Tricks thread not aiming thread
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I tend to use a draw hit a lot on thin cuts.Really depends what i need to with whitey..
trust yourself
As this shot is usually near a rail, I focus on a point on the rail and aim there. Firm stroke, not hard or soft, for minimal chance of hitting CB off center (as I sometimes do when I try to hit harder or softer than normal). For very thin hits, I use a touch of inside if it won't compromise my aim... in the event I miss the ball the inside will at least contact the ball and move it to a side rail/harder shot or the CB will come back down table and hit a rail, leaving roughly the same shot I had.
Being confident goes a long way.
Being confident goes a long way.
I bridge to the side of the cueball ( same side as the pocket ), aim the side of the ferrule at the edge of the ob ( opposite side of the pocket ) then pivot to the center of the cueball.
Works all the time.
just kidding.
I just picture the cb going through the ob .
Works all the time.
just kidding.
I just picture the cb going through the ob .
Outside english for SIT or high top or low draw.
http://billiards.colostate.edu/threads/English.html#outside
http://billiards.colostate.edu/threads/English.html#outside
I tend to align the cue ball in pieces, with super thin cuts I line up the edge of the object ball with the edge of the cue ball. After that just a smooth medium stroke.
Any shot you're not comfortable with, just remember to stroke the cue ball as you would your favorite shot. We tend to put nice strokes on pots we're comfortable with, but jerk a little, tense up or do other things on the ones we don't like. All of this tends to result in a less than accurate delivery.
Any shot you're not comfortable with, just remember to stroke the cue ball as you would your favorite shot. We tend to put nice strokes on pots we're comfortable with, but jerk a little, tense up or do other things on the ones we don't like. All of this tends to result in a less than accurate delivery.
See post #8.
So you don't believe the guy that actually plays pool? I would trust the player over a scientific calculation.
^^^I agree with this.
Depends where the object ball is sitting and what the purpose of my shot is... too many factors really.
Is the object ball on the rail?
Is the cue ball on the rail?
Am I trying to make the ball with position?
Am I trying to just make the ball and not worrying about position?
Am I trying to skim the ball so it hardly moves and play safe?
Am I trying to skim it so it moves behind another ball and CB goes around table for safe?
Anyway you could make a cuetable design of the shot?
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If it is on the rail I use low left (if cutting to the left) and hit the rail first and let the cue ball throw into the object ball. You have to just miss the object ball to pull this off.
If the object ball is off the rail then everything changes. If cue ball position isn't a concern after making the object ball and the cut is really thin I will use slightly low, right english. (again if cutting to the left)
FWIW don't feel that you have to hit it hard to make a thin cut. Granted, on a very thin cut it may take a little more power but you would be surprised and how little power you can get away with.
If the object ball is off the rail then everything changes. If cue ball position isn't a concern after making the object ball and the cut is really thin I will use slightly low, right english. (again if cutting to the left)
FWIW don't feel that you have to hit it hard to make a thin cut. Granted, on a very thin cut it may take a little more power but you would be surprised and how little power you can get away with.
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How often do you practice the shot? When you practice the shots that are most difficult to make and learn to make them most of the time...you'll build the confidence to make the hard shots when it counts! During a match, if you think the shot is hard you'll be focusing on that instead of making the shot!
I simply draw the "cue ball path" line with my cue and focus on driving the ball perfectly down this line. I wouldn't use english though. If you do, you may need to compensate for squirt.
I simply draw the "cue ball path" line with my cue and focus on driving the ball perfectly down this line. I wouldn't use english though. If you do, you may need to compensate for squirt.
Ask Buddy Hall....
The most confident looking cut I have ever seen was Buddy's. I watched him practicing before he played a 6k set of 1P vs. James Walden at the Tulsa Billiard Palace 21st Street years ago (there was also a set of 9 Ball.) A long thin cut shot off the far end rail was part of his warmup routine and he appeared to just use follow... I have always meant to ask him.
The most confident looking cut I have ever seen was Buddy's. I watched him practicing before he played a 6k set of 1P vs. James Walden at the Tulsa Billiard Palace 21st Street years ago (there was also a set of 9 Ball.) A long thin cut shot off the far end rail was part of his warmup routine and he appeared to just use follow... I have always meant to ask him.
Besides using aiming systems???
I guess I won't tell you about my edge-to-edge pivot system.
Freddie <~~~ and it isn't mine
There are so many things wrong with this post, I can't even begin.
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How much do tricks go for where you are?:smile: