fred bentivegna
Verified Member
C'mon Freddy, all the "playing the score" shit goes out the window on this one shot? Tell the truth now and we'll forgive your past indiscretions.
RBL
I may have created a false image of me being some kind of a locked-down percentage player. The actual truth is that when I was in my prime I was noted instead for being a "give-up" player. Famous for taking "moon-shots." Just ask Artie and Cardone how "careful" I played. It was only later when skills diminished that I played the dead-nuts type game. I always knew how to do it, I just didnt like to. However, there are still residual "sell-out" shots that I still maintain in my present repertoire. Shots that I really worked on mastering. The draw spot shot and the draw the head ball into the pocket being two of such.
However, I finally had to abandon one of my specialty shots that I learned from Gene Skinner, and had used to great success up until lately.
(1pkt)The one where your oppo knocks off the game ball in the back corner pocket and then spots it up with the cueball hanging in the pkt. Because I really learned how to shoot it, I would back cut that into my pocket under the most extreme conditions. Strange tables, big money, didnt much matter. My eyes have finally betrayed me to the point where I can no longer shoot it.
So yes, I would even today, shoot the "draw the head ball in" even if I had a 7 to 6 lead. The odds of my either making it or hitting it good are just too good in my favor.
Beard