Brown to Blue

[jonny klu]

thats kool mate all the best starting back will have a look once i strt getting a bit better

[The Doctor]

In answer to you question(and not all the other stuff), the correct shot is to come off the cushion. The reason being, it gives you the largest margin for error as opposed to screwing directly down to blue.
Measure it yourself.
The screw shot gives you a couple of inches of error whereas the cushion shot gives you about a foot of error.

[jonny klu]

In answer to you question(and not all the other stuff), the correct shot is to come off the cushion. The reason being, it gives you the largest margin for error as opposed to screwing directly down to blue.
Measure it yourself.
The screw shot gives you a couple of inches of error whereas the cushion shot gives you about a foot of error.

thats great thanks for the advice i assumed this was the case do you need to put any side on the ball usually to come off the cushion to get to the blue or can you normally play a plain ball shot (obv it depents on the angle on the brown but if you have an ok angle on the brown)

cheers Jon

[Terry Davidson]

jonny:

If you want to make the shot more difficult then by all means use side.

But if you want to make the shot easy then just use stun (centre ball)

Terry

[jonny klu]

jonny:

If you want to make the shot more difficult then by all means use side.

But if you want to make the shot easy then just use stun (centre ball)

Terry

thanks therry i am aware of how much harder the pot is usuing side so i avoid it as much as possible, so if i can stun the ball to gain the position required i would much rather do this

cheers

Jion

[Waya]

Hello guys, not quite on the topic, and not quite about the brown.. but... what is everyone is talking about when they say "wrong" side of the blue, or "right" side of the blue?! what's the difference, really? I mean If I pot blue into the left side pocket or in the right side one, I do gain the pink, no?

[Krypton]

By "right" or "wrong" side of the blue we don't mean whether the blue is going to be potted into the yellow or green middle pocket.

It's about the ANGLE you have on the blue. If you pot the blue with the cue ball being closer to the baulk end of the table, you're on the right side of the blue - the cue ball will automatically move towards the pink.

If you over hit the shot on the brown (or make another mistake judging the angle), then you might land on what we call "the wrong side of the blue", which means: the cue ball is closer to the pink, in the top half of the table (black spot being top end).
This blue pot will result in a cue ball LEAVING the pink.

A straight blue or slightly 'wrong side blue' might not be a problem as you can still roll it in and stay within a reasonable distance from the pink to pot it. But if you have to much an angle, you'll have to go in and out of baulk with the cue ball from a 'wrong side blue', which might result in massive positional problems onto pink - "Good shot needed to stay on pink!"

[Waya]

Aaaaaaah! I gotcha. That does make sense. I was a bit confuseled about that. Thanks for clarifing!