Never thought about. Hit a few to get loose. No time to be practicing.
Well I’m just saying even if you go to New hall or something to practice. A lot of people will check out the table.
I'll hit a couple 3-railer's so my off-the-table system is good but that's about it. Never had a side-pocket point issue.
since you chimed in with that Garczar. Do you play a lot of one pocket? Because the thing with me is I almost never in a game of eight ball or nine ball would have a reason to use that three cushion system. I go off of the diamonds instead. You can’t always use the running English. But I can see it being a great tool for 1 pocket.
I always check tables for 3 rail shots, they give me an idea if the table is "on", long, or short. That can then apply to 2 rail and single rail shots. I don't find 3 rail shots unusual at all when someone plays a safe against you in 8 ball and occasionally even 9 ball.
Exactly. Find the 5-3-1 three rail line and bank a few short & long balls.
My thing is if they are the same as the one I watched a video on. the 3 rail system is using running English where usually in 8 or 9 you might need to shorten or tighten the angle off the first rail because there is a ball in your way, in effect nullifying the system. I’ll go some sort of outside English even some times. Maybe I just see things a bit different than some of you. How’s it going to work when you are focused on a point not on the table and using outside? That ball is going to die off rail 2. If you know where to actually shoot the ball and have enough time in, you almost automatically adjust your aim point off of the table. Then again it probably would be good if the 3 rail system is available. Idk. I’ve never used it though. And no one would ever play me banks. Go figure.
That's a good one to check out. I like to check the rails and the table speed. If I'm about to play One Pocket I like to practice a couple of break shots too.
My honorary nephew once lost a Western BCA tourney finals for that very reason. A heartbreaker. Very wise of you to do this. Experience...a bitter teacher.
That's all part of adapting the 3 rail system to what's going on with the layout on table. The system is always a baseline which you adapt from. If you play with the standard 3 rail shot, you can quickly learn just how much running or reverse you need to shorten something. The 3 rail system, and fly on the wall is great to get out of tight situations. If you know the route the ball goes on this shot, you can often deduce how to hit a ball on the track lines, even if you only hit two rails of the system. The other thing, fly on the wall or using table diamonds, you should work to learn what a parallel shift does. If you know the 3 rail route, you can often get out of trouble and follow the same route by simply doing a parallel shift to come out the same. Sometimes you can do a parallel shift and then go in between the actual tracks and the shifted ones, but it depends on what you are doing. You can also use the knowledge of routes to carom off an OB and knock a pocket hanger in. This can be powerful in 9 ball. Never let your opponent in on the secret that it wasn't slop. Let them moan about how 9B is a slop game and you have to be lucky to win.
Thanks for that. I’m not actually trying to argue on it. I was just looking for a good viewpoint on why/how to use it because it just seems pointless to me. Sometimes hard to relate that through posts. I’ve had people knock me on here for not being knowledgeable. That’s not it. I just see things differently and a lot of times there is a much easier way that is learned not taught.
Haha. Any of you remember the tournaments where aiming with your cue was cheating? I do.
Maybe not. If they are all GCs with 860 and the same size pockets you will have a fair idea of how they play. Your game may be more developed than mine so table to table differences are more apparent to you but I shoot on an 8' Olhausen at home with big pockets and slow cloth. I need a massive recalibration in the pool rooms.