bizzarly, its not the cable that is twisting, rather its being straightened out.
The cores inside the cable are twisted as it goes down the cable, not straight as you would imagine, this aids its flexibility.
Using a reel too tightly, or wrapping it over your elbow stretches the cable out, and straightens the cores on the inside, the sheath tries to pull them back, and ends up with a kinked cable.
thicker cables offer more resistance to this.
twists and kinks also get into the cable if you roll it onto these open reels, but then just pull it off the top, instead of unrolling it.
Good theory Tim but hose pipes don't have the same construction and they twist if coiled instead of wound on. The same applies to large mooring ropes which are multi stranded and do not have a lay. Also applies to mono-filament fishing line when used on a fixed spool reel. Fact is it is not possible to coil what is in effect a cylindrical shape without twisting it. The only way is to wind it in a straight path on and off the drum.
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Coiling a cable is the same as coiling a rope. The Royal Navy used (I don't know if they still do) to train their personnel to coil a rope a standard way so that no matter who had coiled and stowed it, it would always straighten out without tangling, or twisting.
One thing that is pointed out is the quality of the rope used, it is the same with electrical cable!
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Topic: Mains Cable Twist
