I had this shot on my ghost set this morning. How would you get from the 7 to the 8? It's fairly straight.
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I had this shot on my ghost set this morning. How would you get from the 7 to the 8? It's fairly straight.
Gotta hit it with low L and stop under side pocket and 1st diamond from top lL corner pocket in pic.
Id aim a Half tip right, 1& a half tip from below center for draw.
14-18" Bridge length, stroking completely thru the shot , a notch or 2 above medium speed.
14-18" Bridge length, stroking completely thru the shot , a notch or 2 above medium speed.
Cheat the pocket a hair and draw the cue ball back down the long rail.
smiling_Hans
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Low left but more emphasis on the left english can bring the cue ball all the way down behind the 8 ball. For a shot at the lower corner pocket.
Lol
That ball would move about 4' for me at 1.5 tips of draw! And the movement might just be sideways too...hahah.
Knowledge about how you respond to shots like this is a huge factor. I know I need the L spin to help it down table and I see you prefer a little inside.
You are wrong for me and I for you...we better not play any damn doubles!
smiling_Hans
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If you want a challenge and go fancy....stroke the crap out of it, cheat the pocket, go 3 rails.
^^^ This ^^^
Alternatively, cheat the pocket in the same direction with center ball, hard right and come around 3 rails.
Right English to have a shot between 8 /9. Hopefully make it and have a shot to go up and down for the 9. Pray to the gods and shoot the 8, get perfect on the 9. Make the ghost shiver in his boots.
Make the 7, hit it too thick and scratch. Break my cue and swear off the game for life.
Make the 7, hit it too thick and scratch. Break my cue and swear off the game for life.
Im sure it works with either of our methods, just a matter of preference is all.
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I am going low left to hit that coin marker and drift down toward the end rail........That is the easy one though.....Shooting the 8 and going 3-rails is the hard shot...(depending on how you land on the 8)....All kinds of ways to scratch or come up short..or over run your position on the 9 .
For me , low left. For anyone else, it depends on their level. For a banger I would say make the 7 and bank the 8.
This is how it played out. I was not going for how it happened, and didn't even see that shot possibility. I'm not even sure how it went the way it did. I must have cut it more than expected, and less draw and spin than expected.
draw, aim to hit the 9, if you're feeling frisky. safer version is to draw towards the "bottom" side pocket with speed to travel about a foot or two further than current cb position
The angle just seems way too straight for the 2 rail path that actually happened. I wonder if I mostly drew it, and barely spun it, to get the CB to go the way it did.
The big corner pocket gave you the ability to get an angle by cheating the pocket that most of us can’t get. Trying what you did would have been a no-go on my table. The only way I’m doing that on a pro-cut, or smaller pocket is low left draw…and it’s a risky endeavor. With new cloth it would be easier.
smiling_Hans
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Was your shot 3 rails forward? Or back and forth like I “mistakingly” executed?
My records indicate you copied my solution.