What is the difference between corkspin and sidespin?
Corkspin and sidespin
Strokes
Ayesha Noon Asked 12 years ago
Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago
Hi Ayesha,
It is much the same. Just the ball tends to spin on a different axis. With sidespin as we know it the ball spins more on it's vertical axis whereas what they refer to as corkscrew spin tends to move more around a horizontal axis.
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Ayesha Noon Posted 12 years ago
how did I ask the same question twice?
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