Pool Lesson | How To Calculate One Rail Kick Shots

In this

lesson

, I will show you a very simple method on how to

calculate

and execute a good shot. Today we will learn about the angle of incidence and reflection, which is our basis, how speed and a higher load change the angle. when hitting a

rail

ing, how to

calculate

exactly with turning left or right, we are doing an exercise that you can use to practice everything and at the end I have some important tips for you, so let's start with the angle of incidence and reflection. where diamonds on the

pool

table become very useful imagine that the cue ball is somewhere on the line from this diamond to this diamond, this means that the cue ball is bouncing towards the

rail

at a 15 degree angle, for Therefore, it will leave the band at an angle of 15 degrees. degree angle as you can see, if we increase the incoming angle, the reflection angle will of course also change.

Unfortunately, this is only a third of the truth because we can play the cube, remove it or follow it with different speed and left or right in English like you. Look, in this situation we are hiding behind the five ball and we want to place the two balls in the corner pocket. Our plan is to pass the free ball as close to this side as possible. Unfortunately, the reflection angle is very far from hitting the ball. two balls we also don't have another chance to use the natural angle, so we have to manipulate the cue ball.

I talked about speed before. If we hit softly, the angle will open and if we hit hard, the angle will be shallow. Hitting hard now brings We are closer to balls two but we are still far away this is where the high and low come into play see the following explanation suppose we hit the rail at this angle this is the natural path of the cue ball and we cannot Hit the 9 ball, but what happens if we hit the cue ball high? The angle is widened and now you should know why the force of the cue ball is in this direction and the force does not change even after hitting a rail, so the keyboard shifts. along this path, but the rotation tries to take the cue ball towards this direction and what happens if we hit low, of course the rotation of the cue ball now wants to take us towards this direction, that's why the angle closes so much even if Not hitting left or right on the curve and not changing high and low speed can have a big impact on the trajectory of the cue ball.

Now we must know that we can bring the cue ball closer to the two balls when we hit low on the cue. ball here you can see the curve caused by the rotation of the cue ball. Now we have some great tools to change the reflection angle, which is the high or low speed of the cue ball, but wait, we can also add left or right. spin on the cue ball so let's talk about it, so how does the spin affect the ql trajectory after contact? move the railing. Actually, it is quite simple. We are going to divide the cue ball into half point sights and this half point is equal to one. diamond so if we go half a point to the right the cue ball will hit a diamond to the right if we add one point the cube will hit two diamonds to the right and if we add a point and a half the cue ball will go three diamonds to the right, that's quite a bit Simple, right?

But what happens if we go the long way around the table? The system does not change half point will still mean a diamond to the right, but since the distance is now doubled, the diamonds will also be doubled, so if we add half point, the ql will be in the center one diamond away and in the top of the table two diamonds away, so now let's look at some situations where we can use the system we have. To make the eight ball enter the side pocket, we know that if we hit directly towards the rail with an English writing tip, the cue ball will travel two diamonds to the right and we will form the eight ball, now the cue ball is further away in this situation.

Of course, I could add a point and a half to go three diamonds to the right, but I decided to hit that point on the rail and with the reflection angle I see that Cuba would go this way, so I only need one more diamond to go to the right. eight ball, so I'm using that English writing half point and here the reflection angle will take me a diamond too far, so all I have to do is add English left half point to subtract that one. diamond, as you can see, we have many options to play directly on the rail and just use the English to change the path, use the reflection angle and then add a smaller amount of English or even shorten the reflection angle using the internal English, The only thing you really have to know for this system to work is the angle of incidence and reflection and that half a point is equivalent to a diamond when it runs halfway across the table.

That's pretty simple, isn't it? This is the setup for the drill and everything you need. What I have to do is make the ball that is hanging in the corner pocket play a single shot, you start with one ball, then the two balls of the free ball, four balls and so on, okay, The first thing I have to do is verify. What line is the only ball on? I'm putting the cue on that line and checking what happens if I play the cue ball without any spin just using the reflection angle and you see we're going to half a diamond. too far, so all we have to do is add a left-hand quarter English toe on the cue ball to shorten the angle by half a diamond on a two-ball.

It's pretty simple, we head straight to the band and add a diamond. of spin to the right because this will open the angle with two diamonds here on the free ball again, we are checking the reflection angle of the free ball that is on this line, which means that when it hits that point on the rail, the ball also hits half diamond. In short, we had a writing quarter nib and added that half diamond to our reflection angle and it's almost always the same principle. Check the line you are on and see where the reflection angle takes you and then just add. in or out of English to get closer to open the angle here on the five ball.

I'm using the reflection angle again and we see that we are going a diamond and a half too short, that means we have to add three quarters of the right hand. I turn to go towards the corner pocket again. We hit it a little too short here. This could be because I added two fewer spins on the cue ball or my initial measurements were wrong one last time on the sixth ball. The reflection angle is a diamond too short. so I'm adding half a point to add a diamond, okay, some important notes to sum it all up, the reflection angle should be your base to start your calculations, a light tap or follow, open the angle with heart and a steel angle low and shallow, medium The tip adds or subtracts one diamond in half the length of the table.

If you play

kick

s on the entire table, you should use half the amount and, very, very important, depending on your lanes and conditions, it doesn't always have to be exactly a tip. Well guys, I hope you learned something new in this video and if you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below if you liked this video, if you enjoyed it, consider leaving a similar comment, share it with your friends, subscribe to my channel if you haven't already because we are very close to 100,000 subscribers and once I reach 100,000 subscribers there will be some giveaways as I promised so hit the subscribe button okay guys thank you so much to my sponsors. and to everyone who supports me, thanks for watching guys and as always, see you in the next

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