"How to Practice"

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Articles:

LOSING HAZARDS

Red Loser from Hand

Baulk Line Play

How to Practice

Making the Best of Bad Leaves

Cushion Rail as Auxiliary Bridge - part 1

Cushion Rail as Auxiliary Bridge - part 2

Sundry Variations

How to Impart "Swerve"

The Use of Side

Fine Ball-to-Ball Contacts

I mention these leaves because any of them may crop up when you are practicing, as in Fig. 19. Usually you will disregard them, spot the red afresh in its original position, and continue your practice with the idea of bringing the red back correctly. Occasionally, however, it is as well to have a shot at the leave which is the result of your mishandling. This will teach you what to do if the same thing happens when you are playing against an opponent, who might object if you picked the red up and spotted it in ideal position! It will make you more resourceful, and I advise you to do it in moderation. But it will do you much more harm than good if it induces you to "knock the balls about" instead of persevering in the endeavor to attain a correct leave. What I mean is that if you are making this hazard fairly well at practice, keeping the red nicely in line as a rule, and usually leaving a middle pocket hazard, then you will do well to play the variations which may be left owing to a bad positional stroke.

This can be accepted as a general rule whenever you are practicing a set-stroke. Suppose, for example, when playing the hazard shown in Fig. 20, you made the loser and left the red too close to the side cushion for another loser to continue the break with. Figure 21 shows what I mean, and if you get a leave of this sort, the correct stroke is to pocket the red in the middle pocket and take the cue-ball through into position for a half ball loser off the spotted red. This loser is one of the best practice shots you can play, and you can set it up at any time by placing the red on the spot and the cue-ball in line with the shoulder of the middle pocket nearest to the top cushion. But I think you will learn more if you pot the red and gain the position as shown in Fig. 21. You will have to play this red winner to gain position for the cross loser when you are engaged in a serious contest of any kind, so you had better practice it carefully when you have only yourself to beat.

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