and off the rail?
'specially to that fella that hit 1000 in a row, please feel free to chime in
'specially to that fella that hit 1000 in a row, please feel free to chime in
You mean Spot Shot Kenny. There's a video of him shooting spot shots. He puts the cue ball on the head spot. I don't think Kenny has ever posted here.... 'specially to that fella that hit 1000 in a row, please feel free to chime in
You mean Spot Shot Kenny. There's a video of him shooting spot shots. He puts the cue ball on the head spot. I don't think Kenny has ever posted here.
... edit ... see post 60 in this thread: https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=6263
He is placing the cue ball too far towards the center of the table for a half-ball hit. His stick should be passing over some part of the corner pocket. This is pretty simple geometry and he got it wrong.
It's often hard to tell what a player will actually do on the stroke. You should be able to tell whether he uses side spin by where the cue ball goes. That will also tell you whether you have side spin. Does your cut-left spot shot go along a similar path as your cut-right spot shot?... it looks like kenny is shooting with a bit of outside..?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFLQeV4kvMc
It's often hard to tell what a player will actually do on the stroke. You should be able to tell whether he uses side spin by where the cue ball goes. That will also tell you whether you have side spin. Does your cut-left spot shot go along a similar path as your cut-right spot shot?
Generally about 3/4 of a tip above center for a spot shot from the kitchen.
When the cue ball is frozen to head rail, you only have the top 1/8 or maybe
1/4 of the cue ball to stroke so I shoot center ball and reposition my grip or
my hand to only a couple of inches from the top of the cue’s wrap. I use a
piston movement & stroke the ball medium speed using 3-4” follow through.
I have an Elephant training cue ball that’s 1/2 white and 1/2 red. I shoot using
that ball doing both these practice shots so I can spot any wiggle or wobble on
the cue ball that can inadvertently throw the object ball off upon being contacted.
The goal is to stroke the cue ball where the vertical roll is steady as a straight
line or as close as you can attain. Not many players can just take the cue ball
and stroke it from the kitchen on a 9 ft table to the end rail and back to the head
rail totally wiggle free 4-5x or more in a row. You can’t pound the cue ball or you
defeat the purpose of seeing your stroke in action because velocity hides flaws.
After you know you can stroke the cue ball completely in a perpendicular roll and
not have any horizontal wiggle, or a very minuscule amount, spot shots are simple.
High and touch of outside for me...presuming I'm not playing shape on another ball.
and off the rail?
'specially to that fella that hit 1000 in a row, please feel free to chime in
High and touch of outside for me...presuming I'm not playing shape on another ball.
that's how I play it
do you consciously use the outside to "help" the ball in?
or is that just a result of how you like to hit it anyway