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Gather shot positions
https://youtu.be/5LMHnaWQZDY
https://youtu.be/5LMHnaWQZDY
Hi there yes the Europeans use the fast cloth
It calls for the upmost of finesse when playing this or any small game because the ball can get away very easily
Just as a poster here has said who lives in France they use the fast cloth, not slow nappy stuff like most believe it needs here in the us
It calls for the upmost of finesse when playing this or any small game because the ball can get away very easily
Just as a poster here has said who lives in France they use the fast cloth, not slow nappy stuff like most believe it needs here in the us
this guy could beat me even if he played every shot like this
perfect gather
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2idh7zpqe2z4a7e/great gather.mp4?dl=0
perfect gather
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2idh7zpqe2z4a7e/great gather.mp4?dl=0
I know they put the corner lines in to stop people from crotching the balls and scoring endlessly
But I wonder how many people today could really crotch there was to 400 or more consecutively
Really, to have the stroke to keep them there then the mental and physical fortitude to repeat it so many times
But I wonder how many people today could really crotch there was to 400 or more consecutively
Really, to have the stroke to keep them there then the mental and physical fortitude to repeat it so many times
Looks like THINH KENT
There is very little wiggle room in the shot. You have to play the hit on the red to move spot to the right place and if that is not the right fullness to bring red off the rail only as far as indicated, it is difficult to adjust. Can you take ball in hand and find the place you need to be? If you can play half-masses, there is a lot more wiggle room.
I've played it many times today
I had no success with the position in the second image
When I did have success was when I brought the cue ball down more level to the red, little to no angle and some reverse English,
Even then it's tough,
Need a super fine little hit one the red to just bounce it off the rail, to have a full enough hit on the white
And the few times that I did it successful,
I didn't have the perfect position to continue, always too far ahead of the white with my qball
ITS HARD!!!
Also I don't have a decent cue atm
It's like a 40 inch player's cue with about a 12.5mm pool type taper and a funky screwed up Elk master tip
So can't do much any fancy cueing right now
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gather shots with actual information
updated link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kupaxf8NmuI&feature=youtu.be
updated link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kupaxf8NmuI&feature=youtu.be
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very good vid thanx
i been trying to do all these and im stuck on the 3rd one
i figured if i can make it 5 times in a row ill move on
the third one i cant replicate at all
takes the guy 17 shots to get into the serie americana
then runs over 850 and the video ends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qo4GeGmG8I
then runs over 850 and the video ends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qo4GeGmG8I
this thread has over 11,000 views
think of how much we could learn, if people actually posted
think of how much we could learn, if people actually posted
I think the shot is not hard to adjust. Bank ball 2 (first object ball) to ball 3 and adjust draw/follow to send the cue ball to the pair. If the balls are placed wrong, the shot can be a lot harder.
Could be my positioning, last night I made it 3 times straight multiple times but never 5
Seems the speed of the hit is critical in this, also correct position as you brought up
That ball set I was playing with also was about at the limit of dirtiness I like to play with , so that also played a factor as well I'm thinking
Clean balls are essential to any Carom game, seems 3-4max hrs of play is when they're dirty to where effect doesn't much take on them
Seems the speed of the hit is critical in this, also correct position as you brought up
That ball set I was playing with also was about at the limit of dirtiness I like to play with , so that also played a factor as well I'm thinking
Clean balls are essential to any Carom game, seems 3-4max hrs of play is when they're dirty to where effect doesn't much take on them
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