"specialty" strokes in your bag

Here's one where you end up on the wrong side of the 8 and can't bring it in short enough to go 4 rails around the table and easily get on the 9. I find that a nice, firm confident draw stroke with a touch of inside will bring it back away from the top rail and back down table in perfect shape for the 9.


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You can also try this if the angle is right and playing on fast cloth.


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scottjen26 said:
Here's one where you end up on the wrong side of the 8 and can't bring it in short enough to go 4 rails around the table and easily get on the 9. I find that a nice, firm confident draw stroke with a touch of inside will bring it back away from the top rail and back down table in perfect shape for the 9.


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For those that are not familar with this shot, a note:

The purpose of the inside english is simply to cancel out the collision-induced outside english from the CB and OB rubbing against one another.

Always keep in mind every time you cut an OB, the CB picks up some measure of outside english. The harder the hit, the more english is picked up on the CB. THis idea is useful to know when cutting balls in the side and figuring out the EXACT CB path.

Always keeping in mind this outside english idea allows for a greater precision of CB control, imo...

Russ
 

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This is my favorite new shot, I believe you have to hit the ball first, not the rail. I do it by feel. Very fun shot though, once I get a little more consistant with it I am going to add it to my repertoire.
 

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This is a variation of a trick shot it is easy to do try it with out the fenders use high english on the cue ball and just let the cue deflect over the top so you are not fouling by pinching the balls. medium speed.
 
Russ Chewning said:
... every time you cut an OB, the CB picks up some measure of outside english. The harder the hit, the more english is picked up on the CB.
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I wonder about this. The same friction that produces contact induced english also produces contact induced throw, and the amount of throw is less with a harder hit, so I assume the amount of english is less too.

pj
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In this example the 1 ball is such that hitting it soft will cause it to bounce off of the corner nipple(not pocket able)...By putting draw on the cue and firing it the one ball will mash the corner out of the way and force its way into the pocket, play with it to see how much you can actually get away with. Put draw on the cue ball and hammer it at first then then play with the speed and the amount of obstruction by the cushion you can have and still pocket the ball.
 
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2rgrbn said:

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In this example the 1 ball is such that hitting it soft will cause it to bounce off of the corner nipple(not pocket able)...By putting draw on the cue and firing it the one ball will mash the corner out of the way and force its way into the pocket, play with it to see how much you can actually get away with. Put draw on the cue ball and hammer it at first then then play with the speed and the amount of obstruction by the cushion you can have and still pocket the ball.
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I don't think draw adds anything to this shot - just hit it hard.

pj
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Where the draw is factor is not as much in pocketing the ball as it is in keeping the cue on the table. If you hit a break with high english (hard) the cue ball ends up in the parking lot, middle ball, same speed cue ball straight up and lands on the table, draw, cue same speed ball never leaves the table. That is why I put on the end to experiment with what you can get away with if a guy fires it and has never shot it before and he uses high english he may break a window in the game room.
 
poolplayer2093 said:
you guys must play good. i'm lucky to make the ones right in front of the pocket
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Actually most of the shots I posted are easier then just about any shot for some reason many people just don't know. Once you have used the shots until they are a tool for and you understand them you'll see how easy they are. I play 3 speed
 
sputnik said:
This thing happens. No normal follow nor lower left draw to get the QB to the 2 ball because of obstructing balls.

Lower right english draw kick shot. Hope this helps someday.

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i used this shot in league a couple of times.
 
DukeOfAim said:
This shot you have to be pretty comfortable with your inside english and hit it with a good solid speed. The cue ball is going to die a lot off of the second rail so it's ok if you hit it harder than you think that you should.

I prefer it to trying to go four rails, but both are good to know.


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I like this shot a lot and shoot it when i get chance.

I suppose my other specialty stroke is this one......

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I find you have to play this kind of shot hard but try and stroke it as well. Even if you dont get perfect you'll be unlucky not to get some kind of shot on the 9.
 
deep said:
I like this shot a lot and shoot it when i get chance.

I suppose my other specialty stroke is this one......

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I find you have to play this kind of shot hard but try and stroke it as well. Even if you dont get perfect you'll be unlucky not to get some kind of shot on the 9.
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In the example I would use draw / running english if you shoot the same shot with draw / reverse or just reverse english the cue will go 3 rails and get on the other side of the nine.
 
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