gulfportdoc
Verified Member
Watching so many great bank players at the recent DCC (plus reading Beard's books) has inspired me in the past few months to play bank pool for the first time in my life. I'm starting to catch on a little. Fortunately there are a couple of very good bank players in the area.
I've become fairly comfortable with cross-sides and cross-corners, but I still need lots of work on straight-backs.
I have a question for the good bank players out there. Do you generally aim at a portion of the OB; or do you pick your spot on the rail and aim it as if it were a "pocket"; or do you just have a spatial feel for the pattern, and just shoot the shot?
I've noticed that the traditional bank players seem to hit most shots very firm to hard, which shortens the angle to the pocket. But yet other good players seem to use more finesse.
Any advice on aiming straight-backs?
Doc
I've become fairly comfortable with cross-sides and cross-corners, but I still need lots of work on straight-backs.
I have a question for the good bank players out there. Do you generally aim at a portion of the OB; or do you pick your spot on the rail and aim it as if it were a "pocket"; or do you just have a spatial feel for the pattern, and just shoot the shot?
I've noticed that the traditional bank players seem to hit most shots very firm to hard, which shortens the angle to the pocket. But yet other good players seem to use more finesse.
Any advice on aiming straight-backs?
Doc