We all have our favorites - Here are four of my mine:
1) When playing position and knowing that leaving any angle at all will allow you options to get to the next ball and figuring the chances of leaving it straight in are unlikely, unless you absolutely make sure you come up either short or long of straight in, you will most likely end up falling absolutely straight-in on the ball, making it very difficult to get to your next ball.
2) When there is only one possible obstructing ball anywhere in the vicinity that could potentially snooker you from your next ball, if you just assume by law of averages that it won't, you can be sure it will indeed end up snookering you.
3) When you have a relatively tough cut shot on the winning 9-ball, and you get tactical and start thinking if you miss it, make sure you miss it on the pro side and over-cut it at the correct speed, which should leave a long tough shot for your opponent. Invariably, you will over-cut it just ever-so-slightly enough to rattle it in the jaws but leave it hanging in the pocket for your opponent.
4) When you're on the hill in a 9-ball match first and you have an easy run-out but you screw up and give away the game that allows your opponent to get to hill-hill, they will invariably either make the 9-ball on the break or break-and-run the final rack to win the match.
1) When playing position and knowing that leaving any angle at all will allow you options to get to the next ball and figuring the chances of leaving it straight in are unlikely, unless you absolutely make sure you come up either short or long of straight in, you will most likely end up falling absolutely straight-in on the ball, making it very difficult to get to your next ball.
2) When there is only one possible obstructing ball anywhere in the vicinity that could potentially snooker you from your next ball, if you just assume by law of averages that it won't, you can be sure it will indeed end up snookering you.
3) When you have a relatively tough cut shot on the winning 9-ball, and you get tactical and start thinking if you miss it, make sure you miss it on the pro side and over-cut it at the correct speed, which should leave a long tough shot for your opponent. Invariably, you will over-cut it just ever-so-slightly enough to rattle it in the jaws but leave it hanging in the pocket for your opponent.
4) When you're on the hill in a 9-ball match first and you have an easy run-out but you screw up and give away the game that allows your opponent to get to hill-hill, they will invariably either make the 9-ball on the break or break-and-run the final rack to win the match.