Which Way Do You Play This Shot?

[Mark V]

I’d go in 100% and fire away to kick it in off the long rail. I don’t trust myself to pull off a finesse safety and if I’m going to lose the game, I’ll at least know that I gave myself a chance.

 

[Bob Jewett]

I’d go in 100% and fire away to kick it in off the long rail. I don’t trust myself to pull off a finesse safety and if I’m going to lose the game, I’ll at least know that I gave myself a chance.

Finally! A note of sanity in this otherwise lamentable thread. That's what I'd try too, if I thought I could hit the correct side of the four.

 

[Mark V]

Finally! A note of sanity in this otherwise lamentable thread. That's what I'd try too, if I thought I could hit the correct side of the four.

Welp, if I put my reading glasses on, what I thought was the cue ball is actually the spot. Humorously, a kick works for the shot that dcp inquired about.

My conventional approach kind of depends on the table. If it’s a 4.5” gold crown with favorable cloth/balls/humidity, I draw back to the long and accept the long cut shot on the 3, playing draw off the opposite long rail to then play straight-ish position on the 5. I better be confident in my ability to fire the 3 in, hence favorable conditions.

 

[gregcantrall]

if I thought I could hit the correct side of the four.

You got me now.

I thought this was the object of the discussion. Obviously I am missing something......yeah the 4. I can't find the 4.

 

[Bob Jewett]

I just now took a printout of the shot to a table. 9-foot GC3 with clean, 3-month old cloth with pockets slightly smaller than 4.5. Six each of outside draw and inside follow shots worked fine. The resulting positions were about equally good. The inside follow seems slightly easier but close to the same.

The only way a player is going to play the one-rail stun shot is if the other paths are totally blocked. It looks much harder in real life.

 

[Cue Stick]

The draw shot is the easiest and has the most room for error.

 

[sammylane12]

The draw shot is the easiest and has the most room for error.

Cue Stick is right on. Why make this difficult? It is an easy draw shot because the cue ball is going the hit the rail right away. This makes the speed much easier to control than a frontal draw shot. There is nothing to screw up, there is no way you don`t get a good shot. No way to get hooked, going down the position line speed is not very important. A very simple shot.

 

[gregcantrall]

The only way a player is going to play the one-rail stun shot is if the other paths are totally blocked. It looks much harder in real life.

Good morning.
I am not picking up what "it" it is.

oh heck I had the thought........and then ....oh yeah "real life" ?

Don't deny Mo Norman. If you have an inner Mo....let him have fun. I really enjoyed the first attempt at the ticki that was missed on the up side an yielded a sweet out available.
:shrug

 

[gregcantrall]

Playing with my "other" hand Lefty, has put me on better terms with My inner Mo.

 

[iusedtoberich]

I just now took a printout of the shot to a table. 9-foot GC3 with clean, 3-month old cloth with pockets slightly smaller than 4.5. Six each of outside draw and inside follow shots worked fine. The resulting positions were about equally good. The inside follow seems slightly easier but close to the same.

The only way a player is going to play the one-rail stun shot is if the other paths are totally blocked. It looks much harder in real life.

Hell, if the 2 and 3 were the only 2 balls left on the table, I think a lot of players would play one of the 2 rail options Probably the forward option would prevail.

 

[tim913]

Playing with my "other" hand Lefty, has put me on better terms with My inner Mo.

I have an inner Mo, Larry and Curly and they’re always fighting!