A Lovely Kiss-back Double-the Rail
By Phil Panzera This shot is both very pretty and lots of fun. It is also the best scoring option, as both cross-table options have a very small final target. It might not look...
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The follow Ticky-BY Robert Byrne
197 The follow Ticky The combination is tough, and so is the standard ticky because the 6-ball is less than a ball width from the rail. There is a way out: Hit the rail...
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Another Easy One-By Robert Brynes
Many of the shots in Robert Byrnes book are tough even for advanced players. To counterbalance that, heres one so easy that you can teach it to anyone. They may be pleased at making...
Robert Byrne – The Basic Principle
The basic principle
Here is the secret of the frozen-ball shot reduced to a minimum. How often can you run the 8-ball the rail past the side pocket and into the corner? Two or three times out of ten tries would be commendable for the uneducated. Now that you know the secret of hitting the rail slightly first, you should be able to make it seven or eight times out to ten. (I just tried it and made nine out of ten, and I’m not a great shotmaker.)The cueball will carom off the 8-ball roughly as indicated by the solid line. Why this works is explained on page 24 of Byrne’s Advanced Techique in Pool and Billiards (1990).
The shot is also makeable by hitting the 8-ball and the rail at the same time using outside (left, in this case) English to eliminate the throw effect. This approach brings the cueball off the rail along the dashed line. Throw is eliminated by outside English because the cueball rolls off the object ball instead of rubbing against it during the millisecond of contact.
Getting an angle by Robert Byrne
One of the keys to running balls is getting an angle. Not only must you make the first ball, you must get an angle on the next ball that permits you to get...
Ultimate Banking Angel Drill
By Jackie Karol Knowing the 4 main variables that affect bank shots such as contact point, force, English, & collision induced throw are one thing, but training your muscle memory is another. This drill...
First Trick Shot by Robert Brynes
First Trick Shot The first trick shot I learned as a lad was a sink-in. Place the balls as shown and announce that you will make the 3-ball in the diagonally opposite corner pocket...
The Draw Curve
205 The draw curve Shooting in the rail with draw makes the cueball path curve. Here you not only escape without hitting the 4-ball by compressing the rubber, you hit the 3-ball at the...
3-Cushion Instructional Article
Shots from Master Play- Robert Brynes One of my hobbies is attending three-cushion billiard tournaments and making diagrams of unusual or instructive shots. The shot in Diagram is from a 1979 tournament held at...
Two Rails First – By Robert Brynes
Billiard players call this a backup ticky. Aiming closer to the corner pocket with little or no English runs the risk of caroming too sharply off the 3-ball as shown by the dashed line....
Shots by Robert Byrne
Around the table If there are no balls in the way, a good choice for pocketing the 9-ball is to go off the left side of the 1-ball to point’s s and t and...
Trick Shot-Spinning Speed Shot
Spinning Speed Shot By: Steve Markle (WPA Ranked 6th) Here is a fairly simple yet entertaining shot that I recently selected on the 2013 ESPN World Cup of Trick Shots. I successfully made it...
