You can try that shot all night at 20 a try.
I agree, Dave. He can try that shot all night with me, and I'll offer him $20 for THREE TRIES at a pop. In other words, if he can make this shot ONCE in a three-try set, he gets my Andrew Jackson. Otherwise, I get his. He can try this all night, at $20 / 3-try set. I think I'm being quite gracious by offering 3 tries, but it's to prove a point.
The first carom angle he shows (the 3-ball into the 4-ball) is possible, albeit difficult to do with accuracy to get on the precise line to have that 3-ball then carom the 5-ball at the proper angle. And he would need to do this
at speed to get the near 90-degree angle carom off the 4-ball -- the 3 needs to be sliding upon impact with the 4-ball. I'd say he's lucky to even
hit the 5-ball with the 3-ball after 3 tries. But then to say he can have the 3-ball hit the 5-ball at the correct point to offer another near 90-degree angle carom into the side pocket (in other words, the 3-ball is
still sliding upon impact with the 5-ball)? Horse puckie!
duckie, I'm a native ghostballer just like you. I consider myself one of the lucky few that can actually "see" the ghostball plain as day, just like any other object ball, and I can envision it in the correct place to pocket the object ball the lion's share of the time. But there are other factors in play than just merely aiming correctly on a shot to make the cue ball contact the object ball at the correct point to pocket that object ball, or otherwise send that object ball in a particular direction. I'm getting really, really tired of seeing you foist Babe Cranfield's arrow as the "aiming panacea." Like JB says, you can't use it in real games. And it only scratches the surface on single-ball carom angles (nevermind multi-ball carom angles at the distances you show). There are other aiming methods that grew out and upwards from the arrow (e.g. the back-of-ball aiming technique used in snooker, as good example of "moving onwards and upwards"). Babe Cranfield's arrow was a
training tool. It was not intended to be the "all aiming roads stop here" multi-purpose panacea for any shot in pool.
I live in NY, with some of the best 3-cushion players in the world (Hugo Patiño, et al.) -- players that know how balls react when contacting each other.
I'm officially calling you out on this shot. And I'm sure some of the 3C guys here would like to get in on this action, too. I don't know where you are, but if you're anywhere near NY, you have action with me.
Care to partake?
-Sean
P.S.: if the message wasn't clear, I'll spell it out for you. GET OFF THE ARROW. It's a training tool, not a be-all/end-all aiming panacea. Take your training wheels off.