How to shoot this shot
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Does that look like the same shot to you?
id probably use top right to cut it into the top left pocket. with those shots you gotta really line up well. still though, the diagram is not enough for me. its kind of a judgement thing.
Most people here don't have the ability to perform this shot.
You would be better suited for the onepocket.
Where are the damn fools that say to either play better position or play a safety?
Freddie <~~~ top right for practice, top left for the game
I am probably 60/40 as to which pocket I'd put that nugget to bed. 60% to top L) pictured pocket, 40% to the back cut to lower L} pocket. I actually prefer to cut that ball down the rail, but a desire to play it correctly drives me to the 60% option uhh, 20% more of the time.
And I am developing a pet peeve: people who refuse to address the pockets as the appear in the picture. Why would one call the 2 pockets at the far left of the picture 'top right' or 'top left'? They are both on the left side of the picture and appear to be at the foot end of the table. Pms stop.
Definitely the upper left corner as diagrammed in the first post, 4 reasons:
- It is a bigger pocket then the lower left by a decent margin
- Much easier to make sure you avoid scratching
- Cutting to the bottom is a blind pocket
- I cut better to the right then the left
gr. Dave
- It is a bigger pocket then the lower left by a decent margin
- Much easier to make sure you avoid scratching
- Cutting to the bottom is a blind pocket
- I cut better to the right then the left
gr. Dave
Its best to learn both ways
It all about preference, comfort and effectiveness. Either pocket will do. But you have to be effective for both pockets mainly because if this shot comes up in a game of 1 pocket (if you play), and this is the game ball, what is one going to have to do? And technically, anything outside of center ball or follow ball you're 'throwing' the object ball. That's the purpose of the 'english'. To keep the ball on its target line and to avoid the scratch.
Wutang
It all about preference, comfort and effectiveness. Either pocket will do. But you have to be effective for both pockets mainly because if this shot comes up in a game of 1 pocket (if you play), and this is the game ball, what is one going to have to do? And technically, anything outside of center ball or follow ball you're 'throwing' the object ball. That's the purpose of the 'english'. To keep the ball on its target line and to avoid the scratch.
Wutang
Cool. This is very close to one of my practice shots and I shoot it both ways. Not a real hard shot but there is a bit of danger of scratching unless you are attentive. If I am cutting it to the left I like to shoot it with a bit of low right. Cutting it to the right I like a bit of low left. In both cases the english throws the shot a bit and the low stops the CB forward progress.
I think the shot comes down to shooting the shot the way it is more comfortable for you.
I think the shot comes down to shooting the shot the way it is more comfortable for you.
Either corner. Just don't miss. On a sh1t table top left (according to OP diagram) every time with low. On a good table I'd probably go for bottom left most of the time if I'd been playing well as I'll have something approaching half a chance if I miss.
Both shots are ridiculously easy. And missable depending on context.
Both shots are ridiculously easy. And missable depending on context.
Seems there is a bit of confusion as to how to call the pockets in a few posts LOL. The diagram is facing sideways but what you would call top right or left is still the top of the table looking at it from the foot spot. I think when you say "bottom left" you mean "top left" as viewed from a normal table diagram.
So the corner pocket at the "top" of the screen as we see the picture on the post would be "top right", the one on the lower left side is "top left". If you say you are shooting "bottom left", means you are banking the ball to the other side of the table.
The bottom corner pocket plays bigger since you can hit the rail going in and it still goes. That said the top corner pocket shot is easier for me to "see" the shot and id likely go for that. The deciding factor for me would be how comfortable I feel with controlling the cueball after the shot. Shooting it into the bottom corner you will have more movement on the cueball and you have the side pocket to contend with.
That's exactly how I see it too. The shot down the rail has a higher margin of error but the shot through the middle of the table is easier to see.
Shots like this often come up where you're lined up right between two pockets, and there's often a trade-off between one pocket appearing more open and the rail providing a funnel for the other pocket.
I'm thinking that we are often averse to "back cuts" due to visibility and so pick the wrong shot with the lower margin of error.
You are confusing me. I called the pocket based on how it is pictured on the first post from my point of view here sitting on a chair in front of the computer and not as I would view it if I was actually at the table getting down on the shot. It's a backcut.
Anybody that banks this ball must not have much confidence in their pocketing or is from Kentucky.
