Is there a term for this specific type of bank shot?

[OneHandedBreak]

Let's say your object ball is across the table against the long rail a few inches to the right of the side pocket. The cue ball has a clear path to the OB, but you can't use natural angle or you'll double kiss, so you cut it a little to keep the cue ball out of the path, and you punch it pretty hard to straighten out the OB off the rail.

Is there a term for that kind of shot? Hope I've described it well enough.

 

[straightline]

Let's say your object ball is across the table against the long rail a few inches to the right of the side pocket. The cue ball has a clear path to the OB, but you can't use natural angle or you'll double kiss, so you cut it a little to keep the cue ball out of the path, and you punch it pretty hard to straighten out the OB off the rail.

Is there a term for that kind of shot? Hope I've described it well enough.

That's one of the beard's banks that don't go. I read someplace the technique is called pinching. I could be wrong.

 

[miramachine]

Let's say your object ball is across the table against the long rail a few inches to the right of the side pocket. The cue ball has a clear path to the OB, but you can't use natural angle or you'll double kiss, so you cut it a little to keep the cue ball out of the path, and you punch it pretty hard to straighten out the OB off the rail.

Is there a term for that kind of shot? Hope I've described it well enough

Stiffen

 

[bbb]

Let's say your object ball is across the table against the long rail a few inches to the right of the side pocket. The cue ball has a clear path to the OB, but you can't use natural angle or you'll double kiss, so you cut it a little to keep the cue ball out of the path, and you punch it pretty hard to straighten out the OB off the rail.

Is there a term for that kind of shot? Hope I've described it well enough.

Stiffen

or stiff the bank
when you use speed to shorten the angle

 

[Paul_#_]

In The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards (1999 Mike Shamos):

Pinch = (colloq.) A bank shot that cannot be made without inside English 1995 Capelle 439.​

See YouTube for that bank using a lot of inside English and some draw. I use instead little inside English and a lot of draw. My cue stick aims to cut OB very little.

 

[bbb]

In The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards (1999 Mike Shamos):

Pinch = (colloq.) A bank shot that cannot be made without inside English 1995 Capelle 439.​

See YouTube for that bank using a lot of inside English and some draw. I use instead little inside English and a lot of draw. My cue stick aims to cut OB very little.

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i learned a new pool definition
thanks @Paul_#_
the op tho only mentions pUnching it
no mention of spin to Pinch it

 

[maha]

moving your elbow inside does nothing to the shot. more garbage old wives tales.

using speed and inside english flatten out the bank shot so it comes off more straight . most good bankers use it regularly as it makes many banks easier to make and more consistent.
some shots need draw to get the cueball out of the way of the kiss or for position.

and sometimes follow to move the cueball away from the path of the object ball.

 

[pt109]

I call it ‘punching’….and I like to use high inside…..I feel the high transmits a hair of draw on the object ball (every little bit helps) and whitey jumps a bit, which allows part of the object to pass under the cue ball.

Downside is over zealousness can put whitey on the floor…..or it can flatten out and run along the rail into the other pocket.

But in general, I’ve found this method to be profitable.

 

[straightline]

One more thing, The impossible Bentivegna bank used running english. What would you call that?

 

[Fatboy]

Also choke up on the cue a bit, that will shorten it up a bit. Helps a lot.

 

[OneHandedBreak]

In The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards (1999 Mike Shamos):

Pinch = (colloq.) A bank shot that cannot be made without inside English 1995 Capelle 439.​

See YouTube for that bank using a lot of inside English and some draw. I use instead little inside English and a lot of draw. My cue stick aims to cut OB very little.

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I'll have to try that. I made this shot the other night with the CB coming into the OB at about a 40° angle and the OB exiting the rail at maybe 70°. It seems I used low outside to make sure the CB got out of the way quickly. The one thing the definition doesn't mention is the pace you hit it at, it speaks only of the English used. I do like the term "pinch" though, it describes the effect pretty well.

 

[sjm]

In my opinion, the shot described falls under the heading of "stiffening a bank with speed."