I've started to realize poor position play is ruining my run outs. What are your favorite lesser known position shots
What are your go to position shots?
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Practice hitting stun shots at angles. Hit the OB at stop shot speeds. Watch how
far the CB travels sideways. Try sliding the CB toward certain spots on the table.
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You have to know every route to be a good player. Watch pro videos, and set up the same layouts, and shoot the shots the same way
When you have small angles near the end rail or just in the corners, high inside is so beneficial to getting to the center of the table or even to the other end. The best part is that very little compensation is required. It seems you can just aim where you would aim with just center.
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GoldenFlash
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Oh, same old way works fine. :smile:
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2 rails out of the corner with low outside. I hit that blitch so well, i bet even money i can hit within a 4 foot range on the 3rd rail.
Also, back cut up the table into the corner point. Ball hangs in pocket. Works every time.
2 rails out of the corner with low outside. I hit that blitch so well, i bet even money i can hit within a 4 foot range on the 3rd rail.
Also, back cut up the table into the corner point. Ball hangs in pocket. Works every time.
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Seems to me that you need a 'what would you do here' thread....
....with diagrams.
General info is vague
Learn how to play better position. You don't normally need to stop the CB on a dime, but learning which side to leave the CB in relation to the OB that lets you get to the next OB easily is the key. So if there's a line from the pocket through the OB, the easiest thing to do is have the CB on the opposite side of the line where the next OB is. Pretty simple, basic strategy.
If the CB and next OB are on the same side, you'll either have to go around the table, or force the CB, or both, which decreases your margin of error for the shot.
Slim Limpy
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Check out the Pro Book. Great references and explanations on the most common shots in pool.
PM me. Discussing them on this board these days gets silly.
I share 5 bread and butter position plays with students, and often will reference them on commentary. All of them cover a range of spin (from zero to extreme) so you can learn how to have the range in your arsenal.
Freddie
Besides stop shots, work on 2 rail position to the center of the table from the corners.
Very good advise from Tony. Where you want to hit the first rail depends on where you need to hit the second rail.
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Stop shot and take a longer shot or bigger cut on a ball rather than try to get a 20% easier shot but have to make a 100% tougher shot to get there
Weigh your ability to make a ball with better shape vs playing shape around clusters of other balls and getting hooked or coming up short or too far and ending up with a worse shot than if you just played a simpler position shot in the first place. Learn when you want to favor going too far or too short on what side of the ball and hit harder/softer at those times. Going 1 foot past your position on the right side of the ball is better than being 1 inch short on the wrong side.I have learned to think of the Buddy Hall quote "don't play position if you already have it" whenever I am evaluating what to do.
It's more of knowing when to play a shot you have instead of shooting something else and coming back to that shot later. I guess that is 8 ball and other non-rotation games more than anything else.
While not really "playing position" learning when you have to play position or just accept a tougher shot and read the layout of the table properly should fall under position play as much as moving the cueball to a specific spot.
Just from yesterday I have an example, my son and I are in the finals of a partners charity event, we are on the last 3 balls to win, and he is about to shoot a shot 2-3 rails to get position on a ball, which takes the cueball away from the next shot as having to travel to the right angle. Instead he could have just drawn the ball 6 inches and gotten to a good spot. I had to stop him once I saw how he was cueing the ball, he shot my shot, I had an easy next shot, he makes the 8, we win our third doubles charity tournament :thumbup: Patterns and order of shots are equally if not more important than how you actually shoot.
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Check out this video... If you can get past the repetition, and sassy girl hand gestures, there's some good shots here. A lot of them require a decent stroke.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwAbE7W-K30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwAbE7W-K30