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Marking The Rail & Cloth For Banks...
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I had an opponent that did that once. After he marked under the rail, I took a brush and brushed it clean before he could aim.
If a player has to mark the cloth, it would suggest he doesn't know where the mark should be.
Do these turkeys have superlative results?
Could be...
Jeff Livingston
One mistake some do, imho, when using their tip to find the kick/bank spot is to place the tip under the rail instead of 1/2 ball away from the rail.
I've found that placing my tip 1/2 ball away from the rail shows me the center of the ball when it first touches the rail and that spot is really where I'm aiming. If I "see" the spot UNDER the rail, I've aligned myself a little off target.
Does that make sense?
Jeff Livingston
I've found that placing my tip 1/2 ball away from the rail shows me the center of the ball when it first touches the rail and that spot is really where I'm aiming. If I "see" the spot UNDER the rail, I've aligned myself a little off target.
Does that make sense?
Jeff Livingston
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In other news, I heard a car go down my street with a radio on and the windows down. I have been on the phone with the police trying to track these punks down!
If I were to be playing banks for money with a person who was marking their bank spot, I would text my wife and let her know I am going to be late coming home.
If I were to be playing banks for money with a person who was marking their bank spot, I would text my wife and let her know I am going to be late coming home.
I was giving a guy the 7/8 once ...bit of an action game.
A guy who had a side bet on me asks " How can you let this guy mark the cloth with his
tip on those long cuts?"
I told him that I might have to take a half ball off the spot if he quit marking.
A guy who had a side bet on me asks " How can you let this guy mark the cloth with his
tip on those long cuts?"
I told him that I might have to take a half ball off the spot if he quit marking.
Yes, the "equal angle" aim point is at the "gutter" (the worn line about 1/2 ball from the cushion nose*). But that's only the right place to aim for pretty steep rebound angles, mostly because a rolling ball tends to "bend" long after rebounding. The aim point for wider angles (say 25 degrees or more) is closer to the diamond on the rail behind the "equal angle" point at the gutter.
pj
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*P.S. Another detail: The gutter is a little closer to the rail than 1/2 ball. That worn line is made when rebounding balls are forced downward by the slightly-above-centerball cushion nose, and the greatest downward force happens when the ball has compressed the rail a little.
yes just like those.
Which reminds me of a story Bob Byrne tells of a marking incident. In a golf game at Palace Billiards in San Francisco (on one of the 6x12 snooker tables) a player had to kick at a ball near the side pocket. He walked over to the banking cushion, carefully measured for equal in and out, and placed his chalk on the rail at the precise spot. As he walked around to the other side to shoot, one of his opponents stuck out his cue and moved the chalk a couple of inches. The player didn't notice a thing, got down on his shot, and kicked the ball in perfectly.I was giving a guy the 7/8 once ...bit of an action game.
A guy who had a side bet on me asks " How can you let this guy mark the cloth with his tip on those long cuts?"
I told him that I might have to take a half ball off the spot if he quit marking.
:smile: Good story.
And how is Robert Byrne?
I met him at the New Orleans trade show....every day we were watching Ceulemans and
Jaspers do 3-cushion exhibition matches. I was honored that he introduced himself.
He said something self demeaning about his game and I reminded him that he was the
guy who ran eight off the break on Raymond's own table.
Over the three days, I quoted him a few more times and he let me know that he was
impressed that I not only read but retained much of it.
I know he is getting on, but I hope he is well.
He was at the Carom Cafe Verhoeven Open 3-Cushion event in Queens this year. (So were 3 generations of Ceulemanses, Raymond, Kurt and Peter.) He's in fine shape for a man of 85. He lives in Dubuque now.
I stepped into the bus and asked the driver, "Does this bus go to Dubuque?"
He replied, "No, it goes toot-ta-toot."
Jeff Livingston