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"Another Short Jenny"
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| Another kind of jenny, which may be either long or short, is playable when the object-ball is too far from the side cushion for a jenny of the usual kind to be attempted. Then, if the object-ball is the red, you should take a chance of potting it in the middle pocket instead of trying the jenny if the winning hazard is fairly feasible. If not, you must play the jenny by a three-quarter contact with the object-ball, played rather slowly with as much pocket side on your ball as you can cram on it. Mostly, I find, my pupils miss this stroke because they will not hit the object-ball thickly enough. They fail to grasp that a follow-through effect is necessary, but they see it after several failures caused through hitting the object-ball too thin for the shot. I mention this because I do not want you to be baffled in the same way. If you find these short jennies beating you, play a lot thicker on the object-ball than you have been doing. This may cause failure in the other direction, when you can make the necessary allowance in subsequent shots. What I want you to avoid is the common mistake of attempting to vary the amount of side you use. Never do this, use all the side you can, and score the pocket by gauging the angle and ball-to-ball contact. | |||
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