side spin
Ball rotation technique
Side spin is rotation imparted to a ball around a vertical axis, causing it to curve left or right during flight or bounce unexpectedly off a surface.
The term appears across racket sports, billiards, and golf: She put side spin on the serve to pull it wide.
In pool, side spin applied by striking off-center is called English.
- curveSmooth, angleless line
- englishSpin on struck ball
- cueTrigger for action
- cue ballUnmarked billiard striker
- billiardsCue-and-ball table game
rotation · hook · swerve · ping pong · paddle · racket · angle · break · table felt · bank shot · kick shot · cut shot · pool · table tennis · follow · masse · deflection · trajectory
- billiardspool table, cue stick, rack, eight-ball, cue
- Snookersnooker, cue, cue ball, pot, pocket
- Cricket Bowlingfast bowling, googly, yorker, bouncer, inswinger
- racket sportsserve, volley, forehand, backhand, doubles
- poolswimming pool, cue ball, object ball, pool table, pool cue
- spinning thingsfan, propeller, turntable, pinwheel, dreidel
side spintopspin
Forward ball rotation
backspin · overspin · underspin · reverse spin · slice
side spinno spin
Without manipulation or distortion
flat shot · knuckleball · dead ball · floater
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