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
1 diamond off the head rail, 1 diamond off the left rail
Object ball
On the head rail, 2.5 diamonds from the TL corner pocket
Target pocket
Top-right corner pocket
Cut angle
⅞-ball cut(13° 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
OB sits on the head railHead railThe short rail at the head end of the table — where the break is from. between TR and the head spot; CB starts back near the head-rail/left-rail corner area. Cut the OB into the corner and take two rails — head railHead railThe short rail at the head end of the table — where the break is from., then the near long railLong railEither of the two long rails (the sides of the playing surface). — to land in the open upper-middle of the table. Pick a landing spot that stays off the scratchScratchPocketing the cue ball. Foul — opponent gets ball in hand. lines into either side pocketSide pocketThe two pockets at the midpoint of the long rails. or the opposite corner.
Technique
StunStunA shot where the cue ball has neither follow nor draw at contact.-followFollowTopspin from hitting the cue ball above center. with a touch of running englishRunning englishSide english that opens the angle off a rail.. Medium pace — enough to reach the upper-middle landing zone without rolling past it onto a scratchScratchPocketing the cue ball. Foul — opponent gets ball in hand. line.
What it teaches
Two-rail position control with scratchScratchPocketing the cue ball. Foul — opponent gets ball in hand.-aware landing zones.