Side angle

The cue ball hits a nearby 1st ball, then goes long cushion → short cushion → far long cushion and comes back to the 2nd ball on the side it started from.

Path: 1st ball → long cushion → short cushion → long cushion → 2nd ball

Scores in both three-cushion (yellow is the 2nd ball) and four-ball.

  1. Use it when the cue ball and 1st ball are close and the 1st ball is near a long cushion. Hit the 1st ball at 1/2 ball to send the cue ball into the long cushion beside it.
  2. Add running spin (3 tips right). The angle off the short cushion lengthens and carries the cue ball across the far long cushion to the 2nd ball.
  3. It looks like an outside angle, but the balls are close and the cue ball meets the first cushion at an angle instead of along its line. A fuller hit shortens the path. A thinner hit lengthens it.

Suggested: 3 tips right · power 5.5 · Right 1/2 ball

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