Shane Did What I Do - And It Cost Him Big

Kickin' Chicken

Kickin' Chicken

Kick Shot Aficionado
Silver Member
At least it sure looked like it.

The Score was 19 -18 Sky in the final and Shane was facing a rather easy-to-make 1 ball in the top right corner but it was a cut in and the 2 ball was up near the head rail left corner pocket so he had two choices on how he could shoot it.

1. make the cut and try to come down and back the long table hoping to avoid all of the traffic on the table. There was a lane but it would have to be precise - a very tough shot.

2. Play the cut with inside english at pocket speed to keep whitey up on the top half of the table with some angle to shoot the 2 off the head rail next. Clearly this was the bettwr % play.

Shane missed the 1 ball and it looked so much like what I'm guilty of sometimes. I should know better. For SVB to do this, if he in fact did, is shocking. I'm talking about not cinching the relativly east 1 ball.

It looked to me like he was giving so much attention to the position aspect of the shot while not quite giving potting the 1 ball its due, that these, combined with the inside english needed seemed to be a recipe for disaster.

I wish we still had the wei table to illustrate this shot.

What other table illustrators are being used these days.

Missing that 1b was the nail in Shane's coffin.

And hell yeah, the kid, Sky, is a machine. Hope you all caught the 1 ball shot he made in another rack where it looked like all he had was an edge to feather for a safety attempt that turned out to be a powerful straightback from such an awkward spot, and oh yeah, with perfect shape left on the 2. :thumbup:

Congrats to this young man who we'll likely be hearing from for a l-o-n-g time to come. :cool:

best,
brian kc
 
Last edited:
I often do the same thing (less and less often, but it still happens); miss a shot because I'm more focused on getting position after the shot. Now when I get in those situations I to tell myself, "Make the shot first, get position second." As long as I make the shot, I'm still at the table and can figure out a Plan B if I'm not exactly where I wanted to be. If I miss the shot, I'm at the mercy of my opponent.
 
I was shocked at both those one ball shots. That straight back Sky shot on that one was sick. Probably the best shot I saw all weekend, considering the difficulty of the shot and that it probably was the difference in him winning and losing that first set. I think he's the only player that would shoot that in the whole field.
 
going from memory, the 1b & 2b were approx as laid out below, the other balls not accurate but you get the idea. :wink:

thanks bbb for the table layout link.

best,
brian kc
 

Attachments

  • svb-1b-wei.png
    svb-1b-wei.png
    15.9 KB · Views: 1,173
It seems that with Shane, he relies on aiming parts of his stick too much for making shots. When you need to play a lot of English, how do you compensate? Unless you practice making those shots enough to remember the different part of the shaft to aim with, you will be hurt by such a crutch. There are way too many shots to do this with.
 
Shane

Didn't he miss a few 1 balls yesterday? I wasn't watching super close all day but had it on in the background and I remember him missing a couple.....

Maybe an ongoing issue.
 
Careyp74 said:
It seems that with Shane, he relies on aiming parts of his stick too much for making shots. When you need to play a lot of English, how do you compensate? Unless you practice making those shots enough to remember the different part of the shaft to aim with, you will be hurt by such a crutch. There are way too many shots to do this with.
Click to expand...

I don't think there is much at all wrong with Shane's aiming - he's proven time and time again what a great shot maker he is.

I think in this particular scenario, he was already playing the 2 ball before taking care of the 1 ball. Rare mistake for him.

Much less so, for me. :embarrassed2::wink:

best,
brian kc <--- thinking shane may have already reset that shot up for himself and made it fifty times.
 
dawgcpa said:
Didn't he miss a few 1 balls yesterday? I wasn't watching super close all day but had it on in the background and I remember him missing a couple.....

Maybe an ongoing issue.
Click to expand...

He missed the one-ball in back to back games in the A side final. Both were pretty close to the pocket. On the second one, the commentator suggested that the ball may have skidded.

I like seeing SVB miss some one-balls. It is the only aspect of his game that resembles mine.

Gideon
 
A true Banger would have made that shot by hammering the edge of the one-ball and sending the CB twice up and down the table. Easy-Peasy. :D
 
miss a shot because I'm more focused on getting position after the shot.
Click to expand...

Uh huh. I get beautiful Shape tho. Only problem is, one has to make that 1st ball before you can shoot again.

As Earl said in his "I Am a New Yorker" interview when he missed a ball on camera.

"This game is a Curse".

Well, sometimes, I wouldn't mind having a bit of Earls Curse.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top