A little exercise to test a 'straight-in' short shot with control of the CB

straightline said:
This looks like a miss:

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Sure does, but we're 10' away not 3 or 4.

Love watching balkline.
Spent 30mins playing one time, way too hard. Most folks think 3C is the hardest game... Maybe it is, but, I disagree, balkline, straight rail, 1rail.. demand way more precision IMO to run 100balkline or 1000 caroms.
This I think is why Billy's drill has a lot of value. You have to be EXTREMELY precise with every shot.

Take this drill to the next level..
If after making the first shot you had ball in hand, and you're not absolutely straight in? You lose.

Next level, The Balkline Level, You cueball has to come back to where you spotted it!
 
This is a bit of gaffe shot, IMO.

Because of the low camera angle what you can't really see from Bill's video is that he's only drawing the ball back a couple of inches. If you draw if back further any stroking inaccuracies will be amplified and make multiple attempts much harder. So, if you learn to just draw it back just a bit you should be able to rattle off a fair number of these.

Lou Figueroa
 
lfigueroa said:
This is a bit of gaffe shot, IMO.

Because of the low camera angle what you can't really see from Bill's video is that he's only drawing the ball back a couple of inches. If you draw if back further any stroking inaccuracies will be amplified and make multiple attempts much harder. So, if you learn to just draw it back just a bit you should be able to rattle off a fair number of these.

Lou Figueroa
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I didn't put any parameters on how a player gets position on the spotted OB. Just don't go to a cushion with the CB!

If a player has 'more' accuracy drawing the CB 6+", so be it.

For "Me" it's the 'nuance nip draw' here that works.
 
Patrick Johnson said:
A similar test is to spot the OB on the center spot (between the side pockets) and see how many times you can make it into the same side pocket. I've seen very good players struggle to get 10.

pj
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Yup once you get over 5 you need to nurse the ball back a little each time to keep you in line. The worse is then you hit it good but the ball falls into a cloth divot and you get out of line.
 
mr3cushion said:
Very nice! Can anyone say 'Savant!'
I can see how one can get into a rhythm with the balls close at hand.
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And there is something to be said for "rhythm".
I believe a harder drill using the side pockets follow a short distance then shoot to the other pocket with follow then repeat. I know skids make this unfair.😉
 
td873 said:
Here's 39. [Shot to the other pocket] ...
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Well, yeah, but you are on one of those Diamonds with their notoriously huge pockets, you don't draw the cue ball back to the rail like you should, and your nine ball has mung on it. Other than that, good shooting. ;)And the record so far as I know.

Did you use side spin to correct the angles or was it plain, straight draw?
 
A related situation is a form of American snooker called "wild pink". In that game, you could play the pink (6 points) at any time without having made a red ball, but you would lose 6 points if you missed it. Of course it was a scam game and a good player would keep shooting the pink into the four closest pockets until you threw a bucket of cold water on him. I think @pt109 has played that.
 
Bob Jewett said:
Well, yeah, but you are on one of those Diamonds with their notoriously huge pockets, you don't draw the cue ball back to the rail like you should, and your nine ball has mung on it. Other than that, good shooting. ;)And the record so far as I know.

Did you use side spin to correct the angles or was it plain, straight draw?
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ha! Thanks, Bob. Also, that 9-ball is a special Texas edition. Probably why it has mung :)

I definitely used a little left/right to keep the cue on the pocket line. Without any side, I think I would have been out of line about 10 in.

I was one of the unlucky folks to get scammed with the pink/6-ball wild on a snooker table when I was younger. At a nickel a point I had to quit $20 loser and the guy was still shooting...

-td
 
Bob Jewett said:
A related situation is a form of American snooker called "wild pink". In that game, you could play the pink (6 points) at any time without having made a red ball, but you would lose 6 points if you missed it. Of course it was a scam game and a good player would keep shooting the pink into the four closest pockets until you threw a bucket of cold water on him. I think @pt109 has played that.
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It was a lot of fun. We always played 100 point freeze out so any game no matter the final score could not exceed the value of 100 points.
164 to 46 at $ .25 is still only 25.00 but that was quite a bit for broke a## college kids
 
Bob Jewett said:
A related situation is a form of American snooker called "wild pink". In that game, you could play the pink (6 points) at any time without having made a red ball, but you would lose 6 points if you missed it. Of course it was a scam game and a good player would keep shooting the pink into the four closest pockets until you threw a bucket of cold water on him. I think @pt109 has played that.
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I played Tacoma Whitey that game when I was a kid….got him stuck over 600 dollars first game.
He played me a second game double or nothing….just who won the game got the cash.
He used the wild pink to run the table……6 reds…..showed a lot of heart.

I’ve always wondered if a bucket of water could stop me from running balls.
 
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pt109 said:
... He used the wild pink to run the table……6 reds…..showed a lot of heart. ...
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Ahhh. So the strategy if you are playing a good player is that you have to eliminate their chance to catch up. I assume that requires getting rid of the colors through the blue, making any pink ball "in order".
 
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