9 Ball Practice Shots.

MarcusG19

MarcusG19

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Lets start a thread with practice shots for this wonderful game. Obviously these shots are for every game. However some shots come up more often that others, and here are a couple i could think of off the top of my head.
Remember. You're never too good to learn to master a new shot.
Maybe we can get enough and sticky this thread.

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What looks at first like a common shot in 9 ball can be deceiving to inexperienced players. However I've seen many players hook themselves on this shot by playing the cue ball on the wrong side of the 2 ball and getting into trouble with the 8. This is actually a very simple shot that with some practice can be added to your arsenal.
 
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A very easy shot, but one that needs practicing by a lot of players. I've put many hours into this shot and it improved my game dramatically. try landing the cue ball a few inches off the rail where you can bridge normally. Don't forget to try and land the cue ball a couple inches off all 3 diamonds on the rail as well as only 2 rails and right in the middle of the table.
 
gonna add a couple more when i get home tonight or tomorrow morning.
and come on guys, it takes 2 minutes to make a diagram. take the time to help out the people on the website. just show some of the shots you've practiced over the years or months or days or hours.
 
That 2nd shot there can be done with top left and will still make position. It will just go off the head rail and back towards the foot.
 
a small variations of the last one is when the 8 ball is hanging in the corner pocket and the nine is in the same spot. all you have to do is it the 8 ball almost full with enough right spin and it will catch both rails and bring you just past the straight line to the pocket, which is much better than being short of the line.
 
Here's one to practice:

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Find out for your stroke what you have to do to make sure you don't scratch in the side. Also find out as you move the CB along the line of possible positions you would play this shot, where it becomes a better idea to stay below the 2. Maybe it's always a better idea. Either way, being able to play this positional route is necessary to have a complete 9-ball game.

-Andrew
 
I have enormous difficulty with this shot - a thin cut shot far from the target pocket, with the OB an inch from the cushion. Try it and you'll see what I mean.

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After 50 years of playing 9 ball the first shot diagramed is the most common and the one to master. If you can shoot a ball down the rail with an angle similar to that and master putting the rock anywhere on the table is the one shot to practice more then any other.
And the thin cut down the rail i think is much harder then the bank.
How do i get a table in my post? I got a couple of good ones.
 
Ruark said:
I have enormous difficulty with this shot - a thin cut shot far from the target pocket, with the OB an inch from the cushion. Try it and you'll see what I mean.

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I like practicing this shot , I'm pretty good at it when the time is right .
 
Neil said:
Here's another one that I see a lot of people doing. They end up short for position on the 9. The real reason for this, I believe, is because they looked at where the 9 is, and then shot. Their subconscious put the cb even with the 9, right where they looked at. They actually hit it perfect. You need to look at where you want the cb, not just where the next ball is.

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I think the common mistake with this shot is to habitually choose the two-rail CB route. The best route for position is one-rail with the possibility of two rails:

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