This would be another great shot for someone to record and bring to the next AZB gathering so we could let the proponents of each way see who got out more often. Lacking a volunteer, I guess that's not going to happen.
I'm surprised that no one has proposed the pattern that has the least cue ball movement.
It was one of those rare days-where everything went.
Spanky-We both know that wasn't me shooting.
This is the pattern: Note: I didn't like 1 railing the 6-running into the 7 or 10, or scratching or going below the side- and maybe not be able to hold for the 8 and then the 9. I was willing to 2 rail the cb on the 6. It looked natural, and since I wanted to come off the 3rd rail some, the speed was enough to reposition the 7 or 10 enough to come up with a new plan if necessary if I ran into them.
When I got good on the 7-it was a decent pattern.(There was enough angle to 'stun' over to the left for the 8.)
Note: I used the 14 and 15 to illustrate subsequent cb's at the end of the run.
Please pardon the 'look what I did post'-this doesn't happen often-a plan that worked.
Actually, I was thinking of one without a bank shot. The difference from previous suggestions is that the cue ball is placed on the top side of the six and goes one-cushion off the end rail for a shot to the side or far corner.
Actually, I was thinking of one without a bank shot. The difference from previous suggestions is that the cue ball is placed on the top side of the six and goes one-cushion off the end rail for a shot to the side or far corner.
Yes, all intelligent, honest and trustworthy people are right-handed :grin-devilish:, but the shot shown is not hard for us to shoot even without a mechanical bridge.
I think the one rail method is obvious and (candidly) the only one that occurred to me. I would never shoot the Neil method--I'd find a way to screw it up. The OP method is one I didn't think of--but it seems to have a lot of risk of hitting the 7 or the 8.
It was one of those rare days-where everything went.
Spanky-We both know that wasn't me shooting.
This is the pattern: Note: I didn't like 1 railing the 6-running into the 7 or 10, or scratching or going below the side- and maybe not be able to hold for the 8 and then the 9. I was willing to 2 rail the cb on the 6. It looked natural, and since I wanted to come off the 3rd rail some, the speed was enough to reposition the 7 or 10 enough to come up with a new plan if necessary if I ran into them.
When I got good on the 7-it was a decent pattern.(There was enough angle to 'stun' over to the left for the 8.)
Note: I used the 14 and 15 to illustrate subsequent cb's at the end of the run.
Please pardon the 'look what I did post'-this doesn't happen often-a plan that worked.
With the path you took you should feel very fortunate that you were able to win that game. That avenue was available but the one railer is the more simple and higher percentage shot.
With the option that you picked winding up a bit short on the seven would have been a disaster and very difficult to get on the eight from there.
The correct shot would have been the one railer as other suggested. Granted that there is a bit of risk involved but the pros on this shot heavily out weight the cons especially with ball in hand.
Our game has a lot of pitfalls built into it and not everything is easy. If you lack confidence in shots like this then I would suggest that you set up a drill for yourself so that you can understand the shot and next time have the confidence in yourself to position whitey exactly where you want it.
Neils original shot is ok but getting the perfect position on the seven would be very difficult because the cue ball must hit the third rail before the side pocket.
