Tough Shots
Tough Shots
I believe the two-rail banks, side rail first, are difficult for most people - they certainly are for me. (The one in your diagram would be super-tough, and would generally come up well short.) I don't know how practical it would be to apply the diamond system to these shots, and would expect the mirror-image table might be a greater help.
For me, it is usually a lag shot and if I get the object ball inside the first diamond on both rails in my neighborhood, I consider it successful. I have always tried to get a bit of holding english on the object ball, hoping to shorten the angle off the head rail, but lately it looks like that is a bass-ackwards approach, and running english works better, opening up the angle on the first rebound. That's not my official opinion just yet.
I have been hoping to see some input on this from some of the better players. How about it?