Larry; You need to hit this bamk with 4 O'clock English and a med firm stroke to draw the ball away from the kiss. Typical billiard stroke!
Bill Smith "Mr3Cushion"
http://mr3cushion.com
Larry, there are many theories on this subject and I'm pretty sure they all work and can all fail. Lots of working room in this shot. Visualize the path of the object ball coming off the cushion and heading for the pocket, and note the two places where the cb path will cross it, and then decide whether you can get it out of the way in time. A little low right english should get you out in plenty of time. That's what I think.
If that doesn't make sense, I'm sure someone will point it out for us.
It looks aligned center pocket so I don't see a kiss but if the OB was say about a 1/2" higher I'd pass.
Rod
no kiss,low inside english will avoid the kiss
Doesnt anybody read John Hendersons new mag? Hasnt anybody attended my Old School Pool seminar? Hasnt anybody seen the free bank instruct section on my website? Hasnt anybody read Inside Pool? I did a whole page on exactly this? Doesnt anyone have either of my books or either of my DVDs?
Have all those aspersions cast by DuckBrain throughout the years had this much effect?:frus
Beard
When I said I felt like I was peeing in the wind earlier trying to wake the dead, I was actually only kidding at the time.
freddy you are jumping the gun........
i wanted to see the "rules/guidelines" people use to determone is their a kiss
or if they do it by feel
i was surprised tyler seems to do it by feel since he didnt mention any "guidelines" especially since he likes to kick with "systems"
Doesnt anybody read John Hendersons new mag?..YES Hasnt anybody attended my Old School Pool seminar? ..NO Hasnt anybody seen the free bank instruct section on my website?..NO Hasnt anybody read Inside Pool?..NO I did a whole page on exactly this? ..SO ? Doesnt anyone have either of my books or either of my DVDs? ..NO
Have all those aspersions cast by DuckBrain throughout the years had this much effect?:frus.. Its possible, but look at your competition.. According to Mr. Pincushion, he has all the available DVD, and book money, "locked up" ..
Beard
When I said I felt like I was peeing in the wind earlier trying to wake the dead, I was actually only kidding at the time..Sounded right on, to me..
Ok, i'm going to be painfully honest, and try not to argue, not that i'm right about this shot by the way.... but i don't think there is a feasible or viable system for telling if there is a kiss or not (ducking tomatoes thrown by freddy). I believe in almost any situation where you have a "dead kiss" with those rules (anybody's), you can move the 2 balls forward or backward on a line (ie not disturb the 2 balls being lined up with the pocket or whichever the rule), and there is no kiss. Wordy, but that is how i feel. I'm not saying the systems aren't useful, but i don't use them (ducking head of lettuce). Further, i do use systems when i kick, but when my body screams to hit a little shorter or longer i do that, which servers me well.... systems in kicking help me get lined up a little and give me confidence... truth it id probably be about the same kicker without them. I find them useful, just don't like to rely on anything on ever-changing (by the minute sometimes) pool tables (ducking an apple pie).