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I recently heard someone say that when watching for a legal hit, you should focus on the ball that the cue ball is not supposed to hit. Does that sound right?
It would depend on how the balls lay. sometimes it is nearly impossible to tell without a slow motion video replay.I recently heard someone say that when watching for a legal hit, you should focus on the ball that the cue ball is not supposed to hit. Does that sound right?
I also like to think about the directions the balls will travel before the shot. So I know the cue ball will go left if it's a foul and right if it's good. I find it much easier to recognize and confirm a foul when I know the possible outcomes than watching the shot and trying to decide what I just saw.If your ear is attuned, you can often hear the double hit,
The direction of travel of the balls always indicates what order of events transpired. (Dr Dave has a video on this)
Yes often it is best to look at where the CB goes as its path off the last ball will reveal the order of contacts.If your ear is attuned, you can often hear the double hit,
The direction of travel of the balls always indicates what order of events transpired. (Dr Dave has a video on this)
Just last weekend, I was ask to review a video of a shot I had not observed, and I explained to the people there how the directions of the balls after contact indicates the order of ball contact.I also like to think about the directions the balls will travel before the shot. So I know the cue ball will go left if it's a foul and right if it's good. I find it much easier to recognize and confirm a foul when I know the possible outcomes than watching the shot and trying to decide what I just saw.
Take your phone out and record the play, that will give you the answer 99% of the time.I recently heard someone say that when watching for a legal hit, you should focus on the ball that the cue ball is not supposed to hit. Does that sound right?
Agree 100%Just last weekend, I was ask to review a video of a shot I had not observed, and I explained to the people there how the directions of the balls after contact indicates the order of ball contact.
For the past few years our league system encourages using the slow motion feature of your smart phone to record any situation that might result in a to close to call hit.. works wonders immediately ends arguments on the spot..I recently heard someone say that when watching for a legal hit, you should focus on the ball that the cue ball is not supposed to hit. Does that sound right?
NoI recently heard someone say that when watching for a legal hit, you should focus on the ball that the cue ball is not supposed to hit. Does that sound right?
I recently heard someone say that when watching for a legal hit, you should focus on the ball that the cue ball is not supposed to hit. Does that sound right?
Funny... I managed to clip an OB in such a manner while hitting out of a snooker just the other day. Obviously I was right there and could see the rocking. My opponent, sitting the usual distance away, couldn't. It may have taken a few decades of calling fouls on myself, but he instantly took my word for it and proceeded to hit out my lucky return safety.The faster cloth of today makes it less likely but even in the eighties and later it was possible to brush a ball without moving it. Really good eyes might see the ball rock slightly and settle back into the dent it had settled into sitting in one place awhile. That can still happen today, just a little less likely.
I have many videos on this topic here:If your ear is attuned, you can often hear the double hit,
The direction of travel of the balls always indicates what order of events transpired. (Dr Dave has a video on this)