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what are different kinds of shots i always hear about?
throws me off when people say a nip shot..
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different types of shots
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Posted 21 April 2005 - 07:48 PM
When you are riding it
home, can see the finish line, don't spit da bit, begin beating the ass
with your riding whip and yell out like Tarzan, who's yo daddy. When
she screams FL, don't take it too hard, life goes on.
home, can see the finish line, don't spit da bit, begin beating the ass
with your riding whip and yell out like Tarzan, who's yo daddy. When
she screams FL, don't take it too hard, life goes on.
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Posted 22 April 2005 - 11:47 AM
When the cue ball is close to the object ball, if your follow through stroke is longer than the distance between the balls, you will hit the cue ball twice with your tip. Once for the initial hit, then again after the cue ball stops after hitting the object ball.
This is called a double hit and is a foul.
A nip shot is a stroke with a very short follow through.
Do this by keeping your upper arm up during the stroke, then go all the way forward with your stroke so you can't physically extend your stroke any further than 1/4 inch. Then you will be sure your follow through will only be 1/4 inch. (Practice to side of cue ball before hitting ball). Then shoot your nip shot with just the 1/4 inch follow through.
Note that the cue ball can be 6 inches away from the object ball and you can have a double hit if your follow through is longer than 6 inches.
Some leagues say to hit the cue ball at an angle if the cue ball is less than a chalk cubes distance from the object ball (to avoid a double hit). This is nonsense! You can get a double hit at any close distance if the follow through is longer than the distance between balls.
This is called a double hit and is a foul.
A nip shot is a stroke with a very short follow through.
Do this by keeping your upper arm up during the stroke, then go all the way forward with your stroke so you can't physically extend your stroke any further than 1/4 inch. Then you will be sure your follow through will only be 1/4 inch. (Practice to side of cue ball before hitting ball). Then shoot your nip shot with just the 1/4 inch follow through.
Note that the cue ball can be 6 inches away from the object ball and you can have a double hit if your follow through is longer than 6 inches.
Some leagues say to hit the cue ball at an angle if the cue ball is less than a chalk cubes distance from the object ball (to avoid a double hit). This is nonsense! You can get a double hit at any close distance if the follow through is longer than the distance between balls.
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Posted 02 May 2005 - 11:59 AM
In a recent bar tournament, they made me shoot the 'angled' way when the two balls were actually frozen together. I thought it was different if they were frozen.
What do you do when they are frozen, and it is aiming right for the pocket? They made me shoot at an angle and I missed ( deflection )
What do you do when they are frozen, and it is aiming right for the pocket? They made me shoot at an angle and I missed ( deflection )
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Posted 02 May 2005 - 03:52 PM
It is going to be very hard to answer your specific question without a diagram. Draw your table on the wei table and then paste the code in a message here. That will make it a ton easier to know what you were trying to do.
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Posted 03 May 2005 - 10:34 AM
Rules I have read say that when the cue ball is frozen to an object ball, a normal stroke may be used. The thing to do is first announce that the balls are frozen to your opponent, let your opponent inspect the balls (or a ref), then say you are going to use a normal hit as is allowed by the rules.
Then the other person will say "no you have to hit at an angle" (because they have not read the rules). Then get out the rule book and show them, then hit your shot. Other players may be familiar with this rule in which case you don't need to get out the rule book.
Anyway, best to get your opponent to agree that it is a legal shot *before* you shoot it and to agree that the balls are in fact frozen before you shoot it.
So far as bar tournaments, these may use "bar rules" which don't cover specific situations such as this. That is why it is best to use BCA rules which cover many different specific situations. So if at a tournament, ask which rules they are using. Ask if they are in writing (probably not).
They are not in writing so that they can change them as the situation dictates. Encourage them to either put their rules in writing or use BCA rules. Links follow...
BCA general rules...
http://www.bcapoolle...m/rules/gen.php
BCA 8-ball specific rules...
http://www.bcapoolle...rules/8ball.php
BCA 9-ball specific rules...
http://www.bcapoolle...rules/9ball.php
Then the other person will say "no you have to hit at an angle" (because they have not read the rules). Then get out the rule book and show them, then hit your shot. Other players may be familiar with this rule in which case you don't need to get out the rule book.
Anyway, best to get your opponent to agree that it is a legal shot *before* you shoot it and to agree that the balls are in fact frozen before you shoot it.
So far as bar tournaments, these may use "bar rules" which don't cover specific situations such as this. That is why it is best to use BCA rules which cover many different specific situations. So if at a tournament, ask which rules they are using. Ask if they are in writing (probably not).
They are not in writing so that they can change them as the situation dictates. Encourage them to either put their rules in writing or use BCA rules. Links follow...
BCA general rules...
http://www.bcapoolle...m/rules/gen.php
BCA 8-ball specific rules...
http://www.bcapoolle...rules/8ball.php
BCA 9-ball specific rules...
http://www.bcapoolle...rules/9ball.php
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Posted 03 May 2005 - 11:10 AM
I do agree sir. As far as the APA is concerned, when the cue ball is frozen to one of your object balls, a normal stroke is allowed as long as you don't strike the cue ball twice. I will have to look up the rule and see what it says for sure, but I do remember reading that.
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