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Just started playing competitive billiards and a question about the scoring if I may...
If it's 2 for a cannon no matter which ball you hit first, but it's either 2 or 3 depending on the ball you pot or go in-off from.....
...why isn't there an incentive for playing a cannon when you hit your opponent's ball first because if you miss the shot, the chances are, you'll leave your ball next to the red and an immeditate scoring chance?
...why don't you score an in-off from the ball you hit last rather than the first, if you hit both balls in one shot?
... for playing in-hand, what defines whether a balls in baulk (on the line for example) and does this affect what part of the ball you can hit?
I've been lent a Snooker book written by good ole Clive Cleverton that includes a section on Billiards too, any hints'n'tips greatly appreciated. So far the useful ones I've come across are..
1. Using check-side for in-offs off the far jaw to drag them.
2. Doubling the red of the break to either baulk corner can pay dividends.
3. Topspin has a marked effect on the path after a contact.
For those that never have a game of billiards, I can only say that there isn't a single frame of snooker I play that I don't use at lease 1 element of billiards to help a break or positional shot.
(PS Can't believe I was joking on Thursday morning explaining who Clive Everton was and said that he's got a very verbose way of talking in his snooker commentaries, even to the lengths of never saying 'backspin' or lefthand side but always, "below centre striking" etc.... so blow me that during Sky's Premier League coverage he said the phrase, "screw and righthand side", in one go! Fair play to him in a way, he writes for various people and probably has to think he doesn't want to repeat himslef all the time, so brevity goes on the backburner)
If it's 2 for a cannon no matter which ball you hit first, but it's either 2 or 3 depending on the ball you pot or go in-off from.....
...why isn't there an incentive for playing a cannon when you hit your opponent's ball first because if you miss the shot, the chances are, you'll leave your ball next to the red and an immeditate scoring chance?
...why don't you score an in-off from the ball you hit last rather than the first, if you hit both balls in one shot?
... for playing in-hand, what defines whether a balls in baulk (on the line for example) and does this affect what part of the ball you can hit?
I've been lent a Snooker book written by good ole Clive Cleverton that includes a section on Billiards too, any hints'n'tips greatly appreciated. So far the useful ones I've come across are..
1. Using check-side for in-offs off the far jaw to drag them.
2. Doubling the red of the break to either baulk corner can pay dividends.
3. Topspin has a marked effect on the path after a contact.
For those that never have a game of billiards, I can only say that there isn't a single frame of snooker I play that I don't use at lease 1 element of billiards to help a break or positional shot.
(PS Can't believe I was joking on Thursday morning explaining who Clive Everton was and said that he's got a very verbose way of talking in his snooker commentaries, even to the lengths of never saying 'backspin' or lefthand side but always, "below centre striking" etc.... so blow me that during Sky's Premier League coverage he said the phrase, "screw and righthand side", in one go! Fair play to him in a way, he writes for various people and probably has to think he doesn't want to repeat himslef all the time, so brevity goes on the backburner)
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