Practicing Defense and Safeties

Topic Description: Practice drills to help you improve your defensive skills at the table.

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Safety Drill II
Submitted by Ricky Lipe (Lanezeri)

Here's a safety to practice. It can help in many situations. Hit the 1-ball on the left side, with lower left english (softly). This makes the cue ball travel off the rail at a wide angle (missing all of the other balls) and will hide the 1-ball behind the cluster.

Sun, Nov 28, 2004 @ 00:00:00 CST
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Safety Drill
Anonymous contribution

Hit the one-ball with the cue ball and try to hide the cue ball behind a bunch of balls near the corner pocket. See diagram below:

Sun, Aug 17, 2003 @ 00:00:00 CDT
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