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Here's the solution. School kids for 5 years, till they are about 10. If you don't know math and English by then you're a thick head. Go learn the world and or a trade. Do an apprenticeship in pool if there's a market, or make your own, or do it as a hobby. Schooling is basically a mind...

Are you trying on a mobile? Had some problems accessing the video on mobiles before. Dunno why. Try this version I color corrected which had the audio deleted by tyrants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EyFbfvRmY8 Colin

Dave, Most getting instruction are happy to pot a ball and maybe get shape off 1 rail. The doubling around a corner is about as far as most players will ever get to analyzing shape. Stunning into a side rail with inside for a 3 rail crown is anathema to most. So pursuing the minutia between a...

Spot on! Yeah, it his the side rail, taking the tangent from the pot angle, some curve with backspin, then taking a wide angle due to the outside english. Colin

Now we're talking! I love the stroke shots. Yours in the video is one I like. I don't have a favorite, but basically like any shot that moves the CB considerably, especially when it takes CB spin to alter the route. I made this video of 24 stroke shots about 8 years ago. They aren't my...

Dave, I'd be happy with a numbered rail-hit type naming system, but there is a hurdle. Say we number the rails from breaking end head rail as 1, then number the other rails 2-6 clockwise. Essentially, a 1-2 is the same as a 1-6 and the same as a 4-3 and the same as a 4-5. This is why I...

So you know what spin and angle of approach and position of rail to hit on a crown 3 railer to avoid scratching into the far corner when going to the 4th rail? Or, you just guessing and happy with that? Colin

How does he refer to routes without some kind of naming system? Surely it would aid in communicating types of routes? Colin

High inside is enough of a descriptor for those who haven't learned the many routes and their variables. Colin

Well, I could have just asked if the members had any suggestions for positional routes. Instead, I searched terminology lists and presented options for names, hoping to stimulate discussion. But, no one seems to know anything, nor care, that the best way to describe shots is in very vague terms...

If he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, then he deserves a spot on TEAM USA :D

Efren's Z shot escape is a good example. In our local league, a final was decided on a bank from end rail to side pocket. Whenever the same shot is made, usually a fluke, the shot is named after him, somewhat mockingly, as no one believes his claim that he actually played for it.

Always appreciate your input Dave! That's pretty much how they do it in diving, but in gymnastics, various moves are named, often after a person than was well known for executing a particular move. The problem I see with using a 2-5 type system is that it's essentially the same as 5-2, 3-6 and...

Have been thinking about this Bob, and considering not one single reader has proffered an optional shot name for any shot presented, other than those I've already included, then it seems there is no abundance of well known descriptive terms for these shots, other than side rail to end rail to x...

Not at all, I've been trying to find any extant descriptive terms. Can you mention a few? Cheers, Colin

I'm constantly astounded at how hard it is to bank an OB 3 or 4 rails, but try running the CB around the table and it's like the last pocket is the width of a rail. And banks to safety have a peculiar knack of finding a pocket. :o

Wow, I learned to grab the cue behind the center of mass with my shooting hand. :eek: No wonder my tip has been hitting me on the nose during feathering for corner hole shots. Looks like the whole thing got translated into Chinese and back into English, as it seems to override most commonly...

Or if someone is posting an image, the post isn't accepted without at least a few characters typed, so ..... allows the post to go up.

Snake Shot & Karate Chop Here are 2 more multi-rail CB positional routes which have been named previously. The first has been termed the Karate Chop, by Danny Diliberto. It may have other names. Please mention them if you've heard of them. It's the type of shot where spin on the CB makes it...

What's Pool Killers? A movie? - Don't worry, re-read, sounds like a game someone made up.