Hit the cue ball here
Above center slight left
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
2.5 diamonds off the head rail, 1 diamond off the right rail
Object ball
1 diamond off the head rail, 1 diamond off the right rail
Target pocket
Top-right corner pocket
Cut angle
⅝-ball cut(29° 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
Pat's go-to shape shot. Pocket the OB in the corner from a near-straight angle and send the cue ball off the short rail near the pocket and the far long railLong railEither of the two long rails (the sides of the playing surface). to land in the dead center of the table.
Technique
Running englishRunning englishSide english that opens the angle off a rail., medium pace. Two rails wrap the CB across to the center of the table for shape on the next ball.
What it teaches
Two-rail wrap shape — the bread-and-butter position route Pat uses to land in the center of the table for the next ball.