Hit the cue ball here
Left english
Red dot shows where your tip should contact the cue ball.
Source
Bert Kinister · Streaming Library
Not on public YouTube — watch on Bert's streaming library.
Rack the Shot
Cue ball
1.5 diamonds off the head rail, 1.5 diamonds off the left rail
Object ball
½ a diamond off the head rail, ½ a diamond off the right rail
Target pocket
Top-right corner pocket
Cut angle
¾-ball cut(24° off the pocket line)
The faint outlined ball on the diagram is the ghost ball — aim your cue ball straight at it and the object ball goes in the pocket.
The Setup
Same setup as the two-rail version but with much more pace and englishEnglishSidespin applied by hitting the cue ball left or right of center.. CB zig-zags back and forth between the two long rails for at least four rails, drifting slightly down-table each pass. A fifth rail is fine.
Technique
Running englishRunning englishSide english that opens the angle off a rail., firm pace. The englishEnglishSidespin applied by hitting the cue ball left or right of center. keeps the rebound angles open across every rail so the CB keeps traveling instead of dying.
What it teaches
Sustained zig-zag rebounds — feeling the englishEnglishSidespin applied by hitting the cue ball left or right of center. and pace required to keep the CB alive across many rails.