jtompilot
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Hows this, Shoot the 5 in with a little draw. Q gets a 1/2 ball hit on the 12, pops it over for a nice easy shot at your hole. Get shape on the 1 and win
jtompilot said:Hows this, Shoot the 5 in with a little draw. Q gets a 1/2 ball hit on the 12, pops it over for a nice easy shot at your hole. Get shape on the 1 and win
Sometimes your teasing can get confusing to other players, then your humor is counter productive, especially when there is a shot that is contested.One Pocket Ghost said:Billy....Your lighter toned post #36 was much better - with the silly smiley face......
Now then...You aren't reading what was actually said...Where did I say, that you said, your shot was for everyone? - I never said that at all.....all I did was tease your post a little about that 2-rail position being easy for you to succeed at.
Nope that's not my agenda at all...in many of my shot choice posts, I don't even state a favorite choice - just like in this thread - since I never even picked a favorite choice in this thread, how could I get/want anybody to agree with me......
Like you, my agenda is to present and discuss shots...but it's also to have fun joking around and needling people a little re. their shot choices...or disagreeing with their analysis if I see it differently - no matter who it is...
- Gho$t
jtompilot said:Hows this, Shoot the 5 in with a little draw. Q gets a 1/2 ball hit on the 12, pops it over for a nice easy shot at your hole. Get shape on the 1 and win
Your shot imo is a good shot, your hitting it with good pocket speed and giving yourself a chance to win. I like it. As long as you feel confident you can make the ball going into the 12 ball shouldn't be a distraction, it certainly beats rolling it, by a long shot. And if you happen not to go into the 12 ball you can bank the 12 and perhaps get out. Good thinking.jtompilot said:Hows this, Shoot the 5 in with a little draw. Q gets a 1/2 ball hit on the 12, pops it over for a nice easy shot at your hole. Get shape on the 1 and win
Quite a bit of merit in what you say, plus a little bit of humor attached.Skin said:That sort of plan often works out better than it appears on paper (or WEI). There is almost no bad place to hit the opposite rail/balls in this layout unless you overstroke on the 5 and land the cb in the jaws of the upper corner on his side. The balls over there are your firends, not your enemies.
Ex-9 baller's secrets revealed. Where's Fred to write them down?
Skin
wincardona said:Sometimes your teasing can get confusing to other players ---------- You mean confused, as in, my making them unsure if what you tell them is gospel or not?...
And it looked like to me that after highlighting both SJD'S post and Frank's post you were criticising my post about how I zip the cue ball between the balls, with a dash of sarcasm.
Billy I.
Not exactly.One Pocket Ghost said:I wasn't criticising your post, but re. your stated consistency rate for getting the cueball between the 12 and 8balls, I was giving you one of these >>>
- Ghost...
Gerry said:http://vimeo.com/18191497 see shots 2,3,and 4 we need to start numbering these things!
I finally got my webcam set up, and still tweeking it. I shot this situation a few ways, all takes are first attempt....no unfair practicing
Let me know how it looks on your end please...
thnx, Gerry
bstroud said:I would shoot the 5 with low left and play position on the 15 for a 2 rail bank with an angle that would allow you position on the 1 if you make it. About half way between the spot and the rail.
I all depends on your ability and confidence.
The 5 looks like a hanger to me.
Bill Stroud
One Pocket Ghost said:Gerry....Good job - It's cool to see somebody actually shooting our shot choice situation options on video - keep up the good work.
- Gho$t
PS, And don't think the Ghost didn't notice all that speed you've been showing = making a 2-railer in your last video, and now an off-angle cross-corner in this one now after all that, at the DCC, don't try to rob the poor over-the-hill Ghost by asking him for weight...
One Pocket Ghost said:Looks to me like the outside edge of the 8ball blocks the 2-railer.
Can't really tell from the pic but even if you have to play the 2 rail a little short to the long rail you now have another ball in your pocket and have about the same result as 2 railing the 1 ball.
Bill Stroud
Gerry said:no no never Ghost! I never ask for weight! If I can't beat you, I will go home and practice til I think I have another shot at you! I'll clean out the piggy bank, and post up again!
Actually, I am having a blast setting up these situations. I have a few ways in mind to shoot them ,and start with the most tame first to the most aggressive last. I'm learning new things each time I set them up.
Thanx for the kind words! hey, maybe can we can give each shot a designation of sorts so it is easier to know what I am shooting at? let me know what will work!
G.
One Pocket Ghost said:Hey Gerry....I remember several years ago having some pm's on here with a member named Gerry, but who had a different forum name, and who also lived in the east...was that somebody else, or was that you, but you changed your forum name at some point?
- Ghost
wincardona said:Maybe you should practice the shot, and shots like this one so you can incorporate them into your game.
----------Not me - I'm too old to be a shooter - I'll stick to being a mover...
You never know, you may need them against SJD and John.
Nah, I'm not gonna out-shoot them - I'm gonna out-move them...
And if for some reason you can't develope the feel for these types of shots...Move like a Ghost
Billy I.
Okay, I was playing today and had another tough shot choice...
The score is 5 to 5 and I have pocket A...
I can cut the 5 in, or I can bank the 1 twice cross-corner, stopping the cueball for position for the 5ball next if I happen to make the bank, or a snooker behind the 5 if I get the 1 close to my hole...if I shoot the 5, I have a very good chance of making it and going ahead 6 to 5...if I shoot the bank (which is laying very good angle-wise), I have a chance of making it, and the 5 next, and getting on the hill...
Speaking for myself - for me, this is about a 50/50 choice...if I was in this same position 6 different times, I might choose each shot three times each, just depending on what I felt like shooting at the time...
Which shot would you guys shoot?
- Gho$t
PS, And Papie, for a change, instead of making a joke why don't you say seriously what you would shoot - I know that Larry for one, would like to see that.