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Playing safe in Straight Pool is considered to be just as important and being
able to run 50 balls. This point is best shown during a league match. You are
a great player, you average about 30-40 balls every time you step up to the table.
Your opponent is pretty good, but not close to your skill level yet. The league
director has given out handicaps; you need to get 150 and your opponent needs just 35.
If you are not able to play a safe well when you get stuck, your opponent will only
need two and a half tables to win. Playing a bad safe, can leave you going home in a
bad mood.
The basic Brush Safe is one of the first shots to master. The rules state that
an object ball needs to be touched before the cue-ball or another object ball hits a
wall for the shot to be considered legal. In a Brush shot, you are focusing on the
cue-ball making 99% of the movement on the table.
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The thinner the hit, the further the cue-ball will travel after contact. Leaving
it on the opposite side of the table.
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This shot is very easy to aim since the object ball and cue-ball are usually very close.
Make sure not to hit the cue-ball too hard, which would bring it back to the side of the table
with all the other balls. Remember! A thin hit won't take much momentum off of the cue-ball,
allowing it to travel down table for a great safe.
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| Nov 18, 2005 | | um...isnt this offence since you could easly give them an open run? |
| Apr 13, 2005 | | fuck yeah
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| Dec 26, 2004 | | ihola! |
| Aug 12, 2004 | | caca
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| Apr 13, 2004 | | blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblbhablhabaklbhakjslghasdklgjdafkldasjfkasdlfjsdkfljdasflkasdfjdas;klfjasdfklaj;falksdfjal;kfjakfldajdasfadskflaj;dflkajasklfjdfkal;fjkdfdja;lkdsjf;adlfkajfl;sfkjsdf;salfkjs;fljsdkfsfjdklfsdj;flksfjsfldjfs;lfjsdkf;sdfjsd;flkjsf;lsdfjs;flskjfs;dlfskjf;sdlfjsdf;sdkfjsdfksdfj;sldfkjsf;sdlfsjfkjsd;flsfjs;fldkjss;lkfjsdf;lsfjskfljsf;lskdfjdslfjdslf;kdsj;fdslfjdsfkjsflskdfjdslfk;sjflkds;fdskfj;sflkdsjfs;lkfjsldfj;slfkjds;lfjk;slfljslkfjs;fjs;lfjkds;fjlsfjd;sjfslkfdsjfklsdf;jksdfj;sdlkfjsdlfskdjfksldfjslfjd;fsldfjsdfklsdfjsdlkfjdlfjldkfsjfs;flkjsdkfls;jfsdkfjsdl;fksdf |
| Apr 13, 2004 | | i am the best pool player in Philadelphia. i got all the tableskills.
I'll jam my cue down all of your throats, you swine. |
| Jan 20, 2004 | | first of all the guy has an easy corner shot that he might as well take, then play a safe. second, if he can make 50 straight consistently does he really need advice on this very simple safe? i have trouble with 20 straight but would leave the cue on the opposite bank with no shot 10 out of 10 times... |
| Jan 2, 2004 | | why dont you show people how to make bank shots, thats what you imply that you are going to do |
| Nov 29, 2003 | | hfjkghjgsvnmnsjghwfjjkgjdtklhjdlbmncvmbnajksghjldnfhdlhjk |
| May 21, 2003 | | ok
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| Dec 9, 2002 | | this is just another example of a safety shot. if the break were as ugly as the one depicted here, something of this nature would have to be done. breaking up the mass for your opponent is risky, so play the safety and let him break it up. |
| Sep 24, 2002 | | A video example of this would help, but I understand what you mean because I'm a straight pool player. This is also very useful in safes in 9ball. Just barely hitting the object ball and sending the cue ball to the other side of the table definetly requires some 'tableskills' :) |
| Sep 15, 2002 | | what |
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QuickTips
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Chalk your cue well before taking any shot that requires english/side. |
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Make sure that there isn't anyone behind you when you are about to take your shot. |
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Stay down after the shot, you can admire your work just as well staying down as standing up. |
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Don't talk, laugh or chew while taking the shot; small movements of your head could hurt your aim. |
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Find a bridge you are comfortable with and stick to it. Definetly don't alternate using an open and closed bridge on each shot. |
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