"The Screw-Back "Six Shot""

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BALL-TO-BALL CONTACTS

Full-Ball Contacts

The "Six Shot"

The Screw-Back "Six Shot"

Raising the Butt and the "Jab" Shot

The Effect of "Side"

Cue Line and Stroke Line

Ball "Turn" and its Effect

Only use Side when Necessary

Still keeping the red and the cue-ball in the same position, and continuing with a dead full ball-to-ball contact, I want you to practice an entirely different six shot. I am asking you to pot the red in one middle pocket and screw straight back into the other. This brings us to a ball movement of a fresh nature. We have to strike the cue-ball in such a way that it will run forward, hit the red full, and then recoil back into the pocket. It will pay you to think for a moment about this, when you will see that your ball must carry backward spin, or it will never come back into the pocket. This may seem too self-evident to need pointing out, but my experience as a billiard coach teaches me that if a pupil understands what he has to do and why he has to do it, the battle is more than half won, the actual execution being rendered so much easier by a complete understanding of the theory of the shot. Very well, aim to strike your ball at the lowest point of the black circle in Fig. 3.

Keep your cue as level as you can-do not raise your butt and depress your cue-tip when imparting screw. Now, strike your ball freely and confidently-let your cue go through the ball just enough to set the backward rotation going, and then check it, bringing it to a sudden stop. The check must be sharp and decided, but until it operates you must let the weight of the cue do the work as usual.

The best way to check the cue is to pinch the butt hard, thus bringing the whole forward swing of the stroke to an end with almost a jar. Do this, and you cannot fail to make your ball screw-back, provided you have hit the ball in the right place. At first, I do not suppose for a moment that you will be able to screw straight back into the pocket for your six shot. This is by no means a big screw-back, but it is a very stiff proposition for a novice. When you can pot the red in one middle pocket, and screw back into the other with ease and certainty, you might play many thousands of points without ever being faced by a screw shot beyond your power of cue.

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