dmcparland
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I like it -- nudge the 6 ball and leave the cue ball there.When you only need 1 ball, you want to keep as many balls out of play as you can.
In this case all balls are out of play. The one is in the side and the other 2 balls are tied up. You may first think, I will shoot in the 1 ball because I am only putting 1 ball in play. But if you do that, if your opponent is smart, they are going to break those 2 balls up, possibly snookering you from one of the balls they push near their hole and now all 3 balls are in play for them.
Whereas if you soft roll into the 6 just to make the 9 get to the rail, the 2 balls are still close to each other kind of tied up and the only way they can get 3 balls in play now is to shoot in the one ball in the side. But now it's your shot and you should have at minimum a defensive play to put the 1 ball back out of play.
That was my thought process anyway, curious to hear others.
Or Ronnie Allen -- "shoot like a lion when you're behind, shoot like a lamb when you're ahead"I was in the booth when you shot this. The idea was good if it worked, but it had to be perfect speed, and you hit it too hard. It was probably a good shot to shoot if you needed all three balls. Freddie The Beard was yelling at you from pool heaven. ‘Never shoot a shot you might lose the game on when you only need one ball’.
100% agree.I was in the booth when you shot this. The idea was good if it worked, but it had to be perfect speed, and you hit it too hard. It was probably a good shot to shoot if you needed all three balls. Freddie The Beard was yelling at you from pool heaven. ‘Never shoot a shot you might lose the game on when you only need one ball’.
If you haven't seen it yet, in our new Instructional Archives forum, we have a link with videos of end game situations that may be helpful to you as well. Here they are:Thanks for all of the replies and there is small gap between the six and nine.
My end game is the weakest part of my game and it is interesting to see the responses about rolling on the six. When I was at the table I barely even considered it because I didn't want to be the one to break those balls apart once I decided that I looked for other shots and never reconsidered it.
Like beatle mentioned I felt getting that one in play was my best move. I tried the shot below. Thinking if I spun into the long rail with the right speed I'd get the one ball on the spot and leaving him in a very tough spot.
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I hit it very poorly and ended up selling out all three balls.
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I am going to have to review the end game section of Mr. Wirth's book and search for some end game WWYD on here.
This is great. Thank you I am going to check this out tonight!If you haven't seen it yet, in our new Instructional Archives forum, we have a link with videos of end game situations that may be helpful to you as well. Here they are:
Online video links to end game situations
We have a major snow storm up here all day and still going on, so I got the idea of browsing One Pocket matches online looking for examples of a certain amount of extended end game play. Mostly these pick up with 3 or 4 balls left on the table and at least a few exchanges of shots and safeties...onepocket.org
it's the 9, but yeah, I like that tooI like rolling head on up on the 6 with just enough speed to get the 1 to the rail.
Whitey