"Half-Ball Losers"

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Articles:

The Natural Angle

"Narrower" and "Wider" Angles

Value of Half-Ball Play

Other Ball-to-Ball Contacts

The Value of Practice

Half-Ball Losers

Importance of After-position

Angle and Cue Delivery - part 1

Angle and Cue Delivery - part 2

I now come to the transition from general principles to strokes played with a definite break-building purpose, and the strokes I am about to demonstrate are those I always set to pupils who come to me for lessons. Fig. 13 is a simple little shot which teaches a great deal. Place the red ball 151/2 inches below the middle spot, and, to begin with, place the cue ball on the extreme left-hand spot of the baulk line. Play a plain half-ball stroke into the right-hand middle pocket, take care not to impart the least side to your ball, and play to direct the red straight up and down the table as shown by the continuous line in the diagram. An ideal stroke will return the red to its original position, but only George Gray at his best could do this with commendable consistency.

You should try your hardest to leave the ball well placed for a similar stroke to follow, but the great thing is to keep the red nicely in the centre of the table. By placing your ball on the right-hand spot of the baulk line, and spotting the red as before, you play the same stroke into the other middle pocket. Make a point of doing this, as it is bad for your billiards to develop a liking for playing shots in one direction only-most beginners are much too fond of right-hand pockets. To

save needless repetition, please note that I want you to do this all the time, and from now will take it for granted that you will play to the right or left whenever you can do so by simply reversing the position.

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