The kind of tables I've been playing on recently, it's easier going 2 rails than one.
Brand new (broken in) 760 simonis and super bouncy rails...Any more cut than 3/4 and you're screwed. Haven't shot a stroke shot for as long as I can remember. All drag and roll shots, sometimes stun. Full table draw is so easy it's a joke. Use very little sidespin, because there is no point. The spin has no time to take before the ball is violently ejected from the cushion. Spin has not only marginal effect on angle, but it's tough to use it to slow down the ball as well. A normal 2 railer out of the corner can sometimes scratch in the opposite middle pocket, thats how short the table is playing, even with spin! With new cloth! WTF is going on with pool tables these days?
Your general concept is ok, but I think, looking for that technical, knowledgable type of strokes, you're better off transitioning to 3 cushion. Pool is becoming more and more stripped of these shots as the cushions get faster and the pockets smaller. 3 cushion has a near infinite range of shots, whereas pool is becoming a lot more like snooker. Limited and boring. Watch the Taiwanese. That's where pool is heading. Straight up and down, and straight across.
On a slow table, especially a 10 footer, Earl would MURDER most pros at your game, btw. At least in the good years. Haven't seen him play recently, but I guess it's different now.
