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COMBINATIONS / THROW SHOTS...
FOR THE TWO MOST FAMOUS THROW SHOTS IN MY LIFETIME CHECK OUT STORIES UNDER
WILLIE MOSCONI, and coming soon, Yours Truly, Jimmy Reid...
Shooting combos when the object balls are more than 1/64th of an inch apart requires the player to cut the 1st. ob
just as if they were 2 feet apart.
Shooting combos when the obs are frozen, or almost frozen to each other ( less
than 1/64th" ) apart is an altogether different proposition, and just the
opposite of what you might normally think.
Here are just a few examples. Learn and enjoy... Jimmy
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Cb and 1 ball are frozen ( touching one another ), they are lined up approximately a ball above the corner pocket. There are two ways to throw the 1 ball into the corner. My first choice here would be to elevate the cue a little, use 2 tips of right hand english, aim the cb and 1 ball straight on. You may hit the cb at 1:30, 3, or 4:30, I prefer 4:30 to avoid an illegal push, but all of these cb hits will throw the 1 ball left and into the corner pocket... |
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Elevated cue with 2 tips toward 3 o'clock as mentioned above. Using a short jab stroke with this hit prevents the dreaded illegal push. 860 Simonis cloth, preferred by professionals and seen here on my table is non directional and has no nap, this makes it a little harder to throw shots like this. You can simplify this and throw this shot further left by aiming the cb right one extra ball above the pocket as opposed to straight on... |
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Here we go again, practice this shot with 2 and 3 tips of english, cue elevated, tip hitting cb at 4:30 and practice hitting this shot with the cb aimed straight on, then practice this same shot aiming the cb further and further right of the pocket, this will help you get a good feel for this and other related shots... |
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Opposite of the three demos above, the preferred cb cp ( contact point ) is 7:30...
For the sake of clarity these two rails will be referred to as, the left rail and right rail.. |
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Here we have 3 balls frozen, the ob we are going to pocket here is the 2 which is lined up so it will hit the rail in front of the 2nd diamond. If the 1 ball & cb were alone, I would hit the cb w/ 2 tips rc to throw the 1 a full ball left from this distance. Again, for the sake of future clarity I will be referring to the short end rail as the north rail, the long side rail is now the east rail... |
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REMEMBER; Balls react exactly like gears and the spin reverses direction w/ every additional ball. So if right hand english throws 1 ball left, it will throw the 2nd ball right, which will not throw the 2 toward the pocket, therefore you must hit this cb with maximum left english to successfully pocket the 2 in the far corner pocket... |
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Now this will show you exactly what I mean.
Pull the cb back a diamond away from these two balls and practice just how much left english you need to apply to the cb to be able to hit this shot straight on and throw the 2 ball into the corner. Hit the cb w/ 3 tips of left hand english at 9 o'clock... |
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Combination and Throw;
The 3 & 4 ball are frozen, and therefore the weight of the 3 will carry the 4 with it in the same direction the 3 travels as much as possible. Hit the 3 on the left edge and it will carry the 4 up away from the rail toward the corner pocket... |
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Hitting the cb with 3 tips of right hand english at 4:30 accomplishes two things;
1st/ The right english puts left english onthe 3 ball, which in turn throws the 4 ball to the right, towards the pocket.
2nd/ Hitting the left edge of the 3 w/ the cb struck at 4:30 draws the cb a little to the rail and prevents the cb from kissing the 4 ball on its way to the pocket.. |
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By hitting the left edge ( 9 o'clock ) of the 3 ball with the opposite right edge of the cb and applying 3 tips of right hand english on the cb at 3 o'clock, it might be possible to run the cb past the slower rolling 4 ball and avoid the kiss, in this case the cb will then hit the bottom (west) rail, then spin off the far (north) rail and up toward the middle of the nearside (south) rail... |
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These obs balls are frozen and lined up above the side pocket from my point of view, so by hitting the 1 ball on the left side with right english I again accomplish two things, the weight of the 1 ball carries the 2 ball with it a little, and the right english puts left spin on the 1 ball causing the 2 ball to throw to the right... |
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The 3rd ball in all multiple ball combinations will dictate whether or not the combination is dead (can't be missed). Here we have the 2 & 3 ball lined up well below the pocket, but notice the 1 ball against the 2 ball, by hitting the 1 ball straight on here it pushes the 2 up which carries the 3 ball with it. Hit the cb with the opposite english of the direction of the throw when throwing an odd number of balls, and with english in the same direction of the throw when throwing an even number of balls... Learning anything ? Jimmy...
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