A shot you don't see very often, the kill shot

Jal said:
We've been sort of focusing on two different aspects of killing the CB: off the cushion versus off the OB. Thanks for the clarification.

Jim
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Actually the kill shot is also used to scrub off speed before it even hits the OB as well. The Efren shot that was linked to is a good example of that. You can definitely see the CB throw out an anchor before it gets to the object ball.
 
DogsPlayingPool said:
Actually the kill shot is also used to scrub off speed before it even hits the OB as well. The Efren shot that was linked to is a good example of that. You can definitely see the CB throw out an anchor before it gets to the object ball.
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This is the true intent of the Drag-Draw shot. This is different than a kill shot, stun, or even a stop shot. I will agree that they are similar, but very different. It is important to give each of these techniques their due respect.

I don't mean to go off on a rant or anything, but I have found that in many things I do, the more clearly I define what I am trying to accomplish the more likely I am to succeed.
 
Good post.I have sorta forgotten that shot of late.Time to relearn that one.

The link led to some good Sigel matches as well.He played some strong 10ball there.

Check out the shot Brothers makes to win the tourney at 1:14:50
 
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Mr. Wiggles said:
Yes, great shot! Is it the same as a stun shot? Just called killing the speed? My favorite is the spot shot where the cue never hits a rail. That's killing some speed!
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No,It's not the same shot as a stun shot.The kill shot is hit with alot of inside,the stun Is hit In the center of cueball.
 
Renegade_56 said:
Ironically, it isn't.

In snooker terminology a miss is defined by the cue ball failing to make the first contact with a ball on.

Whodathunkit?
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"Miss" has three meanings in snooker - 1) missed the ball entirely, 2) missed the pot and (here we go) 3) if the player misses the ball when snookered, and the referee decides he has made a deliberately poor attempt to hit the ball, he will say "foul and a miss", and replace the balls in their original positions, with the player snookered having to keep playing until he escapes, or at least makes a reasonable attempt to hit the ball. This rule is obviously hugely contentious, with many a match being determined by it, often extremely harshly. On balance it's a good rule, however.
 
alstl said:
The different terms in England interest me. The bridge is called a rest isn't it? Pocketing a ball is called potting a ball. A draw shot is called a screw shot.

There may be some more I'm not aware of.
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Right then , me old china...

Kill shot - stun
draw - screw/bottom
forced draw - deep screw
follow - top
English - side
Running English - running side
Reverse English - check side
Balk - Baulk - with a U (as in color (US) and colour (UK))
Foot string - baulk line (sort of)
Bank - double
Kick - doesn't really have a distinct term in the Queen's English.
Mechanical Bridge - rest
Scratch - in-off
Breeze - snick
Called ball - nominated
Carom - a word not used, but the action is described, as in "he pot the blue into the middle pocket by kissing off the red first".
Cripple - a gimme.
rail - cushion
combination - plant
rack - frame
run - break
innings - visit
masse - swerve
slop - fluke


And the word route is pronounced "root"! It's our bloody language and you're not saying it right!!
 
So what your saying is that if I were playing in England I can’t bet on a rack, break the balls, then call an object ball, then slop it in during a masse off the short rail? Furthermore, I can’t carom, scratch, or kick, or bank during my inning. However, even though I live in America I can still screw on the table.
 
TheThaiger said:
Right then , me old china...

Kill shot - stun
draw - screw/bottom
forced draw - deep screw
follow - top
English - side
Running English - running side
Reverse English - check side
Balk - Baulk - with a U (as in color (US) and colour (UK))
Foot string - baulk line (sort of)
Bank - double
Kick - doesn't really have a distinct term in the Queen's English.
Mechanical Bridge - rest
Scratch - in-off
Breeze - snick
Called ball - nominated
Carom - a word not used, but the action is described, as in "he pot the blue into the middle pocket by kissing off the red first".
Cripple - a gimme.
rail - cushion
combination - plant
rack - frame
run - break
innings - visit
masse - swerve
slop - fluke


And the word route is pronounced "root"! It's our bloody language and you're not saying it right!!
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Good list, thanks. One other I thought of. In American if a couple guy are just playing for fun they call it "hitting some balls". I believe in England they call it a "knockabout".
 
side no side...just like maid service

crappoolguy said:
A stroke is called a cue action :grin:
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i don't thin a hybrid of snooker and pool terms is appropriate. the last thing my kid needs to hear the commentators say is.

"that's a long smooth stroke of the shaft with plenty of screw on the ball":p
 
Llama said:
So what your saying is that if I were playing in England I can’t bet on a rack, break the balls, then call an object ball, then slop it in during a masse off the short rail? Furthermore, I can’t carom, scratch, or kick, or bank during my inning. However, even though I live in America I can still screw on the table.
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Yup, pretty much.

:D
 
Is a stun shot a kill shot? :confused: I thought the drag shot was the kill shot and the outcome after object ball contact is different.

A stun shot is shot cued like a stop shot and after contact there's a 90 degree tangent if there's an angle. A kill/drag shot is cued with low english but with a shortened follow through so skids and just before contact it rolls foward so the cueball comes off in a ~30 degree angle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fIzAUxLKAA

Then again, what do I know? :grin:
 
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