"A "Run-through" Stroke"

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A "Run-through" Stroke

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When the object-ball is tight against a cushion, you have to play a stroke which introduces a new use of side. This is shown in Fig. 51, where a very common form of run-through is illustrated. As the balls lie, with the object-ball tight against the top cushion, you have only to hit that ball dead full with plenty of left side on your ball to make the pocket. The stroke is easier if you strike your ball high as well as on the side, but you will never go anywhere near it unless you allow your cue to swing freely through your ball. These run-through losing hazards off a ball tight up against a cushion are a splendid test of cueing. Your ball will kick, and stop, and do all sorts of things except enter the pocket, unless you allow your cue to drive clean through when you deliver it. This is because, in effect, you have to set two powerful rotary motions at work on your ball at the same time, a thing you cannot do if your cueing lacks freedom. You want strong forward spin to take your ball onwards after the thick contact with the object-ball, and you want plenty of side to make your ball hug the cushion and finally spin into the pocket. Unless you set these ball movements going by free and lissome cueing, you will never make these run-throughs. It is no use merely hitting the cue-ball in the right place and the object ball in the right place. By doing this you only fulfill half of your contract, the other half is dependent on how you hit the cue-ball. You want a lot of top and side as well as great freedom of cue when attempting these run-throughs at close quarters. Curiously enough, the same is true at long range. The stroke we discussed in connection with Fig. 37, for instance, the long-range run-through into the right top pocket, must be played with all the top and side you can command. Force is also necessary, and such a clean drive through your ball that you nearly throw your cue at it. Do this, and you will see your ball stick to the cushion as it spins quickly straight into the pocket; but the long-ranger instanced in Fig. 37 is utterly impossible if your cueing lacks the requisite fluency.

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