Maybe saw at the 6 ball depending on the ball count.
Rod.
I like Fred's shot on the defense. If I was going to play offence, I would bank the 3 straight back, drawing the cue ball back to the end rail.
Yep, if I was going to shoot here, and why wouldn't I, I'd take a whack at the 3 ball too. With the speed you'd be hitting it, it would go safely back downtable if you missed.
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The 3 ball is real easy to mis-hit with the cue ball and scratch directly into the side -- as I have done on this shot countless times. I have even sometimes hit it with a flat ball with rt hand english, in an attempt to send the cue ball under the side pocket in an attempt to beat the scratch a different way and then watched the cue ball come back across and scratch in the other side!
One more danger of taking a "free" straight back with speed and pulling the cue ball to the back rail, is if you hit the shot good, but not good enough, and the ball bubbles in the corner, then staggers out and leaves a cross corner or cross side -- as I have also done countless times.
Beard
For me to bank the 3, I would have to be at least 6 inches closer to the 3 and a little further off of the rail.
Being down 3-0 must have put Woodward in a shootin' mood. He cranked the 6 ball straight-back like it had eyes.
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He left it here:
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Sky knows which ball to shoot, he rarely makes mistakes or blunders.
However, I would not have pulled the cue ball back like he did. I would have stayed there for the cross side and a chance, with the way the balls were laying, to bank on all the way out.
bingo!!!!!!I like Fred's shot on the defense. If I was going to play offence, I would bank the 3 straight back, drawing the cue ball back to the end rail.
Yep, if I was going to shoot here, and why wouldn't I, I'd take a whack at the 3 ball too. With the speed you'd be hitting it, it would go safely back downtable if you missed.
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