how would you all play this shot?

Try to make it, but favor the sort side, and control the speed so if it misses it comes up short of the side pocket and doesn't sell out. Put a little inside on it so the CB deadens a bit off the rail and favors the opposite side of the table.


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I would shoot the shot like Andrew. If I am not mistaken, this bank is right out of "The Beards" book. :)
 
Old snooker shot... doesn't work very good in pool though. If the 9 is stuck and the shot is straight, it isn't bad.

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Probably have to buckle down and go for bank here. I like doing this with the CB. This would be a good miss. I have seen many choke this down the rail.

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fastford said:
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If the 9-ball were closer to (or even frozen to) the rail, there are many reasonable options. My May '08 and July '08 BD articles illustrate many of them. Here are the video demos that go along with the articles:


I know this isn't exactly what you were looking for, but it's pretty close.

Regards,
Dave
 
KoolKat9Lives said:
Try to make it, but favor the sort side, and control the speed so if it misses it comes up short of the side pocket and doesn't sell out.
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I don't like this kind of mentality. What you've said boils down to "try to make it, but don't try to make it". You reduce your ability to shoot this shot in the pocket to next-to-nothing by sending so many conflicting instructions to the part of your subconscious that actually knows how to pocket this ball. Favoring the short side means aiming to miss. You can't hit a shot that demands this much precision while "favoring" either side. If you want o have any chance to make the shot, the only approach is the "favor" the center of the hole. Furthermore, instructing your subconscious to leave it a little short of the side pocket means instructing your subconscious NOT to leave it at the bottom of the pocket. Tell yourself to make the shot, and then go about making the shot as if it were a moderately long straight-in: it requires focus and precision, but it doesn't require any thought of missing.

-Andrew
 
I set this shot up here at home. It proved to be a fairly easy bank to either corner. The first time I tried it I purposely made a half-ball hit just to see where the 9-ball would go. With a medium speed shot it almost went into the side pocket. I made the next three shots in the right corner pocket on the head rail by lining the axis line of my cue 1 inch to the left side of the middle diamond on the foot rail. So basically, if you throw out the first shot which was for the most part an experiment, I made the shot 3 out of 3 tries. I could have shot more but what's the point? I think I pretty much figured it out.

That being said, in a match with the pressure on, I may have opted for something else, depending on my confidence level on that particular night.

Maniac
 

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against a good player. the above. all day. aiming it really thin so if I did miss, it would be on the proside. overcut would bring the 9 back to the middle of the table, inside top eng should bring the CB straight back up table.
 
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There are a number of things that could be done..

1.) Bank it to either corner pocket at the opposite end.

2.) Cut it into the right corner pocket.

3.) Play a safe by leaving the cue and the OB on opposite rails, long or short.

If I'm feeling good at the table, I'll take the bank first, the cut would be my next option.

If I'm not feeling it and don't want to sell out I'll take the safety option.
 
If the safety is as hard as the shot, go for the shot. The pay off is better. I would not play safe on this shot at all. Go after it with a cut (preferred) or the bank.
 
One option is to bank the 9 ball in either side pocket with running english, aiming to hit it fat, and with speed to bank it three rails back to where it began, and to send the CB three rails to the other end of the table.

Buddy hall has this diagrammed in one of his instructional articles.

If you miss the bank in the side, you have a chance to bank it three rails in the other side.

Russ
 
There are only a few things to consider here.

In regards to playing offense or defense, the pocket size should be the determinant. Buckets, you have to go for it. Triple shimmed tables, you have to play safe. Anything in between is a judgement call. If you're on buckets and don't go for it, please be ready to be called the Tin Man because you have no heart. If you're playing on tight equipment and you don't play safe, please be prepared to be called the Scarecrow because you have no brain.

In regards to cutting or banking, you need to bank this. There is a natural safety that can result from a miss and there is minimal risk of scratching. Admittedly, I've cut this ball in before but I'll only do it if I'm feeling GREAT about my cutting that day.
 
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