Predicting and Controlling Cue Ball Direction off a Rail with Follow Shots
- By DynoDan
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It may have something to do with my playing 14.1 exclusively. The corner shots are starting to bobble, but the rails don’t get much wear.….I'd sure expect to see some signs of aging in five years.
Polished balls seem to spread the pack better, and cut at the correct angle without using any outside.
I assumed banks were supposed to follow a geometric angle, and not go progressively over-long as the angle widens (?). On the 9’ tables where I learned. a ball in the pocket throat hit centerball at the 2nd diamond across/downtable, always went 3 rails into the opposite corner, though ball & cloth conditions WERE quite different back then. That shot can never go here, even hitting just short of the side pocket, and regardless of any english used.