Is it a legal bank shot when...

[Patrick Johnson]

...if you play a ball off the point of the side pocket to go into the farther corner on that side, is that a bank shot?

Not an adjacent rail... I'm gonna rule for the shooter (if he called a bank). How would you shoot that?

pj
chgo

 

[Bob Jewett]

Not an adjacent rail... I'm gonna rule for the shooter (if he called a bank). How would you shoot that?

Playing off the point to slide down the side rail is a standard advanced shot. I think there's a video of Efren getting a hit that way and maybe making the ball. From the spot, shoot at the near side point and adjust the "fullness" until you get the right action. The cue ball has to be rolling as the follow will make it return to the cushion.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

Playing off the point to slide down the side rail is a standard advanced shot. I think there's a video of Efren getting a hit that way and maybe making the ball. From the spot, shoot at the near side point and adjust the "fullness" until you get the right action. The cue ball has to be rolling as the follow will make it return to the cushion.

I've seen that shot by Efren - didn't he shoot from about straight across?

pj
chgo

 

[straightline]

There you go w the pig latin again.,

I'm toying (half assing) with the idea of using foreign accents, pronunciations, rhythms, and phrasings to speak English. It has to sound unintelligible like the original language though.

 

[jayman]

It's called a short rail. not a bank.

 

[Magictrat007]

If we are paying by the rail, I’m not giving you anything

 

[Bob Jewett]

I've seen that shot by Efren - didn't he shoot from about straight across? ...

He might have. I remember another by Cole Dickson that was about 45.