Here's a situation that, to me, is trickier than it looks.
http://CueTable.com/P/?@4BDvA3CETt4...LBCu3MEMO3NSrL3OGHd2PKqo3eabj3ebjv2kKqo3kaSQ@
The situation is that you've broken the balls and one way or another you lose the cue ball and this is what you are left with to get started. Please assume that the 10 is your best and only shot, and that the 9 and 4 go in the bottom corner. This post is NOT about how you would run the balls.
The post is about how you prefer to shoot the 10 ball and what your objective is. For instance, do you soft roll it down so the cue ball moves only a little after contact? Do you hit a drag-draw to achieve the same effect? In the first case you risk table roll-off, and in the second you risk masse when the draw rubs off if you didn't hit the cue ball directly in center draw. Also, speed control can be tricky. Or, do you hit it firm with draw to try and get back uptable for the 5? There are some other things you could try, but I'm interested to see how others would shoot this 10, and what you would be trying to do with the shot.
To me, the best option is the drag-draw. I find that what I call "specialty" situations like this 10 ball can end a run for me if cue ball position isn't precise.
Thanks,
dwhite
http://CueTable.com/P/?@4BDvA3CETt4...LBCu3MEMO3NSrL3OGHd2PKqo3eabj3ebjv2kKqo3kaSQ@
The situation is that you've broken the balls and one way or another you lose the cue ball and this is what you are left with to get started. Please assume that the 10 is your best and only shot, and that the 9 and 4 go in the bottom corner. This post is NOT about how you would run the balls.
The post is about how you prefer to shoot the 10 ball and what your objective is. For instance, do you soft roll it down so the cue ball moves only a little after contact? Do you hit a drag-draw to achieve the same effect? In the first case you risk table roll-off, and in the second you risk masse when the draw rubs off if you didn't hit the cue ball directly in center draw. Also, speed control can be tricky. Or, do you hit it firm with draw to try and get back uptable for the 5? There are some other things you could try, but I'm interested to see how others would shoot this 10, and what you would be trying to do with the shot.
To me, the best option is the drag-draw. I find that what I call "specialty" situations like this 10 ball can end a run for me if cue ball position isn't precise.
Thanks,
dwhite