Making a 45 degree cut with Tops, Bottoms and Center ball hits

recoveryjones · 2006-04-28T19:31:47+00:00

Set up a 45 degree cut as illustrated on the Wei table.45 degrees is measured with your cue stick by placing it over the side pocket to a corner pocket. START( %Ai5J5%Pg9V9 )END Now(experiment) cut that shot in with tops,bottoms and a center ball with a half ball (aiming) hit(slow to medium pace) and check out the results.A half ball hit is aiming the center of the cue ball to the outside edge of the object ball.If you do this experiment you will find that the object ball is potted with tops and bottoms, however, it will not be potted with center ball using a half ball hit.To pot it with center ball you will need to cut it more using a 1/4 ball hit.A 1/4 ball hit is aiming the center of the cue ball at 1/4 of the object ball located between the center of the object ball and outside edge. The reason(I think) this happens is because the center ball hit comes in sliding rather than rolling and actually pushes the object ball forward a slight tad before the cut takes effect.Experiment with simuliar 40-45 degree cuts using tops,bottoms and stun and check the results.I was very pleased when I discovered this info.Let me know how this experiment works for you. RJ ps. I'm no teacher so only experimentation will show if this works for you as it does for me.

Thread starter recoveryjones
Start date Apr 28, 2006

recoveryjones

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May 2, 2006

Intresting chart, thanks for posting it.Rolling the ball definitly makes the pocket play bigger,however, on has to also consider bad table rolls in doing so.Take care, RJ

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