The Most Underutilezed Shot technuique
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I don't have a clue what your asking.
Wait......so why are you asking the question?
Ill take a stab and say the center ball hit.
Wait......so why are you asking the question?
Ill take a stab and say the center ball hit.
Jumping to get out of a safety
Opponents keep leaving me safe where the cueball is in the pocket, and I have to use my jump cue to jump outta there. Some guys leave me there even off the break....very sneaky of them, but now you know how to get out of the trap.
Opponents keep leaving me safe where the cueball is in the pocket, and I have to use my jump cue to jump outta there. Some guys leave me there even off the break....very sneaky of them, but now you know how to get out of the trap.
You have to play it different w subways
...if the table is a ball return, you have to kneel down and fire the cueball back up through the gulley ....it usually comes back up through the head pockets, so it's great for one pocket.
...if the table is a ball return, you have to kneel down and fire the cueball back up through the gulley ....it usually comes back up through the head pockets, so it's great for one pocket.
one pocket shot
The most underutilized shot in one pocket is the jump shot. I have only seen it used once, against Efren Reyes, and it ended up being the difference in the game. Now THAT is "Power One Pocket!"
The most underutilized shot in one pocket is the jump shot. I have only seen it used once, against Efren Reyes, and it ended up being the difference in the game. Now THAT is "Power One Pocket!"
I don't have a clue what your asking.
Wait......so why are you asking the question?
Ill take a stab and say the center ball hit.
I would agree with this. It's very easy to fall into the habit of using English when you don't truly need it. It's amazing how much control you can have by sticking to the vertical axis.
In reference to your thread titled...."The Most Underutilezed Shot technuique''
When cutting a ball in and coming off a rail and wanting to come up table a little more, most all players will add a slight amount of outside spin, when in essence all that's needed is to cue whitey slightly lower thus eliminating another ''factor'' to deal with during shot exection. Good players in humid and dirty conditions utilize this aspect of play to ''simplify'' the game and in turn work ''the middle'' of whitey on it vertical axis, and eliminte the effects of spin when contacting a cushion.
Great post.
Is that even legal in most tournaments?
I think stun with inside to kill the ball off the rail.
I agree. Another way to look at this type of stroke is to understand what the follow does to a shot off of the rail. Shoot a cut and stroke through the cue ball cuing with straight high. It is important to have a smooth stroke through the cue ball.
Shoot the same shot, cuing in the same place and don't stroke through the ball. Instead, punch stroke it with a "banger" stroke. It will come off of the rail with the same affect as middle ball or slight outside spin. It can be done fairly softly, also.
This keeps you on the vertical axis, but there is a small caveat. The throw increases a small amount with the punch stroke as you move away from the follow element. It is small, but real.
Best,
Mike
With your playing cue, yes. With a jump cue, no. (Jump cues are often [rightfully] not allowed in one pocket tournaments.)
-Sean
I 100% agree. I see people that've incorporate spin on every single cut shot; in their mind, to "spin the ball into the pocket." There are even open- and pro-level players who believe in using "helping english" (as they call it -- the application of outside english) to spin the ball into the pocket, to compensate for aiming errors or "expectations of CIT."
The power of a center-ball hit (or center-axis hit) is not to be underestimated or overlooked. Too many people "spin off the rail" and overrun position (or get on the wrong side of the object ball), when a simple "stun off the rail" is the correct shot.
-Sean
I was kidding...
I was joking.... nobody should be allowed to jump in one pocket, EVER. Efren protested during the match. As much as I like Scott Frost, he should not have jumped. And I was also joking about jumping out of the pocket and shooting the cb backwards through the ball return back onto the table...but I have done both, for the sake of humor.
I was joking.... nobody should be allowed to jump in one pocket, EVER. Efren protested during the match. As much as I like Scott Frost, he should not have jumped. And I was also joking about jumping out of the pocket and shooting the cb backwards through the ball return back onto the table...but I have done both, for the sake of humor.
I'd also go with center ball and it's cousin, the stop shot. This is especially true in pattern oriented games like 8 Ball and 14.1.
yes, exhibition for $5000
Guys can jump balls within a credit card width now. I specify no jumping when I play 1P. To me it makes perfect traps into a joke. I had always thought no jumps in 1P was a given until that match. I still love Frost though, he's exceptionally talented.
Guys can jump balls within a credit card width now. I specify no jumping when I play 1P. To me it makes perfect traps into a joke. I had always thought no jumps in 1P was a given until that match. I still love Frost though, he's exceptionally talented.
Most underutilized pocket billiards shot (in my opinion) is the "after massé". When the CB and OB are rather close and clost to an end rail, and whitey needs to be at the opposite end of the table for the next shot, hitting a massé straight into OB allows all the spin to simply run CB uptable.