Diamonds trapping balls
- Thread starter Slasher
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There were a lot of shots like that at the just-finished US Open.
What is to 'knuckle' a ball?
Can you rephrase the question in the american english language.
I think what he is referring to by knuckling a ball is slamming it into a pocket. Personally, I play on diamonds that are new and newish with fresh cloth and cushions. I own a 7' with procut pockets myself. I can tell you first hand if you hit the ball into the pocket without hitting the rails on the way in I have only seen a diamond pocket reject a ball one time in my life. Even that time is suspect as it may have hit the cushion it just happened so fast I could not tell. On the other hand if you hit the rails on the way in tight pockets can be fussy. I have seen a lot of tables that would allow you to hold two balls together and slide them right into a pocket. I can tell you that with procut pockets you will not be able to do that. I believe the shelf depth also will contribute to balls getting caught up as you say. The deeper the shelf depth the tougher the pocket according to what I have read. In reality, I tend to try to only hit the object balls hard enough to pocket them yet not hard enough to be able to get my cue ball to another pocket unless absolutely necessary. Then again I am still working on my pattern play.
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A little better but you still have a way to go. Proper American is: It hits the near tit and rattles and hangs up.
Don't get on their bad side. Some of us may need them after the election.
Me too, and still don't know which Scotty ran 168 racks of ten ball while we're at it....
We ain't all learnt the smarts like you done.
I think it is going to be like whether oj did it. We will never know.
After using the universal translator supplied by aliens I think the correct response is the pockets have a deep shelf and a poorly hit ball will hang in the jaws due to said shelf:smile:
You are spending too much time above the earth, I do believe.
And that the 141* corner angles should be reduced to 139*.
Reduce the down angle from 15* to 13*.
So....you're recommending that he have the pockets set up for senior citizens playing on it? Do you even understand the differences between 15 and 13 degrees down angle?
I believed the most admired table restorer when he told me that.
And from what I've already seen, he was pretty much right from the get-go.
Unlike someone who certifies pockets without even seeing them.