95 degree cut for the out

ericyow

ericyow

WPA Masse World Champion
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In Artistic Pool competitions there's a 90 degree cut shot that many of you are familiar with. Picture the qb on the head spot and the ob on the foot rail frozen to the center diamond. You cut it in either side. It's a great shot.

I had the opportunity to put that shot to work for the out in a local 9ball tourney last night (took 3rd, bah humbug). My opponent played safe, trying to hide behind the 6 and leave plenty of distance and no cut. Without hesitation I stroked it medium speed with max english, aiming to miss the 5, and the OB-1 performed perfectly. My shapes on the 6 were exactly as planned, since it retained just enough spin to take reverse off the 2nd short rail. Onlookers were amazed. (At least the ones that didn't know me.) ;)

http://CueTable.com/P/?@2EQWi3FQmv1GMua4HQbx4IFWx3PUGP2YQWi2YXpj3kUGP2kNdl3kVtg2kOdl2kOdl@
 
Haha. I've got to hand it to the ob1 on that shot though. It's just so consistent that I didn't hesitate to take the shot. My opponent asked me about taking that shot later and I told him how I knew it was possible (b/c of the 90 degree cut in Artistic Pool). He was like, "oh yeah, I know that shot, I can make it." So, I told him to. He followed up by saying, "nah, I want to see how YOU do it first." I hit it on my first try. That shot's never been a high percentage shot for me with my McD cue. Now it's not so bad. http://CueTable.com/P/?@1AAWj4PADW1UAWj2UWji2UaMi4kADW1kDIl3kGno@

-yoweezy!
 
ericyow said:
In Artistic Pool competitions there's a 90 degree cut shot that many of you are familiar with. Picture the qb on the head spot and the ob on the foot rail frozen to the center diamond. You cut it in either side. It's a great shot.

I had the opportunity to put that shot to work for the out in a local 9ball tourney last night (took 3rd, bah humbug). My opponent played safe, trying to hide behind the 6 and leave plenty of distance and no cut. Without hesitation I stroked it medium speed with max english, aiming to miss the 5, and the OB-1 performed perfectly. My shapes on the 6 were exactly as planned, since it retained just enough spin to take reverse off the 2nd short rail. Onlookers were amazed. (At least the ones that didn't know me.) ;)

http://CueTable.com/P/?@2EQWi3FQmv1GMua4HQbx4IFWx3PUGP2YQWi2YXpj3kUGP2kNdl3kVtg2kOdl2kOdl@
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I have to say, I think the 90-degree shot you mentioned from the artistic championships is much more difficult than your 5-ball shot here, due to the 5 being so close to the pocket. I've used this shot to win matches in my apa league before, to the awe of some spectators that didn't know the shot. However, I've also used this shot to lose apa matches, scratching one-rail in the corner after the shot (the pocket near the 6 in your diagram). I'm gun-shy on shooting the shot these days, not because it's low percentage, but because I never feel fully in control of whether or not I'm going to hit that pocket on the way back.

-Andrew
 
Jude Rosenstock said:
Technically, that's a kick-shot. Nice nonetheless.
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Actually, it's not a kick either, it's a "rail-first" shot. Kicks rebound off an opposite rail. :p :D

I can't imagine cutting the 8 from "A". I'll have to give it a try next time I'm at a table. Seems like there'd surely be an easier option.

-yow!
 
ericyow said:
Actually, it's not a kick either, it's a "rail-first" shot. Kicks rebound off an opposite rail. :p :D

I can't imagine cutting the 8 from "A". I'll have to give it a try next time I'm at a table. Seems like there'd surely be an easier option.

-yow!
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Wait, "kicks rebound off an opposite rail"??? What in the world does that mean? Any time you go rail first, it's referred to as "kicking".
 
If I'm more than 6' from the object ball (and can make a good bridge), I consider the "90 degree cut" about a even money. Closer, I'm going to lay odds that I'll make it. I've gotten out of line so many times, this shot now comes almost naturally! :p
 
Jude, I feel ya. But, and not to fight just to be right or anything, the bca definition of kick is when a cue ball banks...then you look up bank and it elminates the nearest incidental rail from those that qualify. As in, in bank pool it must be an opposite rail, not an incidental rail grazed on a straight in shot. Same principle here. :cool:

Samiel said:
I've gotten out of line so many times, this shot now comes almost naturally! :p
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haha!
 
Samiel said:
I've gotten out of line so many times, this shot now comes almost naturally! :p
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Funny and there's some truth to this. How many times have you seen a weak player that blows his shape on the 9 so often, he becomes an expert at banking it in the side ;)
 
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