Did I Overthink Here?

[TX Poolnut]

Stun the cue ball over to the short side of the 5. Shoot the 5 to the lower right corner. Position to the 6 should be fairly easy. That's what I'd do anyway.

I have learned to NEVER be afraid of the longer shot just because it's longer.

 

[Deadon]

There is such a thing as stun-follow and stun draw, thanks.

If I say "slight follow or slight draw" to a beginner, it means something totaly different. This is a shot with a "stun stroke" shot slightly below center, so I called it a stun shot, which it is.

Russ

Thats why I don't like the term "stun". Everyone has a definition. The concept is really a stop shot so that the proper angle of deflection can be determined. Speed and proper cueing can be used in a variety of ways so that the CB has no backsping or follow when it contacts the OB, which is the object. Not to be confused with a force follow/draw shot.

Mike

 

[jay helfert]

I think you just chose the wrong option here. Playing below the 5 to shoot it up-table gives you the much larger margin of error; even if you get close to straight, you can follow it for a makeable cut shot on the 6. Instead of stun or stun-draw that others are suggesting, I'd hit the 4 softly with a little high-left english to follow into the end rail and then approach the 5 along the line of the angle you want. The only way to screw it up too badly is to over hit it and come up even with 5, and you have to hit it real badly to do that.

-Andrew

Good answer and well said.

 

[CreeDo]

I'll second that... coming 'under' a ball might seem unnatural at first, and in some cases (like if the 5's right on the rail) it isn't the best shot... but when the 5 is a decent distance from the rail as diagrammed, it's actually very makeable.

 

[AZE]

Tough to tell by the tables here.. but I would think two-railing it or even one-railing it and missing the side pocket would work fine.
If you feel like you're pocketing the balls real good but you're cue-ball isn't at it's best you could drop the cue ball with a bit of outside and play the 5 short-side.. These layouts are just like playing poker, you can't really ask what the right option is, because it also depends on the circumstances.

P.S;
Russ Chewning... Nice avatar!

 

[third_i]

with Steve pretty much, and probably would shoot the way you did but
bring the cue over to the long rail. Just a slight back angle cut on the 5,
and I can slide the cue over to the other side for the 6. If worried about scratching in the other side, I would use low left on the backcut to 'slide'
the cue over, but pulling it back up table before that side pocket.

I would have gone with low left. You're pretty good as long as you're in the lower right side of the table(two diamond by two diamond square), eliminate as many factors as you can and it will make your night an easy one. But that's just my opinion.

 

[GADawg]

I set this shot up and played it 20-30 times tonight. For me the easiest out was about 1/2 tip high and 1 tip left with soft smooth stroke. Came off the end rail and landed below the 5 for shot to the bottom right corner with angle for easy position on the 6..

I tried it with stun draw also and that works but for me and my stroke the high left slow follow was easier and more controllable. To each his own.