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Thanks to Dennis and Larry in particular and all the other members who have kept this learning process going forward a great learning tool for every one.
There have been many times when the angles depicted are not the actual angle that the player sees at the table. Based on the player and the choice he makes often clears up this some what clouded area.
As an example lets take this shot Bob was confronted with. It looks like the shot that Rodney likes by banking the 1 ball into the balls and going up table with the cue ball is a good choice, providing the angle to execute the shot lays well. Since Bob chose another shot that was considerably weaker than Rod's choice i'm saying that the angle for Rods shot was not available. After all there really aren't many good choices here and Rods choice should be recognized if available by most one pocket players. It's a type of a shot that is recognizable, for the reason that it is quite often our first option.
As far as the second option is concerned there really aren't too many decent ones. So with this understanding we will try to reposition the cue ball where our opponent can't put us in trouble on the next shot. What we don't want to do, which is a common mistake, is try to force something that's not available and give up balls, or position in doing so. Maybe in this instance it's shooting the 1 ball (sorry Rod)
Billy I.