Hi Bill,
I'm not clear here. Would you play ball-first or rail-first on the shot? Do you plan for the cue ball to go straight towards the middle of the head cushion?
WWYD: Push out to where?
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I'm not clear here. Would you play ball-first or rail-first on the shot? Do you plan for the cue ball to go straight towards the middle of the head cushion?
Rail ball.... one ball into the 4 cue ball will go up table towards the six, NO chance of the scratch and if hit real well, might hook em behind the 6.
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When I shoot that shot I make the 6.:frown:
Yeah, Bob, I forgot about that from the old 'roll out' days.
James Christopher used to roll out to thin cuts that were hard to bank...
...those that knew him would roll back to a bank that couldn't be cut in.
You really got to know your opponent pretty quick in those days.
I saw last year in at the Varner event in Denver Max Eberle do the same thing but worse, he also hooked himself real gooooooooooooood. and they were both on the hill. The loss, he as a seasoned pro took it in stride. :thumbup:
Fine, but that wasn't what the OP asked.
He asked where would you PUSH.
Otherwise, all sorts of answers can be had.
Just trying to stay focused here. :thumbup:
Well, he better explain WHY would you push then...
You can better the odds a little if you can push out to a shot that you might perform better than your opponent. That's the point of my shot above.
pj
chgo
That's the point of ANY push.
Although thanks for answering the "why" for the other poster.
Yep
I concur! If you must push. Push to your strength and or your opponent's weakness. Shane will push to a jump shot when playing Efren. Efren will push to a crazy multi rail kick safe that no one else even sees!
Nice video, greg.
If one has keen pool acumen, one can tell that Efren was NOT trying to make the combo one rail (9 ball) into the side.
He was trying to play safe by knocking the 2 into the 9 so the 2 stops behind the 6 and the cue ball goes up the table for a safe.
If one sees the speed with which he hit the cue ball into the rail and then into the 2, it's a no-brainer.
Now the 10 ball, obviously he was trying to make that one.
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He called it - do you think it was a just-in-case call to avoid the automatic pushout rule?
pj
chgo
I thought he hit it the way he did to leave an either or shot on the two. Almost a second push out. Since the nine could miss the next shot was not going to be easy. He did walk around and look at it then called it, the nine was intended, just not guaranteed.
You just made the 7 on the break. The 1 is froze. You decide to push out. Where do you push out to give yourself the best chance of winning?
I would take a picture and say, shit this break is as rare as making the nine twice on the break, call it a night and have another beer for good measure.
That looks like a sensible shot if you are on CRACK!!!!! I hope you were just joking.