Beginner Shot-Question

Robb Browning

Robb Browning

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What is the name of this shot?

You put bottom on it, but you're not drawing the cue ball or stunning the cue ball - you're just slowing down the inertia of the cue ball.
So the cue ball ball rolls backward for say 2 feet... then it slides for a say 2 inches and then it rolls forward for 2 feet.

I believe it's meant to slow the cue ball down a lot and greatly reduce the action off the object ball. It's a very delicate, timed shot and I was trying to explain it to someone but I don't know what to call it.

Is there a name for it?

Thanks in advance.
 
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Somebody named it a draw drag or drag shot. I'd use the term brakes instead since the principle applies to any shot.
 
straightline said:
Somebody named it a draw drag or drag shot. I'd use the term brakes instead since the principle applies to any shot.
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To be clear, this is not a beginner level shot. No question it is a valuable shot to have in your arsenal. When combined with inside spin, it is impressive how it can be used to kill a cue ball’s speed to hold positioning coming off a cushion, when the angle of the shot would appear impossible to do so.
 
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when you aim low, and shot soft that's drag shot, stun run through is when you aim cueball around center and shot harder. In both cases the cueball extended a little on straight shots
 
I've posted this a few times before - sorry to those who are tired of seeing it. :)

The names I've given to different shots are common but not universal.

pj
chgo

P.S. This technique (hitting below center at various tip heights and speeds) is also how we control the CB's carom angle off the OB.

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Patrick Johnson said:
I've posted this a few times before - sorry to those who are tired of seeing it. :)

The names I've given to different shots are common but not universal.

pj
chgo

P.S. This technique (hitting below center at various tip heights and speeds) is also how we control the CB's carom angle off the OB.

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Is this your graphic and can I use it in another forum to help me explain this?
I am happy to give you full credit for it.
 
Robb Browning said:
Is this your graphic and can I use it in another forum to help me explain this?
I am happy to give you full credit for it.
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Yes, it's mine - and of course feel free to use it any way you like. No credit necessary, but if you make money with it I want half. :)

pj
chgo
 
Patrick Johnson said:
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I like this chart very much.

I call the Stun Roll Though:: "lose it forward" in my mind and it is a shot is perform when making a shot and the next position is best with a dead stun, but if you make a speed mistake, then your are better off to lose it by rolling forward a bit (i.e., don't actually draw the CB back.)

There are lots or reasons to use a drag shot, one of them is that the table has some kind of roll that moves slow rolling CBs off line.
 
I find with a stun run that I have more potting accuracy than a stun shot. The cueball has more momentum to stay on line. Doubly so on a Snooker table where the nap of the cloth has direction.

Although the Barry Stark’s video above doesn’t show it, I find the shot useful when shooting into a cluster of balls and wanting the cueball to roll outside the cluster to give more options. Some might draw to get away from a cluster but my potting accuracy is way less with a draw shot and I avoid them if possible. After playing 52 years, no issue drawing table length but no value in it as I likely will miss the pot if more than a couple feet.
 
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