Stop Shot Stop Watch Challenge

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I'm giving you 8 pages of stop shot patterns, starting with a 3 ball layout and adding 1 ball per page to finish with 10 balls on page 9. The first page is blank to give you time to grab a watch to time yourself before seeing the first puzzle. I think that quickly recognizing stop shot patterns and where the cueball needs to be to start that pattern may help us to group balls on a table for easier runs.

Time one pattern at a time or all 8 at once. Or don't time it at all and just have fun.

On these, you have to figure out the proper cueball starting point and sequence that clears the table with zero post-contact cueball motion. Don't worry about break balls. Just clear the table. Click to the next page for the next pattern.

Note:A couple of balls didn't save perfectly in position, so they may not hit the center of the pocket but are close enough.

I hope there are people actually doing these. Even if it's just one person, I'll keep posting them. Let me know.

Answer key is in the hyperlink at bottom.

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FWIW, I'm doing these. I've been pretty busy the last few days, but when I have some time undisturbed I'll try this one with a stopwatch.

Last weekend I stared at the Stop Shot Puzzle (3) for about 20 minutes and couldn't quite get it. I thought I had most of the pattern a couple of times, but it didn't link together. Not giving up; just putting it on hold for now.
 
I'll echo what tsw said. I'm doing these and the "run this" patterns. When I've got the free time to respond to them, I do.

I just started posting on these forums about a month or two ago, and I'm getting a LOT of great information out of this straight pool forum. A lot of that is thanks to your threads.
 
Good to hear. Thanks. I notice a lot of people who used to participate in the "Run This" threads, don't anymore. I hope people aren't annoyed by my constant posting here in the straight pool forum. I'm just gung ho about improving my game right now. When I get hooked on something I tend to be impatient about getting better. Then again, if I hit a plateau, I sort of crash. I guess I'm a little bipolar when it comes to sports.
 
I tried them but without the watch. Got the first 6. the next one I went 4,10,14,1,13,2,9,6,7. The last one I gave up on.

Good exercises.:D
 
Dennis, that'll certainly work on the real table. Just seeing a near stop shot pattern has to be worth something. In the first stop shot layout thread I posted I was amazed that there was more than one stop shot pattern. I think there were about 4. I'm glad you're doing them.
 
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