BOOK 5 - HOT SHOTS PLUS Great Shots, Position, & Play
- LEARN to make shots that will seem impossible to other players.
- LEARN to pick a dead shot out of almost any cluster of balls.
- LEARN to make great break shot(s).
- LEARN to pocket specific ball(s) on your break shots especially THE EIGHT BALL ON EIGHT BALL BREAK SHOTS!
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RAIL SHOTS (short excerpt from Book 5)
RAIL SHOT “An object ball frozen to a cushion.”
Many pool players dread the frozen rail shot. It should soon become one of your favorites. It presents the only time or times during a game that you have the advantage of the straight to pocket line support provided by the rail cushion itself.
The primary reason this shot is missed is because the cue ball has struck the object ball before striking the rail!. No matter how slightly, the object ball cannot be struck before the rail is touched. On some cue ball angle shots the ball and rail may be struck simultaneously but on angles closer to 90 degrees the rail has to be struck first and contact made on the object ball as cue ball rebounds from rail. (See following diagrams).
On angles closer to zero (0) degrees, he ball and rail should be struck at the same time and this is true all the way out to 45 degree angle.
When shooting object balls that are frozen to a rail, there is only one sighting technique that is applicable--the cue ball replacement (ghost cue ball). Of course, you may also use the parallel sighting system if only to have you visualize a strike point on the rear of the object ball and the strike point on the front side of the cue ball. This, however is not really necessary if you concentrate on shooting the cue ball into “ghost cue ball” location on the shot which will automatically cause the two strike points to meet.
Now that you have the perfect aim for the half ball hit down exactly, you can measure all distances from the object ball’s outer edge with accuracy.
(Continued in Book 5)
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POSITION PLAY (short excerpt from Book 5)
In order to make yourself a good position player, you must know first and foremost where the cue ball will come to a stop based on a center strike and the ensuing “90-degree” path of cue ball after its strike on object ball.
You must also know the distance it will travel based upon your planed speed of shot. If the cue ball will strike a rail along its path and if so, what direction will cue ball take off of the rail? If the automatic “90-degree” path is not what you want for your next position, you must visualize where topspin follow or draw will take the cue ball. If you know the cue ball will strike a rail you must visualize where right side English or left side English will take it off of that rail.
Do not forget, follow and/or draw action take effect off object ball contact but right or left side English only takes place after the cue ball strikes a cushion and alters its direction wider than natural or narrower than the norm. If you have no access to a pool table to practice on, I suggest that while playing a game with an opponent, play a special game with yourself also. Each time you prepare to make a shot, visualize the point on table where your cue ball should come to rest.
Do this on cue ball center hits, follow, draw and side English. Try to get the cue ball to come to rest within one to two inches of your pre-shot estimate. When you can pinpoint that spot with a great deal of accuracy you will be well on your way to becoming a good position player.
(Continued in Book 5)
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