out of position, what do you do?

sausage said:
everyone here has failed to see the obvious shot. have a friend spill a beer in your opponents lap then pull a sascha and tap the cueball to the right to continue your run.
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Ok, i have to admit, i'm laughing my ass off on this one.
 
SpiderWebComm said:
The prob lies in bobbling the ball and having the CB go back-forth and leaving a perfect break shot for your opponent (which happens a LOT because in order to do anything to the rack, you would need to hit that shot with a ton of speed).

Even if you make it, you have to get lucky to get a follow-up shot after hitting the rack. Most of the times with that approach, you're sticking to the side of the rack with 2 balls popping out the other side. Depending on how those balls pop-out, you've just hemmed yourself up. You almost have to get lucky and graze the top of the rack -- which is totally possible (I say "lucky" cause you're hitting this at warp speed just in the hopes of getting any action on the rack at all).

I'm prob the worst 14.1 player here so my opinion means squat -- but from that position, there isn't anything offensive there worth considering.... and like you, I'm aggressive. I just don't wanna shoot an offensive shot where I have to get "lucky" to get a next shot paired with a possible complete sellout attached to it.

Dave
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I don't consider swooshing the cueball back and forth to hit topside of the stack, luck.
I think it's a very specific shot.

(maybe that's cause i always leave myself so out of line, that i end up shooting stuff like this a lot and am familiar with it)

See, i think this is a perfect example where i am not thinking like someone playing an opponent.
I am thinking i am by myself and on a run, therefore, i want to continue shooting.
But even if i were playing someone, i don't know if i'd duck.

I guess i would have to see a real life table.
Only then can on determine exactly what the possible outcomes are.

But as far as missing is concerned.
I don't consider missing here and hanging up the object ball in the hole, any different then missing with the table wide open.

If i miss, i expect them to run out from everywhere anyway.
 
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