reverse rotation of a ball, in relation to the ball's trajectory, that is imparted on the ball by a slice or chop shot. Backspin generates an upward force that lifts the ball (see Magnus effect). [1] While a normal hit bounces well forward as well as up, backspin shots bounce higher and less forward.
The following is a glossary of traditional English-language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: carom billiards referring to the various carom games played on a billiard table without pockets; pool, which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets; and snooker, played on a large pocket table, and which has a sport culture unto itself distinct from pool.
A let is also called foul service, if the ball hits the server's side of the table, if the ball does not pass further than the edge and if the ball hits the table edge and hits the net. Let serve When the serve touches the net but still goes over. The serve is retaken. Loaded A shot with a very large amount of spin. Lob
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The topspin shot (also called a topspinner) is primarily used by racket sport players as either a "safe shot" or rally ball, or it can also be used to construct a point. . For example, a player may hit three topspin shots crosscourt, and then on the fourth shot hit a flat ball or a slice down the line to set him/herself up to win the po
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