The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 93
Fig. 8. instead of being struck above thecenter is struck below, as at B (Fig.5), but not pushed. It gets abackward twist. The ball B inFig. 6 would go on to B and Awould roll back to its original posi-tion at A. This stroke needs prac-tice, however, as, if the cue does … not leave the ball as soon as it hasstruck it, but pushes it a little, thetwist will be destroyed. This back-ward twist is generally termed adraw, and the forward one afollow. The side twist is some-times termed English. It is very seldom that the ballsare in such positions that strokes canbe made…
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