Name : Arcade Pool
Producer : Team 17
Source : Cheet Sheets Issue 37


Beginners' tips for any 9 Ball matches - By Simon Burrows


When faced with the problem of not being able directly to hit the
lowest numbered ball first (thus not being able to make a legal
shot), here are the three steps you should experiment with before
giving up hope. Failing these three ideas, number four (below)
gives some ideas about what to do to make the best of the
situation :-

(Alternatively, these tips may be used by more advanced players
in the attempt at potting a ball which would otherwise be
impossible to pot with a direct hit)


I. First of all you need to see whether it is possible to hit
the lowest numbered ball by bouncing the cue-ball off one or
more cushions.

If you have the aiming tool turned onto 'full', it is easy to see
whether this is possible, because the aiming line will point in
the direction the cue-ball will bounce off once it has hit the
cushion. If you can't quite see whether you will hit the lowest
numbered ball after coming off the cushion first, because the
aiming tool's lines don't reach that far, increase the power of
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