Practiced This A Millions Times, But........
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axejunkie said:
I'd like to second that.
Also for your shot, you diagrammed pretty extreme right (running) english. The running english adds quite a bit of speed coming off those two rails, and makes speed control very difficult. It seems like for speed control, you could go almost the same route you used with just a hair of top and just a hair of right. The CB would take a similar path off the first rail, but you wouldn't have all that running english making your speed so difficult to predict/control.
And, as some have mentioned, you can one-rail this position route, and come toward the 2 "along the line", with high left. The left english will kill a bunch of speed off the end rail, and the CB should float up toward your position A. The 1 has a big pocket opening from the angle it's at, and it doesn't have a lot of green to cover; you should be confident in pocketing that ball no matter what english you use. The inside english won't throw it much at all; you should really only have to think about compensating for your cue's deflection on that shot.
-Andrew
Williebetmore said:
Willie,
exactly how far of a drive is it for me to your house?
DCP
DrCue'sProtege said:
DCP,
No more than an hour and a half from Bloomington (about 79 miles). I'm assuming you live about 10 minutes from "the middle of nowhere," so exact travel time for you may vary.
wowsa,
thats 2.5 hours for me from the major metropolitan area of Loogootee, Indiana.
perhaps in the near future............
DCP
thats 2.5 hours for me from the major metropolitan area of Loogootee, Indiana.
perhaps in the near future............
DCP
Snapshot9 said:
Sounds like you're having a shockwave problem. The rest of us see the layout right there in the post. Do you have your forum preferences set not to display pictures? Not sure if that would cause the diagram to disappear, but it can't hurt to check.
-Andrew
You say you practiced it a million times and still can't shoot it.
A bit of exaggeration I would say. If you did practice it that many times then you would be able to place it within a half inch every time.
What you probably did was try it a half dozen times on ten different occasions and now you expect to be great at it. Doesn't happen.
Next time just use 10 balls and put a dollar where you want the CB to stop. And shoot sets of 10 ten times. That's 100 balls and see how many times you stop on the dollar.
Bet you will get bored before you reach 100 and say "good enough". By the way, after you do do it 100 times you would still have to do it another 10,000 times to reach a million.
Also keep in mind that speed of table varries from table to table and the humidity in the room. The colder the room the faster the table.
This drill is used in many books and by many instructors. By extending the lines of travel you should be able to stop the CB anywhere along those lines just by using proper speed.
Jake
A bit of exaggeration I would say. If you did practice it that many times then you would be able to place it within a half inch every time.
What you probably did was try it a half dozen times on ten different occasions and now you expect to be great at it. Doesn't happen.
Next time just use 10 balls and put a dollar where you want the CB to stop. And shoot sets of 10 ten times. That's 100 balls and see how many times you stop on the dollar.
Bet you will get bored before you reach 100 and say "good enough". By the way, after you do do it 100 times you would still have to do it another 10,000 times to reach a million.
Also keep in mind that speed of table varries from table to table and the humidity in the room. The colder the room the faster the table.
This drill is used in many books and by many instructors. By extending the lines of travel you should be able to stop the CB anywhere along those lines just by using proper speed.
Jake
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