I had someone show me a stroke shot, trying to sell me some expensive chalk.
It was a spot shot on a 9 foot table.
Put the cueball all the way in the kitchen then shoot the spotted ball into one of the corner pockets.
Must use as level a cue as possible, and don't wet the balls, put chalk on them or etc.
He told me about a pro who could, with this chalk, cut the ball in the corner and scratch in the side pocket above, it by using inside English, and coming off the end rail.
I'm not paying 45 dollars for a piece of chalk unless it makes me at least a ball better immediately.
I experimented a bit after he left, and on a pretty tight Diamond table with medium use cloth, I could hit the far side of the pocket about 1/3 of the times I made the object ball in the corner.
Once I got the squirt swerve deflection whatever you want to call it down , I could make the ball pretty regular.
Then I started zoning in on the stroke and started scratching in the side without too much trouble.
Then I caught one on the sweet spot and came in on an angle at the diamond before the side pocket, and made the ball.
I am not known for having a great stroke and I was using Master chalk, a plain jane 1980s McDermott cue with a Le Pro tip.
I would be very curious what the extreme on the shot is for someone with a great stroke but as I said , it has to be as level as possible cue, all the way in the kitchen, and no gimmicking the balls or rail to count.
It was a spot shot on a 9 foot table.
Put the cueball all the way in the kitchen then shoot the spotted ball into one of the corner pockets.
Must use as level a cue as possible, and don't wet the balls, put chalk on them or etc.
He told me about a pro who could, with this chalk, cut the ball in the corner and scratch in the side pocket above, it by using inside English, and coming off the end rail.
I'm not paying 45 dollars for a piece of chalk unless it makes me at least a ball better immediately.
I experimented a bit after he left, and on a pretty tight Diamond table with medium use cloth, I could hit the far side of the pocket about 1/3 of the times I made the object ball in the corner.
Once I got the squirt swerve deflection whatever you want to call it down , I could make the ball pretty regular.
Then I started zoning in on the stroke and started scratching in the side without too much trouble.
Then I caught one on the sweet spot and came in on an angle at the diamond before the side pocket, and made the ball.
I am not known for having a great stroke and I was using Master chalk, a plain jane 1980s McDermott cue with a Le Pro tip.
I would be very curious what the extreme on the shot is for someone with a great stroke but as I said , it has to be as level as possible cue, all the way in the kitchen, and no gimmicking the balls or rail to count.
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