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Inside and outside English

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nothing to do with effects just the way you hit it.

as if you are hitting an object ball and going to the long cushion say to the right, left english is inside as you are aiming inside and the cue ball goes and hits the side cushion and goes around left the table 3 rails faster than if you hit outside it wouldn't likely go around at all.

if you moved the cueball over and went the other way around the table you would use outside.

inside and outside are clear when aiming the shot. what the ball does, starting to call gearing or whatever is beyond what the simple definition of english is.

it is left or right english and becomes inside or outside depending on what you are first aiming at. not what the ball does or goes.
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Higher skill pocket billiards players - 9 ball or snooker players?

Cleveland_Rocks
Cornerman said:
I never wanna answer this freaking question again.

And I don’t wanna answer to all the excuses.

Efren beat Ronnie. The Ronnie was a teenager. He was still one of the best snooker players on the planet of the time. They were on a snooker table. Efren was using a pool queue. In that tournament, Efren had several century breaks. Ronnie was giving Efren 25 points per frame, which sounds substantial against another snooker player, but the going word is always been that a top snooker player in full tournament mode should beat any nine ball player spot or no spot. Not only did Efren beat Ronnie, but they continued by playing 7-ball on the snooker table. Efren won that set as well. This is a pretty well known story retold by Efren himself as well as Darryl Peach and Ronnie himself. Efren was record by Mark Griffin, and Efren told me the story himself.

Here’s the kicker… Efren has never been known to be the greatest pure shot maker in the pool world.
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Thank you for this story. This is a good example of the context that I was hoping to gain.
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Higher skill pocket billiards players - 9 ball or snooker players?

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gregcantrall said:
I have not read all the posts, here is a video that provides insights into differences in the pool vs snooker comparison.
Edit: oops forgot the link. 🤷‍♂️
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Funnily enough Melling has just posted a video called 5 beginner mistakes, and two of the examples he says most American players do this wrong all the time (bridge for when cueing over a ball and standing side on to the shot which is his explanation for America struggling with tighter pockets in Mosconi cup)

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9 Ball Roll Out Situation

Island Drive
Rules are in constant change especially since the game is evolving, it's just simple question I asked a man who's been reffing over 50 yrs, and he gave me his opinion.
But if the breaker said roll out, then decided to bank the 9 to another area of the table, then it hit a ball and went off table I'd think it was a foul, but the rules don't state it in that situation its is a foul, it seems to be treated the same as shooting the 9 in the hole and letting your opponent make his decision.
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