Recognize the player

Name: Pankaj Advani

19-time World Champion English
billiards and snooker player from India
Arjuna Award in 2004
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2006
Padma Shri in 2009
Padma Bhushan in 2018

Two Asian gold medals:

2006 (Doha)
2010 (Guangzhou)
 Physics behind

Collisions
Science to sports
Types of collisions
■ Elastic
■ Inelastic
Inelastic collisions
■ Loss of energy in heat, sound
■ That is loss of mechanical energy
■ Is total energy conserved???
■ Is kinetic energy conserved??
■ Is momentum conserved??
Elastic collisions
■ Is total energy conserved??
■ Is kinetic energy conserved??
■ Is momentum conserved???
■ Loss of energy???
■ Perfectly elastic collisions????
Collision in one dimensional system
■ http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/collision-lab/collision-lab_en.html
Elastic collision in two dimensions
■ Find the velocity of final velocities of the particles.
■ How to proceed??
Controlling the cue ball- Mastering the game!!!
How to control the cue ball?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rask8MYJaB4
The shot selection ___ Angle matters a lot!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rask8MYJaB4
The draw shot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rask8MYJaB4
The follow shot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rask8MYJaB4