Only those who have to do simple things perfectly
will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily”
-Friedrich von Schiller , 1759-1805
You can only do this shot if you are faced with a
straight shot. Otherwise, the cue ball will
continue its travel to the direction of the tangent
line. New term for you...slide-and-roll.
After you hit the cue ball, it will slide
until the friction puts its influence to it...then the
cue ball will roll even before it hits the object ball.
Easy? As I mention two forces acting on the cue
ball when you draw it. First, the friction, the
direction of this force is perpendicular to the
billiard table. Second, the force you apply to
move the cue ball. Its direction is parallel to
the billiard table. Now, the ideas of stop
shot is to prevent the cue ball from rolling before it
hits the object ball. The way you do
it is...guess what? You need to overcome the
friction force and apply just enough force to move the
object ball. Sound's complicated, but it's really
easy. Yup, and you do this by hitting the cue
ball just right below the center with a
little snapping action. Depending on the
distance of the object ball, you need to combine good
proportion of draw and strength of your shot.
Also make sure you practice your straight shot.. this
is simply an angle shot with zero degree angle.
One good practice for this technique is by placing
a cue ball and an object ball one diamond away from
each other along a diagonal line on a billiard table.
The idea is to sink the object ball to the inline
pocket while stopping the cue ball on impact. As
you made a successful stop shot, you move the object
ball one diamond away from the cue ball until you reach
the end of the diagonal line. But if you failed
to make a successful stop shot, move the object ball
one diamond back.
One use of stop shot is when you are faced with a
straight shot and the object is lying right next
very, very close to the pocket. You don't want to
scratch the cue ball...so you apply this technique.
Another one is when placing your cue ball for your next
easy shot.
Good luck!!!
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