How To Play This Shot

[DrCue'sProtege]

I always seem to scratch when i play this shot. i guess i cant dig into the CB enough, or get enough left english on it, to draw it past the side pocket. I was hoping to get to around Point A, but once again scratched.

Anybody offer any suggestions?

Mike

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[pooltchr]

If that was the result, you just need a little more left to get to A rather than going to the side pocket.

Try shooting a little slower and letting the side spin grab the cushion a little more..

Merry Christmas

Steve

 

[DrCue'sProtege]

If that was the result, you just need a little more left to get to A rather than going to the side pocket.

Try shooting a little slower and letting the side spin grab the cushion a little more..

Merry Christmas

Steve

Ok, but.....if i do that, wont there be some, whats the word here, swerve of the CB that i need to compensate for?

 

[pooltchr]

Probably so. Shoot the shot. If it doesn't go where you want it to go, set it up and shoot it again and again, until you figure out how to get it to go where you want it to go. Simply put, changing the side spin will change the rebound angle. You know this....apply your knowledge.

Steve

 

[randyg]

Mike

I agree with Steve here.

With any side spin Squirt will happen anyway. Adjustments are what make us better players.

Swerve is just mini Masse'.

Merry Christmas
randyg

 

[DrCue'sProtege]

Probably so. Shoot the shot. If it doesn't go where you want it to go, set it up and shoot it again and again, until you figure out how to get it to go where you want it to go. Simply put, changing the side spin will change the rebound angle. You know this....apply your knowledge.

Steve

Ok, will do. Believe it or not its Christmas Day and i am in the office for a few hours.

I did want to mention that, in this case, the 2-Ball was only about an inch off the rail. Will it being that close to the rail effect what happens to the CB after contact?

Mike

 

[pooltchr]

Whether it's an inch or a foot off the rail doesn't make any difference.

Steve

 

[Uski]

I always seem to scratch when i play this shot. i guess i cant dig into the CB enough, or get enough left english on it, to draw it past the side pocket. I was hoping to get to around Point A, but once again scratched.

Anybody offer any suggestions?

Mike

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u really dont have to get to A to win.....u still have alot more room for error....worse case is messin around near that side pocket...so i agree with the low left ...even maybe straight draw....

 

[stljohnny]

This is definitely a stroke shot... if you pound it, you'll scratch every time. Good stroke, soft-medium speed. Draw enough, as if it were a stop-shot, the spin will carry you above the side pocket. Or at least back towards the middle of the table where you'll shoot the same shot on the 3 to get on the 4.

 

[3andstop]

Whether it's an inch or a foot off the rail doesn't make any difference.

Steve

Steve, I don't think I can agree with that statement. With the OB off the rail there is more opportunity to change the rebound angle off the rail of the CB by pulling the CB back farther after contact with the OB and before it contacts the rail with the required outside english.

Of course the flatter the angle of the CB to OB is, the more pronounced the angle change will be prior to the CB contacting the rail.

Also, when the OB is touching the rail it is very important not to overlook the fact that contacting the rail and OB at the same time ( or even worse, rail first) rather the the OB first (ever so slightly) will make widening that rebound angle tougher.

 

[2rgrbn]

As an addition to what has been said above you can cheat the hole a fair amount on this shot, I would ask myself will the 2 ball still pocket if it contacted the rail 6" or so prior to reaching the hole in the diagram it looks like it will. If that is the case it is still a stroke shot but you can contact the 2 ball a little bit more full and that may be enough to give any draw you are using more effect on the cue ball as it leaves the object ball.