BOOK 2 - HOT SHOTS PLUS Kick Shots and Diamond Numbering Systems
- LEARN how to get your cue ball out of difficult situations.
- LEARN how to number the rail diamonds for all shots on ALL SIZE TABLES.
- LEARN the simple arithmetic of the diamond system for ALL SIZE TABLES.
Download BOOK #2 NOW for only $5.95!!
POOL KICK SHOTS (short excerpt from Book 2)
“Shooting the cue ball into one or more rails in order to contact or pocket a specific object ball.”
I am beginning with Kick shots in order to demonstrate in the most understandable way, how basic mathematic patterns are ingrained into the pool table and to allow you to start by applying your knowledge of simple arithmetic; addition, subtraction and division.
This section will instill in you what we are aiming for as you progress through your understanding of purposeful rail points, diamonds and angles of incidence and reflection. Simply stated, the angle of incidence is the line the ball travels INTO a rail and the angle of reflection is the path the ball follows as it rebounds AWAY from rail. Knowledge of off rail Kick shots is invaluable to the shooter when hidden behind opponents object balls (as in Eight ball) and must make a good hit on his/her own object ball to avoid a foul (scratch). Kick shots are also a means of making shots that, to the unknowing, appear impossible.
We start with one rail Kick shots, using rail points (as opposed to diamonds) only, as you will do on all one rail shots, be they kicks or banking an object ball one rail. For the purpose of simple arithmetic, I have added a zero (0) to each point and diamond number or a decimal point plus zero or number. For example, diamond or point number three (3) becomes thirty (30) or three point zero (3.0).
(Continued in Book 2)
Download BOOK #2 NOW for only $5.95!!
KICK SHOTS TWO RAILS (short excerpt from Book 2)
Unlike one rail kick shots and bank shots where we use a point on the inside cushion portion of the rail as our point of aim, we no longer consider the rail at all. As we now progress into the multiple rail, kicking and banking diamond systems, our attention is on the diamonds and visualized diamonds with the inner rail completely invisible to your eye.
We do not allow ourselves to see the inside portion of the rail, only the inlaid and imagined diamonds sitting there in the open.
When we strike the end rail first at the target diamond, we are using what is known as the “Plus Two “ diamond system. The diamond numbers on the end rail always remain the same for the Plus Two system. The side rail numbers also remain constant and we always Add when striking end rail first.
Simply locate the diamond number on the rail of origin (shooting rail), then aim at the end rail number that, when added together will total the target number. Simple addition, cue ball lies off #5 diamond, therefore it must be added to #3 diamond on end rail to total 8. We shoot directly at the 3 diamond and we see no rail part between it and our cue (or object) ball. (See following diagrams.)
(Continued in Book 2)
Download BOOK #2 NOW for only $5.95!!