My spot shots were 8o% r higher,until i played 1pocket,then that % dropped quick,thats what is so tough about 1pocket it makes easyer shots harder,because of cue ball speed control,its a whole differant stroke!
Spot shot comes occasionally in straight pool as well if you end up leaving the last ball in the rack area. I'd say it's a medium high percentage shot making the ball from the head spot and split the rack open in the other end of the table, assuming you have left a good angle in either side of the spot ball. Not easy for many players though...
Sure. Send my fee to the usual Paypal.OK, experts, what's the ruling?
As I understand rules of 14.1, the shooter calls the ball and the pocket, period. Kisses don't matter, slides down the rail don't matter, etc. If the ball goes in the designated pocket, it counts.
So if I'm going for this spot-shot record and I miss so badly that I make the ball four rails later, am I still in action?
Thanks for the info. When I saw the article in Pool & Billiards about him, I thought someone was joking.Well I would have to assume "Spot shot Ken" the guy referred to in this thread from Florida. He was amazing I saw him make hundreds in a row lots of times. He would practice and never miss and just quit. You have no problem finding witnesses everybody knew him and had seen him make hundreds. When he made like over 1200 that nigh there was a room full of people and taking turns spotting the balls for him.
The first time I met him I got hustled. He wanted to bet on 30 out of 50 for $50.00. I didn't know who he was and talked him into 40 out of 50. Of course he was stealing. In a random bet 98 out of a 100 would have been about even money and once he got going he would probably win every time. The thing is, when you see him do it you can see in no time why he almost never misses. He would just slow roll in the shots from the head spot like it was easy with just enough speed to bring the ball back to him.
Thanks for the info. When I saw the article in Pool & Billiards about him, I thought someone was joking.
I'm curious, though. Did he always shoot the shot on the same table? Did he always shoot from the headspot?
Does anyone recall what year Pool & Billiard had an article about Kenny? I'm writing an article about propositions including a lot of spot shot challenges.No, he did them in a number of pool rooms and what ever table was open when he came in. I guess as long as the table rolled pretty straight since he shot the shots slow he had no problem. Yes, he always shot them from the center spot. In general he was not a good player, all he could do was the spot shots. I have no idea how he ever happened to develop the spot shot thing. I think he may have died a while back, His actual name was Kenny Kiddy (sp?) but every one called him "Spot Shot Kenny".
There are tapes of him by the way. The pool room had a camera over one of the tables and they taped him many times. I believe the pool room has a tape of him doing over a thousand. This would be the Hollywood billiards in Hollywood Florida. Maybe someone can get a copy and put it on youtube. Like I said it seems unbelievable till you see him do it. In a few minutes watching though he makes it look so easy you feel like he will never miss.
Yesterday I felt like practicing straight pool by myself, to see if I could break my high run of 33 I made about 4 years ago. After about 20 minutes with a high run of 2, (I was having trouble getting a shot after the break shot) I gave up and decided to practice spot shots. What I did was I put the cueball behind the headstring, the object ball on the spot, with the cueball lined up to it across the table, shooting for either corner pocket. On my first try I hit 11 in a row, then I hit 12, missed, and quit. My record for this is 18. Has anyone else tried doing this before? About 30 minutes after, I got into some action and was playing very well, I guess shooting spot shots is a great way to warm up and practice too.
Does anyone recall what year Pool & Billiard had an article about Kenny? I'm writing an article about propositions including a lot of spot shot challenges.
I know that Larry Bird in the late 80's/early 90's made something like 70 (or around there) consecutive free throws in games (as a result of being fouled, etc) and was close to the record (I remember the announcers talking about it, but I can't recall the exactly numbers), but didn't break it. I haven't heard of anyone getting that close since.
I think Lambeer(?) had a run of 96 or 7 when the Pistons were on top.
I'm going to practice me some spot shots now.....
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Many years ago (playing the white from where it stopped) I pocketed 300 blacks in a row from its spot on a snooker table. I stopped on 300 because the friend who was respotting the black got fed up and called it quits.