Absolutely correct. This is simply an exercise that makes you face your outter limitations, in addition to teaching you what your average capabilities are.
Luxury exhibited a great draw stroke where he hits a draw shot with beautiful draw from a long distance. I too can occasionally make the shot he illustrated in his video and I find it strange that my cue ball can travel little more than 10 diamonds total with the "jawed" object ball.
Below is a shot that Larry Nevel made famous but all I do is attempt to draw it back to the rail where I shoot it from. (I don't attempt to go three rails with the cue ball or more like Larry. :wink
It's funny and I don't know why but I would bet a dollar to a doornail that I could make that shot which is 14 diamonds of cue ball travel length before I could make 11 diamonds of cue ball travel length with the jawed OB. I guess jacking up and shooting side arm has it's advantages.
UBC, your PM was GREAT!
Thanks,
JoeyA
It was fun- the best result to draw the CB back to the head-rail and one more diamond into the kitchen-field. Reached the kitchen 3 times out of 5 trys. 
Hi there JoeyA,
took a bit until i was able to tryout a bit
Here is a shot where a guy tried to slow me down. I was 4-0 up in a 10-ball final (innerstate). Think i thought and ran about 5 minutes around the table before i finally shot...and did it. I tried this shot many many times in training again......but it just worked a few- but it worked at the right moment and made the game. Interested how good your trys are^^
Cueball is about 5 cm from the corner of the headrail- a minimal angle on the 8-ball, which was about 2 cm from the rail. I shot it with extreme accelerated follow-shot with lefthand english.
Felt great to make kind of this shot under pressure- suddenly the idea came up and i knew*now or never* and bam
lg
Ingo
Ratta,
That is an awesome shot!
Some progress has been made on my draw shot. My average is now IN THE KITCHEN. I can sometimes hit the head rail. yeeeHAWWWWWW!
It's interesting. Knowing your limitations doesn't mean accepting them as permanent. It just means that at the moment, that is what you are capable of doing and knowing that is a good thing. If knowing your limitations motivates you like it does me, it means that you have an opportunity to improve.
How did I increase my draw? By practice and by having a coach who witnessed all of my imperfections and who didn't mind setting the record straight.....
No time for negative^^
Good thread, nice break from the CTE discussions...
I can consistently make the following shots on a 9' table without sidespin etc. At times, I've hit both where the cue ball not only gets back to the end rail but bounces back out a diamond or two but that's rare and usually not useful in a game either...
I actually practiced this one as part of the progressive draw drills that Bob Jewett has on hiw website. I start out 1 diamond away and try to draw back 1 diamond, then 2 - 2, then 3 - 3, etc., trying to land past the mark but no more than 1 diamond farther. Usually accuracy is better than distance, but pulling the stroke out once in a while is nice too...
For this one, cue ball is a chalk width from the end rail. Saw some guy hit this when I was younger, kept messing with it until I could do it as well, took a while to learn. Then I see Nevel hit it one handed or freezing the cue ball and hitting it with a full masse stroke and I want to take up bowling...
Lastly, this is a concept that comes up when playing 3-cushion and can translate on a pool table as well, although usually just back to the end rail is sufficient. On a 9' table somedays I can do it first or second try and somedays just don't have the stroke. OB is frozen to the rail, slight elevation is sometimes needed, depending on angle of approach and the table, and the cue ball actually curves from the first to second rail and will often hit above the side pocket but I screwed up when trying to show the curve in Cuetable and didn't feel like redoing it...
Scott
A lot depends upon your equipment, the table you are playing on (cloth, size of pockets, type of pockets etc).
There are lots of drills that are designed to increase your proficiency but I think there is great merit in knowing just what your limitations are, so that you don't go there. For example, on tight pocket Diamond tables with worn cloth, I do not want to try and draw the cue ball four diamonds if the cue ball is already 6 diamonds away from the object ball. I'm just not consistent enough at that distance.
The same thing applies to those side English shots. You might be surprised at what you actually do and what you think you can do on the five ball shot below.
With just side spin I can widen the angle more than I can with low right. I wouldn't have thought so until I tried this shot many different ways. Maybe it's the angle or maybe it's just my limitations. Anyway, I'm glad to practice the limitation exercises. It's kind of sobering for sure.
JoeyA