KICKING ACADEMY – PART 8 – FINALE
Well, I’ve come to the last three systems.
Diagram 1 is a center cue ball hit anywhere from dead center to 2 tips above, start at 2 tips above and work your way down until adjusted to “your” stroke; one example should explain this system since it’s fairly basic. In Diagram 2 the middle diamond on the short rail (number 20) through the second diamond on the side rail (number 20) goes to the corner pocket. So, let’s say the object ball is at diamond 2 on the side rail; you see the adjustment numbers for each short rail diamond, for the middle diamond the adjustment number is “3”. Multiply the object ball position (diamond 2) by the adjustment number “3” we get “6”; subtract 6 from 20 we get “14”; from the middle diamond shoot through 14 on the side rail, the cue ball will return and kick off the short rail and hit the object ball at diamond number 2.
The system does have limitations because you can only come so close to the corner pocket hit point until it jaws in that pocket; for example: from the same middle diamond on the short rail (number 20) we can’t hit an object ball at diamond 6 because 6 x 3 = 18 and 20 – 18 = 2 which is too close to the corner pocket. The best we can do is hitting an object ball around diamond 5; 5 x 3 = 15 and 20 – 15 = 5 which is ½ diamond below the corner pocket.
The last system in Diagram 3 is a bit iffy, it seems to only work up to the side pocket on a pocket billiard table and has erratic results off the rails depending how the cue ball is struck. The system is easy to figure, in the example the object ball is at diamond 3 on the side rail, take ½ that and look through that point on the short rail; this is 1 ½ diamond, find your “spot on the wall”, about 15 feet away. Now, go to the cue ball and shoot through this “spot on the wall” with a “JAB STROKE”; something like the stroke you would use for a jump shot, but you are hitting the cue ball “dead center”; just jab at it. OR, you can adjust about ¼ diamond towards the direction you are kicking, about at 1 ¼ diamond. Red line is “JAB” stroke, blue line is ¼ diamond adjustment. This system really takes a perfect stroke to hit the object ball, but this type of kick comes up often and it’s good to at least have a chance at hitting the ball.
J.R.
Well, I’ve come to the last three systems.
Diagram 1 is a center cue ball hit anywhere from dead center to 2 tips above, start at 2 tips above and work your way down until adjusted to “your” stroke; one example should explain this system since it’s fairly basic. In Diagram 2 the middle diamond on the short rail (number 20) through the second diamond on the side rail (number 20) goes to the corner pocket. So, let’s say the object ball is at diamond 2 on the side rail; you see the adjustment numbers for each short rail diamond, for the middle diamond the adjustment number is “3”. Multiply the object ball position (diamond 2) by the adjustment number “3” we get “6”; subtract 6 from 20 we get “14”; from the middle diamond shoot through 14 on the side rail, the cue ball will return and kick off the short rail and hit the object ball at diamond number 2.
The system does have limitations because you can only come so close to the corner pocket hit point until it jaws in that pocket; for example: from the same middle diamond on the short rail (number 20) we can’t hit an object ball at diamond 6 because 6 x 3 = 18 and 20 – 18 = 2 which is too close to the corner pocket. The best we can do is hitting an object ball around diamond 5; 5 x 3 = 15 and 20 – 15 = 5 which is ½ diamond below the corner pocket.
The last system in Diagram 3 is a bit iffy, it seems to only work up to the side pocket on a pocket billiard table and has erratic results off the rails depending how the cue ball is struck. The system is easy to figure, in the example the object ball is at diamond 3 on the side rail, take ½ that and look through that point on the short rail; this is 1 ½ diamond, find your “spot on the wall”, about 15 feet away. Now, go to the cue ball and shoot through this “spot on the wall” with a “JAB STROKE”; something like the stroke you would use for a jump shot, but you are hitting the cue ball “dead center”; just jab at it. OR, you can adjust about ¼ diamond towards the direction you are kicking, about at 1 ¼ diamond. Red line is “JAB” stroke, blue line is ¼ diamond adjustment. This system really takes a perfect stroke to hit the object ball, but this type of kick comes up often and it’s good to at least have a chance at hitting the ball.
J.R.
