How Do You Play This Shot?
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I shoot it like this. These shots come up all the time. Practice getting the cueball within an inch of the rail...distance, cueball on the rail and a blocker equals a game winner.
I actualy seen this shot come up a couple time in a friend of mines match against a strong one pocket player and it cost him 2 tourney wins because he could not clip the ball thin like the other guy could
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Shoot the 9 straight on and choose to either hit it hard enough to double kiss the CB back to the same rail its near now and leave the 9 down by the rail its at or slow roll it and double kiss it soft leaving the CB on top of the 9...either way a safety is the right shot.
This is Joe Tucker demonstrating this shot:
https://youtu.be/GggfpHK4Dxk
I'd be more comfortable trying to bank it to the bottom right pocket with the right amount of speed to hopefully leave my opponent a bank shot if i miss.
nice video
I'm going all out to bank the 9, and not worry about position on the 10. I'd hit it however I thought I could make it the best.
I think the safe is harder to execute than the bank.
I think the safe is harder to execute than the bank.
Joe's shots are much tougher when the cue ball is so much closer to the rail like
in the OP's diagram.
...so I'm going with Isedto's bank in the corner....but I'm hitting it two diamonds
harder than 1-pocket speed.....
...some of the misses are awkward leaves...and some misses are hooks..
When whitey is that close to the end rail, anyone is an underdog...
....so go for it.
I've never understood the "call safe" in call pocket 10 ball, why not just call a pocket near where you are playing safe, just in case? What is the benefit of it?
If you miss and dont call safe, your opponent can either accept the table or give it back, should the cb get safe. The rule is to eliminate lucky hooks. A played safe needs to be called, just like a pocketed ball IMO.
the only problem is that it's not the same shot/layout
I think there is a high chance of a double kiss going for the bank or a good enough one depending on the pocket you pick. I like the idea of playing the double kiss back up table but again this calls for a very accurate stroke/hit on the OB. Depending on the nature of the game I'm playing the right edge of the 9 playing the bank for the side and letting the chips fall where they may, option two is slow roll onto the 9 and again hope for the best.
I think anyone posting here does not have the credentials to pull off anything they type and it's mostly up to luck, so you either shoot what you know or shoot what you're comfortable with.
I think anyone posting here does not have the credentials to pull off anything they type and it's mostly up to luck, so you either shoot what you know or shoot what you're comfortable with.