There've been many posts here on problems with BS's. Getting stuck, scratching, etc, etc.
IMO one big problem is choice of BS. This is often exacerbated by commentators on videos saying it's too low or too high.
Too close to the rack, too far away. They might be better served by pointing out that a particular BS will cause the CB to contact the middle of the side of the rack. Oh, wait a minute, those are the ones they usually recommend. Unfortunately they're advocating those BS's when in fact they are the most problematic
and should be avoided. Those type of shots produce a much higher % of scratches and being left uptable. Also getting stuck but that phenomenon is kind of exclusive to amateurs due to an inaccurate stroke.
The main consideration in choice of BS's should be CB point of contact on the rack. Next would be ease of getting the correct angle to have the CB "naturally" strike that point. Once those criteria are achieved everything else usually takes care of itself.
With side of rack BS's top ball is best, bottom 2 balls are next and middle is worst. Simply following that guideline will drastically improve your BS results.
What prompted this post was I finally got done watching the Alex/Kevin Clark video. Took awhile because the beginning featured some not so stellar play and the commentator is far from my favorite.
It does however, once Alex got a feel for the balls, tend to illustrate my assertions about BS's. Start watching at 435:00 which is the end of the 2nd game. From there and on thru the rest of the video watch the results of the BS's. One nice feature was many of them are shown in slo-mo so contact points and CB behavior are easily discernible. I think you'll note that going full into the top ball produces the best results by far.
When given a choice I'll go with the high BS every time as long as reasonably full contact on the top ball is achievable. Try it, you'll like it.
IMO one big problem is choice of BS. This is often exacerbated by commentators on videos saying it's too low or too high.
Too close to the rack, too far away. They might be better served by pointing out that a particular BS will cause the CB to contact the middle of the side of the rack. Oh, wait a minute, those are the ones they usually recommend. Unfortunately they're advocating those BS's when in fact they are the most problematic
and should be avoided. Those type of shots produce a much higher % of scratches and being left uptable. Also getting stuck but that phenomenon is kind of exclusive to amateurs due to an inaccurate stroke.
The main consideration in choice of BS's should be CB point of contact on the rack. Next would be ease of getting the correct angle to have the CB "naturally" strike that point. Once those criteria are achieved everything else usually takes care of itself.
With side of rack BS's top ball is best, bottom 2 balls are next and middle is worst. Simply following that guideline will drastically improve your BS results.
What prompted this post was I finally got done watching the Alex/Kevin Clark video. Took awhile because the beginning featured some not so stellar play and the commentator is far from my favorite.
It does however, once Alex got a feel for the balls, tend to illustrate my assertions about BS's. Start watching at 435:00 which is the end of the 2nd game. From there and on thru the rest of the video watch the results of the BS's. One nice feature was many of them are shown in slo-mo so contact points and CB behavior are easily discernible. I think you'll note that going full into the top ball produces the best results by far.
When given a choice I'll go with the high BS every time as long as reasonably full contact on the top ball is achievable. Try it, you'll like it.
