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Bob Jewett said:
The OP asked how to make the cut in the side. He said he put the other balls on the table so people would not suggest some other shot.

To cut the ball into the side he has to play with extreme left and a little below center, pretty much as he guessed.
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Yes, but other replies are also including safety positioning shot option. My play would be with the 1, either cutting it in the corner or playing it safely to the rail with the cue behind the 5.
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New WPA Official Rules of Pool … Learn About All the Changes

Bob Jewett
Fore Rail said:
Here's what you are going to hear.

How can they still be available if none are on the table?
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Because it is the explicit rule.

There is also the explicit rule that most miscues are accepted as good strokes even though nearly all of them involve two or more contacts of stick-to-ball.
skogstokig said:
the rulings against sanjin / fortunski had nothing to do with scoop jump shots being illegal, but rather the ferrule touching the cb....
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While I agree that the ferrule may have touched the cue ball, those shots were more or less standard miscues, which are condoned explicitly by the rules.
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Advice On This Shot

Bob Jewett
3kushn said:
What makes these games great is there's shot that are counter intuitive.

I'm in the camp or outside and throw, but I can see with a little masse with inside you can hit the backside of the ball.
More complicated IMO for sure. I suspect there's players that could, but would they? Tricky stuff.
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Masse doesn't help if you shoot with speed. It can help if you shoot slower with a lot of elevation. I don't think the 'inside" crowd is talking about lots of elevation and I think they are also not talking about shooting slowly. A video of the shot made with inside might clear things up.
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Best softer tips...

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Brother Ron said:
Which ones have you used?
I have not had that problem with their Ivory tips...
All tips get harder with use except maybe the bulletproof tips.
Thats just the nature of leather.
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I've tried their black tips. I like the look and feel of the G2 natural brown pig skin. The ivory tips sound very similar to what I am describing and an ivory tip just looks weird to me...
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Anyone Use A Rhino Carbon Fiber Shaft?

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ngtvd said:
I bought a Rhino break shaft recently. Changed the tip to a Kamui Sai and used it for about a month before the ferrule completely ripped apart, taking the tip with it. Heard about several other people having the same issue. I have 2 of their playing shafts in 30 and 29 and think they play great and are worthy of the hype but the break shaft sucks ass in my experience.
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NCC1515 said:
I had to replace the insert in one of their 'break' shafts and the way the plastic looks, and the way it machined as I remove the insert remains, makes me think they are using white acrylic (plexiglas). Cast? Extruded? Who knows, but cast acrylic should be stronger, and still not what I'd install as insert in a break shaft. I replaced the Rhino insert with PPSU. PPSU is a very glue friendly engineering plastic originally dreamed up for the healthcare industry, and you can beat it on an anvil with a hammer and it won't break - it will deform under the ball pein hammer test, but not break. Can't say the same for acrylic. PPSU is my go-to insert material now for CF play AND break/jump shafts, unless someone requests something different.
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I want to make sure I got NCC1515's comment right. The photo below shows a metal insert in a Rhino shaft where the insert would fit into a butt. Circling the metal insert is a dark-black plastic piece that the metal insert is glued to. This plastic piece is glued to the Rhino carbon-fiber shaft.

Ngtvd above is referring to the failure of a Rhino ferrule. You are referring to a failure at the other end of the Rhino shaft --- the plastic that the metal insert fits into. Correct?


Rhino shaft insert and plastic outer.jpg
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Best softer tips...

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Brother Ron said:
There are 3 different types of Ultraskin tips
*The black play very similar to the kamui black in all hardness ratings.
*I do not care for the Fire tips.

*The Ultraskin Ivory medium are currently my favorite layer tips.. they get a little firmer after break in and stay at the upper end of medium.
I have had no problems with glazing and they hold their shape wonderfully.

I will eventually be trying out this Bulletproof recoil soft tip.
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This is exactly why I don't like their tips, they go too hard after initial break in, even their soft...
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