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"Slow Screw"

Figure 53 shows what I mean. Here the angle is too wide for an ordinary loser played plain-ball. If you use screw, or screw and side together, you will drive the object-ball into baulk unless you play slowly enough to prevent this from happening. The balls are too far apart for a slow screw to be depended upon, so you play a fullish shot very hard at the object-ball, and force the cue-ball into the pocket. Here, I may explain, you should stiffen your cue-action, as you want to produce a certain amount of the "stab" effect previously discussed. By playing in this manner, you make the pocket easily enough, and retain position because the force of your stroke destroys the normal angle of rebound and brings the object-ball off the cushion as shown in my diagram, thus keeping it out of baulk most effectively. It is worth remembering that force will always act in this way when a ball is sent against the cushion at angles similar to the one in my diagram-you may leave a ball in baulk through forgetting about this when playing at the other end of the table.