Open, but in trouble.

[CaptainJR]

I don't practice banking very much. I really try to avoid banking completely, but sometimes you can't. I guess if I missed more of them, I'd spend more time on them. If it is a standard bank I don't mind giving it a go, but If it is tough I like to find something else to do.

There is one situation that I think comes up semi-regularly where you are forced to bank. When the object ball is on the side rail beside the side pocket. (if you cut, you will scratch) I do spend some time practicing this shot and will play position to shoot this bank if I can't find a way to break it out.

http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/~wei/pool/

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[kollegedave]

I got something that will help your banking quite a bit. At the end of every practice throw a rack of nine ball out, and begin banking any ball you like with ball in hand. Continue shooting banks unitl the table is cleared. Do this at least once for every practice session and all of a sudden your bank will pick up a lot.

I started doing this about six months ago. Now if I end up on the 50yd line any shot in nine-ball...I just bank the damn thing in.

kollegedave

QUOTE=CaptainJR]I don't practice banking very much. I really try to avoid banking completely, but sometimes you can't. I guess if I missed more of them, I'd spend more time on them. If it is a standard bank I don't mind giving it a go, but If it is tough I like to find something else to do.

There is one situation that I think comes up semi-regularly where you are forced to bank. When the object ball is on the side rail beside the side pocket. (if you cut, you will scratch) I do spend some time practicing this shot and will play position to shoot this bank if I can't find a way to break it out.

http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/~wei/pool/

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[LastTwo]

I started doing this about six months ago. Now if I end up on the 50yd line any shot in nine-ball...I just bank the damn thing in.

kollegedave

Did you ever consider cutting those in and using the rails for position?

 

[Pelican]

I would play that cross side. I try once a day to throw all 15 balls on the table and bank from where they wind up with ball in hand. If I have two or more tied up I'll throw another ball into them to break them out. I try to do 10 short banks and 5 long banks. I have been at this for several weeks and can really see an improvement, not only in my ability to bank but in my confidence level when attempting a bank. Banks are not a easy as a lot of folks seem to think, hell Glen Rogers misses sometimes .

Back to your situation bank, I feel the croos side is a higher percentage shot of me than the corner shot.

Later, Pel

 

[sjm]

Agree with Pelican, play shape for cross side. At the Big Apple Nine Ball Challenge in August, Tony Crosby faced this very decision at double hill in a losers-side contest against Danny Hewitt. He opted to play shape for the cross side bank, and did it well, but he barely missed it and it proved to be the last shot he would hit in the event. In short, I'm guessing Tony would say that this bank shot is worth practicing.