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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of Sidespin as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
Sidespin is another name for english as applied to the cue ball. To apply sidespin, the shooting player must strike the cueball either to the left or to the right of the equator or center vertical axis.
I love the look of the application of sidespin on those cue balls with the dots.
The term "sidespin" is considered to be a slang term related to billiard technique. The sidespin definition was entered on 1/4/2008 6:01:59 PM and was updated on 1/4/2008 6:01:59 PM. It is a cue sport term that is related to billiard technique. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor. See also: english, body english, helping english, hold up english, inside english, natural english, outside english, reverse english, running english, side english, transferred english, unintentional english, left, right, side, side spin, deflection, siding for more on the meaning of sidespin.
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