Positioning the cue-ball after pocketing a ball frozen to the rail. This is a very important shot, especially when the second object ball is at the other end of the table. A shot like this will come up in almost every game in Pool and Billiards. The following practice drill is done correctly by hitting the cue-ball at center hard enough so that it doesn’t pick up any foward roll by the time it hits the rail. The cue-ball should hit the rail about a hair-length away from the object ball, almost hitting them both at the same time.
From the positioning of the cue-ball and the first object ball, after contact the cue-ball should drift down the table at a slight angle. Speed control is very important. You do not want the cue-ball to contact the side rail on its journey down table.