Safety options for this common shot?
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why play safe ?
just cut it in !!!!!!!!!!!!
seriously i like patrick's answer also i might hit it with follow so the cue ball stays down there (hi karate like dany di would say )
and the 9 ball goes from where it is to the side rail and down towards the opposite end rail
patrick's shot is easier but can leave a makeable bank
my shot is harder and you can leave a makeable bank but there is distance from cue ball to object ball and object ball to pocket making it a tougher bank
just cut it in !!!!!!!!!!!!
seriously i like patrick's answer also i might hit it with follow so the cue ball stays down there (hi karate like dany di would say )
and the 9 ball goes from where it is to the side rail and down towards the opposite end rail
patrick's shot is easier but can leave a makeable bank
my shot is harder and you can leave a makeable bank but there is distance from cue ball to object ball and object ball to pocket making it a tougher bank
This will take a couple practice shots to get the feel for it. Bank the 9 ball straight back to the other short rail. Put extreme right on the cue ball and after it hits the 9 ball the cue ball will go off of the short rail and over the left long rail and the right spin will bring the cue ball right to where the 9 ball started. Freddie the Beard showed it to at the DCC.
i find that since the 9 ball is going to its right
and the cue ball is going left with your shot
if you hit it alittle bad you leave a cut shot
meaning if the 9 ball goes more right of the centerline
than the cue ball getting back to the center line the cut becomes more doable
the shot i diagrammed the cue ball and object ball tend to end up more parallel
either way its easy to sell out....
pats shot is easier to execute but leaves an easier bank and i think easier options to return the safe since the balls are closer together