"A Combination of Screw and Side"

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SCREW AND SIDE

Slow Screw

A Combination of Screw and Side

When the Use of Side is Permissible

An Awkward Stroke

A Valuable Lesson

Broadly speaking, screw and side are used in combination when the angle of a stroke is more difficult than is seen in Fig. 52. In Fig. 53, for instance, you have a deep screw loser to play into the middle pocket. To make this, you must hit the object-ball quite three-quarter full, with as much screw and right-hand side on your ball as your cue power can impart. Then the effect of the screw will be to bring your ball in the required general direction, while the side will take your ball into the pocket on its arrival. You can make this loser by using nothing but screw, but you are much more likely just to fail at the pocket. This is essentially one of those strokes where the assistance of side to help your ball into the pocket is highly desirable, even if it is not absolutely necessary, and I advise you to use it accordingly. The other shot on the same diagram gives you no option in the matter. It would be an exhibition effort to pull your ball into the left top pocket by using screw alone, but by using screw in combination with right-hand side the stroke becomes relatively easy. It is never actually easy. Even a capable cue man would look twice at it, especially if the object-ball were a shade nearer the cushion than I have shown it. But there are thousands of amateurs who take these strokes in their stride, and I should say that a fifty break performer ought to be surprised if he misses one. So there is no need to despair if these shots prove tantalizingly difficult at first. The best way to master them is to begin by practicing with the object-ball so close to the pocket that the stroke is really easy, and move the ball further from the pocket as proficiency increases.

When you do this, however, you should take care to keep the angle the balls present to each other and to the pocket the same as in my diagram. If you change this, you will be attempting an entirely different shot, and your practice will do you more harm than good.

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