Heard the commentators on the Mosconi Cup while Souquet was lining up the 5-8.
They said imagine an imaginary pocket on the five. How to?
Stephen
They said imagine an imaginary pocket on the five. How to?
Stephen
Lining up Combination shots..
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I think they were referring to imagining a pocket on the long rail where you want the 5 to go in order to make the 8. Then just focus on making the 5 in the imaginary pocket. But you have to get it lined up right first, which you probably do by the ghost ball/contact point or other related system.
Alright got it. Will try it when I go to the pool hall next time =)
What I do is find the exact spot on the ball to be pocketed to go in the center of the pocket. Then that spot becomes the aiming point to have the ball your QB will contact. Don't look at the pocket again, no side English if at all possible, don't shoot too hard. If you hit the spot on the ball to be pocketed...it has to go. Johnnyt
Just for reference, I created this WEI setup for the discussion.
The only way I've ever heard of lining up these type shots is to find the ghost ball of the nine ball (marked "B" on the table below) and then aim the 1-ball at that ghost ball.
If anyone else knows of another way, please post away. :smile:
The only way I've ever heard of lining up these type shots is to find the ghost ball of the nine ball (marked "B" on the table below) and then aim the 1-ball at that ghost ball.
If anyone else knows of another way, please post away. :smile:
radge69 said:
Isn't that unnecessary if you are just hitting along the vertical axis of the cueball??
Stephen
What I do is draw an imagine line to the rail in regards to the contact point on the second ball. That way you just shoot the first ball into the rail and you aint shooting at a specific point on the round ball that can be deceiving. You are shooting for a certain spot on the rail.
Pool Player said:
No, It's definitley a factor if there's any kind of cut angle. The first ball gets a bit of sidespin from the CB, so there's a throw factor on the final object ball kinda like side english. Check out some of Dr. Dave's articles on CIT-Collision-induced throw.
Bill
digitalcrack said:
Combo shots can only be mastered with lots of practice,
plus if you use the principal of GEARS TURNING in Opposite Directions if will help with your combo shots.
billyjack said:
Base on it, am I right to assume that CIT only exsist if the cut angle is big?
digitalcrack said:
Sorry its my first time using the Cuetable. Took me quite a while to draw out whats confusing me.
http://CueTable.com/P/?@4AOGT4ISgL4...Z1sCYF&ZZ4tXNeImaginary_Line_at_the_rail?&ZZ@
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Don't know if it's the way I see things, or maybe even I've read it somewhere, but I've always lined up combos to cut the 2nd object ball thinner than a typical non combo shot. Seems to me that the effects of cling/throw has always been increased when it comes to combo shots. I would assume that's because the two object balls in a combo shot are typically close together and the ob that functions as the cb usually doesn't have outside/cutting english on it when it makes contact with the desired ob.
Thus................increasing......................throw??????????????????
dave
Thus................increasing......................throw??????????????????
dave
So what you're saying is to aim the 1-ball at the piece of chalk on the table below?digitalcrack said:
The more severe the cut angle the more noticeable CIT becomes. With very small cut angles it's not a significant factor.Pool Player said:
Try this link for a more thorough explanation and some videos:http://www.engr.colostate.edu/~dga/pool/threads/throw.html#answers
Bill
How do you guys manage to get that table onto the post?
TX Poolnut said:
Yes. Exactly. Imagine a line going straight through the 1 through the 9 at the rail where the chalk is.