https://www.topendsports.com/videos Topend Sports videos Mon, 20 Jul 2015 04:30:24 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.6 40040165 https://www.topendsports.com/videos/sports/unusual/loop-a-new-cue-sport/ https://www.topendsports.com/videos/sports/unusual/loop-a-new-cue-sport/#respond Mon, 20 Jul 2015 04:30:24 +0000 http://www.topendsports.com/videos/?p=2559 The new sport of Loop (pool spelled backwards!) was created by British mathematician Alex Bellos in 2015. It is a new twist to an old game. Loop is played on an elliptical shaped pool table, with a dot at one focus point, and the pocket at another, requiring some calculated angles as shown here. See the first ever game played in the video below, and read more about LOOP.

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