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"Recognize Your Limitations"
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| The man I am particularly anxious to warn, however, is the amateur who makes occasional forty or fifty-breaks, and when he is fortunate enough to have the balls left for nursery cannons, thinks he will "try to make a few." He may make two or three, then he leaves the balls covered and safe, or so awkwardly placed that he has to play a nasty shot to get out of trouble. Perhaps the best thing that can happen to him is for the cue ball to be left touching one of the others, in which case the balls are spotted and he can play open billiards. All this can be avoided if players will only recognize their limitations, and if they have enough billiard knowledge to say to themselves: "These close cannons are not my strong suit, I mean to open the game up without losing a stroke." Quite a good decision, and if it is made when the balls lie as shown in Fig. 35, it is the easiest thing in the world to cannon and leave the red "easy" over the facing top pocket, either for a winner or a loser, the latter for preference, as, after scoring it, you have the advantage of playing from hand. | |||
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