My Career Shot

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At the Senior Open, I had the following shot. Note that the cut on the 1 ball was in excess of 90 degrees and that I could only about 1/8 of the 1 ball behind the 2 ball.

The 1 ball was about 1/4 ball off the rail and a rail first spin shot would not have worked (AFAIK) and if I tried it, the most likely thing would have been the 1 kissing off the 2 and ending up in or near the jaws.

So, I said what the hell and attempted a half masse shot...slow pace with a punchy little stroke that Stan Shuffett showed me a couple of months ago. I had practiced it but never used it in a match.

Based on 90% pure luck I'll be damned if I didn't clip the 1 ball straight in...bumped the 2 toward the left rail and ended up with an easy cut on the two.

Ironically, I won that rack but that match was my first loss but WHO CARES!! That one shot was worth the whole trip!!!

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But the key question is... did you "set" or "pause" at the start of your last back stroke?
 
That shot should go in (via the rail) with about an 80-82 degree cut as shown above. It's often a surprise to know what shots can actually be cut in with very thin contacts.

The swerve masse shot, played slow, I'd guess would not make the ball theoretically any more cuttable than a couple of degrees. The chances of judging a super fine cut on a swerve shot are very low.

If the shot really isn't makable, it would be a better chance to go across rail. At least the way you played it you still has some chance of hitting the 1-ball safe if you just missed it on the way down, but a straight shot could have achieved this too and more likely more consistantly.

But hey, if you can can hit the shot where you wanted to then kudos to you, and continued good luck in the Championship Jim.

Colin
 
cigardave said:
But the key question is... did you "set" or "pause" at the start of your last back stroke?
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He SPFF'd. He SET on the shot, jacked up ready for the punch shot. He then drew the cue back and PAUSEd. Then, he shot through the ball and FINISHed the shot. Then, when the ball went in, he FROZE in disbelief.

Did I get the order right? :)
 
cigardave said:
But the key question is... did you "set" or "pause" at the start of your last back stroke?
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During the SET, I PAUSE...of course...devoted SPF guy that I am!

What I didn't do was FREEZE because that is a practice/evaluation technique not part of the game stroke.

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Jim
 
Shawn Armstrong said:
He SPFF'd. He SET on the shot, jacked up ready for the punch shot. He then drew the cue back and PAUSEd. Then, he shot through the ball and FINISHed the shot. Then, when the ball went in, he FROZE in disbelief.

Did I get the order right? :)
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Nah...I just walked up to the next shot like it was the most routine shot of the day....while trying not to wet my pants with excitement!

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Jim
 
Colin Colenso said:
That shot should go in (via the rail) with about an 80-82 degree cut as shown above. It's often a surprise to know what shots can actually be cut in with very thin contacts.
The swerve masse shot, played slow, I'd guess would not make the ball theoretically any more cuttable than a couple of degrees. The chances of judging a super fine cut on a swerve shot are very low.

If the shot really isn't makable, it would be a better chance to go across rail. At least the way you played it you still has some chance of hitting the 1-ball safe if you just missed it on the way down, but a straight shot could have achieved this too and more likely more consistantly.

But hey, if you can can hit the shot where you wanted to then kudos to you, and continued good luck in the Championship Jim.

Colin
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Could be Colin. But I feared that if I went rail first and hit it too thick, it would have caromed off the 2 ball and layed there near the jaws.

No way I could have hit it too think with the swerve due to the position of the 2 ball. Of course, I could have swerved too much and gotten a bad hit for BIH and a sell out so I intentionally erred on the side of swerving too little and catching rail first for the possible make just as you suggested.

It seemed to me that going that way, I had two chances to make. But truth be told, it was one of those "Hey y'all, watch this!" shots.

But coincidentally enough, Stan Shuffett had just shown me the compact, moderatedly jacked, punchy little stroke to make that very kind of shot...or one frozen to the rail and greater than a 90 degree cut.

I had practiced it some and found the amount of "net swerve" to be surprisingly predictable and it was even the same length as the shot Stan showed me so I felt The Gods were giving me a clue!

Thanks for your always instructive comments. Every time you post, I can't get your MONSTER BREAK instructional video out of my mind.

For those who haven't seen it go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW1tsONEI_U

or www.cue-tv.com to see what may be the worlds most powerful OPEN BRIDGE break stroke!!!!! It must sound like a cherry bomb going off!!!

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Jim
 
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