Impossible cut shot goes
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impossible? hm...well...no more ;)
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That's a great cut shot... I am not sure about all the math that goes into it, but it's nice to watch!
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@ProdigyKimXP The shot where you spot the object ball, then shoot the cue ball from in front of the corner pocket is doable. It is not however a 93 or even 92 degree cut. It is probably an 85-90 degree cut.
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@hubertandclyde You know that? For a fact? I've seen my friend do this shot in person. Sure it's probably not exactly 3 degrees. But it's enough to make it noteworthy.
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@ProdigyKimXP I know all of that. You can throw balls more than three degrees if you hit the object ball more full. Because of the thin cut it is impossible to throw it that much. Because of friction it is actually going to drag the object ball out, the outside english will correct that, but not throw it back an extra 3 degrees.
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@hubertandclyde You can definitely throw balls at 3 degrees. I've seen this done a few times before. Not too hard to believe. In a perfect world, this shot is impossible. But there is such a thing as friction and using outside English helps achieve this shot.
when you play any shot you line it up based on the ghost ball and play the angle into the pocket as you can see the cue ball leave its tangent line as you can see as the shot is dead center of the line he is coming into the shot before the 90 degree path which cuts the ball slightly to the left of the pocket when shooting from the right. He didn't masse` this shot like some people are trying to make out. follow to the ball to the pocket it does not split the center. it hits rail and drops.
dramame 5 months ago
@dramame You're right, the ball went into the easy side of the pocket. If the pockets are 4.4 inches wide (which they are on that table, and the cue ball was six inches from the other corner pocket and on a line from the center of the pocket to the object ball which was on the spot, what was the cut angle? This is a tedious but fairly straight forward trig problem.
Bob95051 5 months ago
cut shot played thin with the ball traveling off center to the pocket. not impossible
dramame 5 months ago
@dramame I'm not sure what you mean by "off center" but the ball went more or less to the middle of the pocket and the ball is round and the table is level.
Bob95051 5 months ago