What's your Shot??
- Thread starter Neil
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Not sure I could play that table either, but I would come off the rail above the four ( using a small amount of follow, after making it in the side) to get even with the five (across the table, 1 diamond down from the top rail). Shoot the 5 in the corner using a small amount of draw, maybe 1 tip, depending on exactly where the cue ends up after the 4.
I believe this would cause the cue to slide down table and break out the 6-7. Now...getting a leave on the 6 is another challenge all together (and why I'm not sure i could finish out this table)
John
I believe this would cause the cue to slide down table and break out the 6-7. Now...getting a leave on the 6 is another challenge all together (and why I'm not sure i could finish out this table)
John
Since we are playing the ghost, we can't choose to cut the 4B to the side rail (just below the side) & leave our opponent on a 4B-8B combo...CB frozen to the end rail.
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Don't much care for the two rail breakout, as the cue ball can carom off either the six or the seven into a scratch, and the standard three railer is blocked by the nine.
My choice would be to get the angle on the five that would allow me to draw the cue ball straight up the long rail, hitting one or even zero rails on my way to the six and seven.
My choice would be to get the angle on the five that would allow me to draw the cue ball straight up the long rail, hitting one or even zero rails on my way to the six and seven.
I'd like to shoot it from position A, but would probably go with B coz there is greater margin for error.
How would I know how to hit it? Years of success and failure
Seriously though, A is a pure feel shot, with L) spin; B is about the maximum end of where CB goes coming out of that corner.
I think B has a far lower chance of a workable shot on the 6, but it is a much better chance at touching the cluster.
How would I know how to hit it? Years of success and failure
Seriously though, A is a pure feel shot, with L) spin; B is about the maximum end of where CB goes coming out of that corner.
I think B has a far lower chance of a workable shot on the 6, but it is a much better chance at touching the cluster.
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Actually it is one of my practice shots. My angle would determine how I would play it but typically 1/2 tip below center with a tip of right with the shot I am thinking of. My 1st rail target is around a ball past the center diamond short rail. That should bring me just under the 7 which would reduce the risk of me getting hooked behind the 7 while not having to over power the shot.
For me it's pretty much just feel. I visualize the angle, determine how to hit the cue ball and that's pretty much it. Do you use some type of system for judging shots like this?
I'd like to shoot it from position A, but would probably go with B coz there is greater margin for error.
How would I know how to hit it? Years of success and failure
Seriously though, A is a pure feel shot, with L) spin; B is about the maximum end of where CB goes coming out of that corner.
I think B has a far lower chance of a workable shot on the 6, but it is a much better chance at touching the cluster.
I like position 'A' on this, BB.
Low with lots of left..shoot for the rail/seven hole....almost every hit
gives you a shot.
Your red line ignores the running english you'll get - whether you want it or not - as the CB comes off the first rail. If your CB follow the first two segments of that red line you drew - the one from the 5 to the rail, and the one from the first rail to the second - then the third segment would point either to the corner pocket, or maybe even long to the end rail.
-Andrew
How would I know? Well, in the opening scenes of the Last Dragon when the student is going through his martial art practice routine, his master was shooting arrows at him to which the student would chop before they hit him. The arrows had a red band on them.
The master shot one arrow with a blue band to which the student caught the arrow instead of breaking it.
The master asked of the student "How did you know that was the blue arrow?"
The student replied " I do not know how I knew, I just knew."
The master replied " I can not teach you no more. You have reached the highest level....to know without knowing."
So, you just have to know what to do based on hours, hours and hours of practice with some gut instincts thrown in to boot.
The master shot one arrow with a blue band to which the student caught the arrow instead of breaking it.
The master asked of the student "How did you know that was the blue arrow?"
The student replied " I do not know how I knew, I just knew."
The master replied " I can not teach you no more. You have reached the highest level....to know without knowing."
So, you just have to know what to do based on hours, hours and hours of practice with some gut instincts thrown in to boot.
I still like the 0 or 1-rail into the 7B (your CB position "A") that I diagramed above.
If you come into the 7B from the 2-rail route, you are hitting the 7B along the line formed by the 6B & 7B, which will tend to hook you behind the 7B (minimized movement of the 7B & CB) & send the 6B away.
If you hit it the way I diagramed, you will be hitting the 7B such that it will tangent off the 6B & cause both balls to separate & move away from the CB…maximum separation of all balls involved = less hooks = open clusters.
If you come into the 7B from the 2-rail route, you are hitting the 7B along the line formed by the 6B & 7B, which will tend to hook you behind the 7B (minimized movement of the 7B & CB) & send the 6B away.
If you hit it the way I diagramed, you will be hitting the 7B such that it will tangent off the 6B & cause both balls to separate & move away from the CB…maximum separation of all balls involved = less hooks = open clusters.