Spot on the wall distance
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Maybe you're smart then.
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Dad would use that expression. Besides the spoonerosity, I never saw the humor in it. Maybe I should goog fart smeller?
Bad humor reported.
Good thing it passes. 
SSDiver2112
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I see the error of my ways now. Duh!
George the Greek
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The game just got more complicated for me adding walls,furniture and a nice waitresses ass to look at. I look at a bank and shoot the damn CB with the right speed/side as required. With kicks 1,2,3 or even going 4 rails are my forte and occasionally hitting a long rail with reverse. Some day I'll figure out the physics on the reverse spin off the 2nd or 3rd rail
I’m going to need a bigger basement. Fitting all those side by side tables is going to be tough.
Uh oh I have been triggered.
I recall watching Cole shot a long straight 9 ball at warp speed, while looking into the eyes of the cute waitress. Oh yeah! SHE was impressed...he was hoping to get her undressed.
From an angle in = angle out perspective the spot on the wall would be 4 diamonds out. For the banking systems that compensate for rail and sliding-ball effects (e.g. twice-plus-a-third, or twice-plus-a-tenth), the aimed angle is opened up, leading to convergence at less than 4 diamonds.
Where do I get one of these, seems kinda handy?
I used to play in an 8 ball league that played 1 rail bank on the 8 or 3 rail kick at the 8. I got pretty good at the spot on the wall thing. Most "venues" we played at it was pretty tough to be able to use a consistent distance for your "spot on the wall". I would start by checking the table by using a spot on the rail then I would move that spot from the rail to something behind it, a wall, a table, juke box, etc, hopefully something that wouldn't be moved throughout the night. Using 1 tip high and 1 tip inside i was able to make these shots very consistently from different starting locations, even moving the object ball up to a diamond a long either rail, beyond that and it got pretty tough. I always tried to use a point that was around at least a table and a half away, I didnt want anything too close or too far and that seemed like a pretty easy distance to obtain especailly if the "venue" had multiple tables.
Dr. Dave wrote an article which analyzed how far the spot on the wall should be from the table:
As you can see from the diagrams below, the ideal distance for the spot on the wall changes depending on which banking system you are using for your reference line:
As you can see from the diagrams below, the ideal distance for the spot on the wall changes depending on which banking system you are using for your reference line:
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It depends on the shot -- how many cushions and what speed and spin. It could be 12 or 3 from the table.
I was thinking three cushions— thought that was 10’, don’t know about the rest.
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Lou Figueroa
About ten. Easy enough to measure on your table for your stroke as described above.
I had never used this system until today. Wow I wish I learned this sooner
I think I missed one bank all day. PS I don't think the distance matters
When there's no wall, be the wall...
- solid and dashed red lines are equal length (measure with stick)
- visually "mark" the rail for aiming the kick/bank
- solid and dashed red lines are equal length (measure with stick)
- visually "mark" the rail for aiming the kick/bank
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