Fellas, allow me to explain. We here at one pocket.org have the luxury of playing all our shots on the computer, however, playing on the computer is much easier than playing on a real pool table. Take this shot as an example. Yes freezing or positioning the cue ball closely to the 4ball is your best leave, undoubtedly but how often can we do on a pool table what comes so easy on our computer? How many times have we tried to freeze a ball onto another ball and sold out?
In this situation freezing the cue ball to the 4ball is very difficult, especially if you're trying to control the 14ball. And if you don't freeze the cue ball to the 4ball you may often leave a return shot that is easy to control the cue ball off of. However, if you play the cue ball as Vapros suggested by traveling to the top rail, your margin for error is expanded and your leave is very effective, in terms of not giving up a return shot that is easy to control.
By playing the leave with the cue ball close to the 4ball you will leave your opponent in a position to control the cue ball by either drawing it..stopping it...or following it, if you don't freeze it. However, if you drop to the top rail your opponent doesn't have the luxury to control the cue ball as easily as he would if you played close to the 4ball.:sorry That's the way I look at it, but since we all are champions on our computer, yes freeze it to the 4ball.:frus
Incidentally, why didn't Shannon freeze it to the 4ball? Maybe the angle wasn't there to freeze to the 4ball and control the 14ball. Or maybe he's not that good of a player to figure it out, like the rest of us guys.
Dr. Bill