1-rail kicks..............??
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Mirror visualization and the tangent banking method in 99 critical shots only the balls end up being the line references instead of a pocket.
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I'd rather have something that all took place on the table i'm on. These imaginary spots just don't get it for me. Don't like guessing. Thanks anyway.
Tangent banking method? I've got 99shots and there ain't no tangent bank shot. Maybe your copy has 100 shots.
Tangent banking method? I've got 99shots and there ain't no tangent bank shot. Maybe your copy has 100 shots.
It’s in there but I’m more than likely wrong as to what he called it.
Generally used for banking but works great for one rail kicks or going rail first to pocket the ob.
Place the lines where you want to make the hit on the objective spot wether center or 1/4 ball half ball hit whatever and then run your other line across the cb through the same orientation the bisecting line going through ob (those lines are always perpendicular to the rails....
Where the lines touch the rail cross them each to where the first lines are at “center of the ball”...even if it is offset from the actual cueball center....where the lines cross you run another perpendicular line through that to the rail and shoot the cb at that spot.
Also if ever doing the 2 rail kicks go edge to edge with an x to the two balls that will show you the middle for to parallel shift.....front edge of cb to bottom edge of ob and bottom edge of cb to front edge of ob.
The shaft can be used as a straight edge to help learn to visualize it.
Sorry for the piss poor finger doodle but the method/s sure are dandy and simple
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The way Pat suggested is the way that you can see a lot of pros deal with "open table" kicks. It gives you a particular spot on the cushion to aim at.
I would call it "crossing diagonals" because that's what it is. But I think it doesn't work very well when the cue ball is close to a cushion. That makes it really hard to find contact point accurately. Banks have the same issue.
One useful way is to try to make a V on the cushion with equal leg lengths and the point of the V at the cushion. Adjust things until the legs pass through both the cue ball and the object ball.
A way to start on this is to stand at the cushion and project the side of the V back towards the balls with equal outbound angles to the left and right.
A way to start on this is to stand at the cushion and project the side of the V back towards the balls with equal outbound angles to the left and right.
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Here's the simplest way I know - just compare to easily seen equal-angle "reference" tracks using the diamonds.
This shows the reference angles and shots aligned from the cushion nose on the near rail to the corresponding diamonds on the far rail, shortening the angle to compensate for a rolling OB widening it. This correction is self-adjusting (more shortening for wider angles), and is remarkably accurate when "synced" with the table (aim in front of the diamonds to lengthen, behind them to shorten).
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This shows the reference angles and shots aligned from the cushion nose on the near rail to the corresponding diamonds on the far rail, shortening the angle to compensate for a rolling OB widening it. This correction is self-adjusting (more shortening for wider angles), and is remarkably accurate when "synced" with the table (aim in front of the diamonds to lengthen, behind them to shorten).
pj
chgo
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Jerry Briesath's video, "A Pool Lesson With Jerry Briesath" has an excellent section on how to figure these kinds of banks very accurately. He calls it 'Diamonds and Inches". Get it and see for yourself. :grin:
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