The Pushout

[LowEnglish]

A while back I believe it was Danny DiLiberto who said it, that in 9-ball when you are forced to push, most of the time you want to tie up a ball because things are probably not gonna go your way. What do you all think of this? It makes alot of sense. After you push out, if your opponent decides to take the shot then obviously there is something he/she can do with it, either offensive or defensive. If he/she gives it back, then they looked it over and just can't anything to do with it, or the shot is too tough, so in both cases you are at a huge disadvantage. I think this is very important to know when you are playing against strong players. Opinions?

 

[GeraldG]

A while back I believe it was Danny DiLiberto who said it, that in 9-ball when you are forced to push, most of the time you want to tie up a ball because things are probably not gonna go your way. What do you all think of this? It makes alot of sense. After you push out, if your opponent decides to take the shot then obviously there is something he/she can do with it, either offensive or defensive. If he/she gives it back, then they looked it over and just can't anything to do with it, or the shot is too tough, so in both cases you are at a huge disadvantage. I think this is very important to know when you are playing against strong players. Opinions?

I prefer to try to leave it so that if my opponent gives me the shot back I at least have a shot at getting safe. I'm not going to intentionally push to a spot where I'm hooked if my opponent passes the shot. Hopefully I'll leave a shot that is difficult enough that my opponent will go for it and miss, leaving me something better to shoot at, or if my opponent passes the shot, I can attempt a safety.

 

[trainer]

Danny D.'s strategies are percentage based and have been battle tested for nearly a half century..I would take them to heart ..
Terry O.

 

[Timberly]

Or...

You could master the jump shot like Shawn Putnam and push out to a jump shot.

 

[AceHigh]

this is why it's so important to practice kick safes. if you're playing a weaker oppenent, just push to a hook, and he'll give it back. then all you have to do is kick and play safe.

 

[unknownpro]

A while back I believe it was Danny DiLiberto who said it, that in 9-ball when you are forced to push, most of the time you want to tie up a ball because things are probably not gonna go your way. What do you all think of this? It makes alot of sense. After you push out, if your opponent decides to take the shot then obviously there is something he/she can do with it, either offensive or defensive. If he/she gives it back, then they looked it over and just can't anything to do with it, or the shot is too tough, so in both cases you are at a huge disadvantage. I think this is very important to know when you are playing against strong players. Opinions?

That's a very widely used strategy on tour, just to try to get one more shot. You can't win if you don't get back to the table.

unknownpro