Hit the cue ball here
Dead center
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
3 diamonds off the head rail, 1.5 diamonds off the right rail
Object ball
On the right rail, ½ a diamond from the TR corner pocket
Target pocket
Top-right corner pocket
Cut angle
Straight (full ball)(0° 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
Variation of the drawDrawBackspin from hitting the cue ball below center.-to-center shot. Cut the OB into the corner and float the cue ball straight across the table off the opposite long railLong railEither of the two long rails (the sides of the playing surface). using just a whisper of englishEnglishSidespin applied by hitting the cue ball left or right of center. — CB nicks the far long railLong railEither of the two long rails (the sides of the playing surface). and dies right next to it.
Technique
Very little englishEnglishSidespin applied by hitting the cue ball left or right of center. — no more than one-eighth of a tip. Soft stunStunA shot where the cue ball has neither follow nor draw at contact. pace; the englishEnglishSidespin applied by hitting the cue ball left or right of center. widens the tangent lineTangent lineThe 90° line perpendicular to the object ball's direction after contact. just enough to send the CB cleanly across.
What it teaches
Minimal-englishEnglishSidespin applied by hitting the cue ball left or right of center. finesse — when a fraction of a tip is the right answer.