We demand videos!Thanks all. I'm headed to a damn table to figure this stuff out.
Thanks all. I'm headed to a damn table to figure this stuff out.
So Grady say 3 in the corner. I dont know If Gary called rails,he pointed at the pocket.
When does that 3rd rail count?
If you call a straight back 1 rail and it rubs the rail before the pkt it counts as a 1 railer? So if he called 2 rails is that shot still good?
Depends on ball/table cleanliness, CB/OB cut angle, angle into rail, etc...Center ball works, the left on the CB is not necessary.
So Grady say 3 in the corner. I dont know If Gary called rails,he pointed at the pocket.
When does that 3rd rail count?
If you call a straight back 1 rail and it rubs the rail before the pkt it counts as a 1 railer? So if he called 2 rails is that shot still good?
Even though he puts left on the CB, it picks up some left on the first rail which turns it back toward the pocket off the second rail. Doesn't take much.
Here's an old post about the same thing at the side pockets...
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Depends on ball/table cleanliness, CB/OB cut angle, angle into rail, etc...
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Spaeth was one of the top two or three bankers at the time and was unbelievable.
Thanks, Buster - no harm done.Patrick, I apologize for my ignorant comment to you, made in the Indian/arrow thread. Was going to send a PM, but rather it public. I do usually enjoy the information you post. I had my panties in a bunch, that day.
Bar rules, really?
You don't need left depending on the cut angle. I normally demonstrate it with center ball.Patrick, you use left english on this shot as well. Try it, you'll like it! :wink:
At bank pool, hitting the cushion adjacent to the called pocket just before the ball goes in does not count as a struck bank. Grady misspoke when he called it a 3-rail shot.No, it is a serious question. Many straight back 1 railers rub a second rail on the way in.
Someone responded he called it 2 rails, I clearly saw 3 rails so what gives?
Even though he puts left on the CB, it picks up some left on the first rail which turns it back toward the pocket off the second rail. Doesn't take much.
Here's an old post about the same thing at the side pockets...
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This is one of my standard demo shots I show new players and others for fun. Though, "mine" is the triple bank back to the other side pocket. It just looks more cool going that extra rail, lol. Super easy shot actually. I remember Brian Gregg shot the triple rail shot into the corner in that major comeback of his that year he won the DCC ring game over Daulton if I recall. Easy shot, try it (with left as Jay says...:thumbup.
My standard placement for the 3-rail shot is with the object ball centered between the two side pockets (on the center spot) and the cue ball about 10 inches straight towards a side pocket. The shot is a half-ball hit on the object ball with no spin whatsoever on the cue ball. That works fine and it is easy for a beginner to do on his own, as long as he can hit the ball hard enough.Except the left is completely unnecessary!