""Cushion First" Strokes"

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SPECTACULAR STROKES

"Cushion First" Strokes

Three Balls in Line

A "Ten-Shot"

Consistency the Goal

Position First and Foremost

Billiard Temperament

A wider range of cannons can be played on the principle demonstrated in Fig 77, which is particularly useful when the first object ball is tight against a cushion. Then, by using side and brisk cueing, and by gauging the correct spot on the cushion to hit before the first object-ball is played, many pretty all-round cannons, which are otherwise impossible, can be brought off. I advise you to experiment with these shots, and also with cannons made by playing plain-ball at a cushion in front of the first object-ball to make a cannon direct from that ball to another lying well clear of the same cushion. Another use of the same principle is to play for a cannon or pocket by striking the cushion first in such a way that your ball travels inside instead of outside the first object-ball, taking "inside" to mean the side of the object-ball nearest the cushion. Sometimes running side will be necessary, especially when cannons are played, but a great deal can be done by plain ball striking if you specialize on judging the correct spot where your ball must strike the cushion first. Also, when your ball is in hand, a nice knowledge of angles is required to place it to the best advantage for any of these "cushion first" shots, as they are commonly called. Taking them altogether, there is so much scope offered by these strokes that I prefer to reserve them until my pupils have a useful working knowledge of more orthodox scoring methods. Then I find that a tendency to become too fond of them is not likely to develop, which may often be the case if these alluring shots are practiced before the "bread and butter" strokes have received proper attention. There is the further consideration that these strokes are so infinite in their variations, added to the fact that such a slight difference in where the cushion is struck makes such a big difference to the result, that it is much better for a player to leave them alone until his standard of general proficiency is high enough to enable him to work out the application of the principle to the many shots it can be brought to bear upon. It then becomes a most interesting and profitable study instead of the distraction it is likely to be if taken up too early.

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