Extremel cut shot !!!
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All of the bottom pockets seem equally low to me...
That's only because you are a level-headed person. Some of us tilt to the left or right.
uttahere:But I think a bank is best to any of the bottom pockets.
It is possible to kick into the right bottom pocket. It is also possible to play the cue ball off the end rail to the right, hit the cushion by the OB just before the OB, and make the OB in the left bottom pocket.
Here is the shot I think the OP means. It is the equivalent of a 70-degree cut shot so it's not real tough, just pretty tough.
![CropperCapture[214].png](https://forums.azbilliards.com/data/attachments/372/372423-1b2266b8d379a3ff1fa2f3a527655371.jpg?hash=GyJmuNN5o_ "CropperCapture[214].png")
(The original drawing above is stretched in the long direction so the table is about two balls longer than it should be for a proper two-to-one length/width ratio.)
That's only because you are a level-headed person. Some of us tilt to the left or right.
But I think a bank is best to any of the bottom pockets.
It is possible to kick into the right bottom pocket. It is also possible to play the cue ball off the end rail to the right, hit the cushion by the OB just before the OB, and make the OB in the left bottom pocket.
Here is the shot I think the OP means. It is the equivalent of a 70-degree cut shot so it's not real tough, just pretty tough.
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(The original drawing above is stretched in the long direction so the table is about two balls longer than it should be for a proper two-to-one length/width ratio.)
Bob - I believe ( guessing, from the thread subject line saying "cut shot" and not "bank shot" ) the OP means cutting the OB into the diagonally opposite corner from your illustration's corner pocket destination, i.e. the pocket down the long rail by the 15 ball in his illustration. Not a tough shot, particularly. imo.
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It's also tilted a little in the post, so the pocket you chose is, in fact, the "lower bottom" pocket.
pj <- assuming those two words still mean the same thing they used to
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Easy bank......much harder to cut but still doable
For whatever his reasoning and my guess, I'm still thinking it's the cp by the 15 ball. Appears we may have to wait for the poster to clarify. Judging on his 21 posts since 2013, it may be a while...
....nevermind
For me it's the other way around. The contact point for the cut is exacting to hit but easy to see - the bank takes lots more estimation.
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chgo
Here's another extreme cut shot that is easier to set up consistently. The cue ball and object ball are both even with the diamonds shown. It will look impossible on the table, and might get you a lot of tries on a bet. I like to use outside spin as shown. It's not a bad one pocket shot as long as you hit the object ball.
![CropperCapture[215].png](https://forums.azbilliards.com/data/attachments/372/372448-0d71fcc69f22550cc0e168e999f929b9.jpg?hash=DXH8xp8iVQ "CropperCapture[215].png")
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I like straight top and try to overcut it. Object ball drags a little to the pocket.
Way less chance of scratching in/off or 2 rails back near the cueball:smile:
If you hit the ball, there is almost no chance of scratching under your stick.
I agree.
I shoot those at times and have never scratched if O.B. was hit correctly with enough outside spin.
C.B. should end up on end rail after hitting end rail, long rail, long rail and then come to rest after touching end rail at opposite end of table.
If we really are talking about an Extreme Cut Shot (into the pocket by the 15 ball) then perhaps moving the white a little to the right of the picture making it a much thinner cut, then I'd just like to mention the following...
I used to watch in amazement as Steve Knight used to cut super thin balls all the way down the long rail (into the pocket by the 15 in the picture)... He used to do it as a drill, before a match, while his opponent was watching him warm up - and he'd get it all the time, so we would go and practice to see if we could do it, and we'd get it only as often as luck would permit... Which was not very often at all.
Not sure what him aiming technique was for this shot, but he nailed it all the time, and it must have been quite intimidating for his opponents.
I used to watch in amazement as Steve Knight used to cut super thin balls all the way down the long rail (into the pocket by the 15 in the picture)... He used to do it as a drill, before a match, while his opponent was watching him warm up - and he'd get it all the time, so we would go and practice to see if we could do it, and we'd get it only as often as luck would permit... Which was not very often at all.
Not sure what him aiming technique was for this shot, but he nailed it all the time, and it must have been quite intimidating for his opponents.
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