Mosconi Cup
- Thread starter benny-the-blade
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8. Melling's MVP shot -
He had another trick shot worth mentioning, a Deuel-esque umbrella draw shot. But this one took both brains and beautiful execution. After the break he has a viable cut on the 2, but how to get to the 3? Any path involving natural follow seems doomed to bump into the 5. It's a bit thin to pull off an outside draw shot (remember it's a diamond... you can't just hit the ball a bit fat to help your draw... ask Shane).
He lines up the tangent line, sees the cue ball will probably run into the upper half of the 5, so he just loads up with center left spin and pops the ball... firm enough for it to travel on that tangent line, softly enough that the spin really grabs the rail. It somehow flies straight up the table to get him on the 3.
It's not enough that the guy played pretty much perfectly under pressure, he has to look like a genius while doing.
Here's the CueTable diagrams
He had another trick shot worth mentioning, a Deuel-esque umbrella draw shot. But this one took both brains and beautiful execution. After the break he has a viable cut on the 2, but how to get to the 3? Any path involving natural follow seems doomed to bump into the 5. It's a bit thin to pull off an outside draw shot (remember it's a diamond... you can't just hit the ball a bit fat to help your draw... ask Shane).
He lines up the tangent line, sees the cue ball will probably run into the upper half of the 5, so he just loads up with center left spin and pops the ball... firm enough for it to travel on that tangent line, softly enough that the spin really grabs the rail. It somehow flies straight up the table to get him on the 3.
It's not enough that the guy played pretty much perfectly under pressure, he has to look like a genius while doing.
Here's the CueTable diagrams