About The Shot
The cue ball splits the balls by the side, one in the side and the other in the corner knocking out the tube. The cue ball hits the long rail on the far side of the side pocket and follows back up the table pocketing the ball that was on the tube.
Discipline: Follow
Difficulty: Intermediate
Make This Shot
For the two balls near the side pocket, I try to hide the closest one as much as I can behind the point. Align the other one straight out, or angle it just a touch so the tangent line goes into the long rail (Figure 1).
This is the ball that's on a coin wrapper (Figure 2). You can see I align it closer to the long rail than the short rail. I place the cue ball on the spot. Aim for a half ball hit on the 3 ball, mostly top with a 1/2-1 tip of left english from this direction. Stroke it smooth and good.
Video: Follow It Up
Figure 1
Figure 2
Tim's Tidbit
I adapted this shot from a classic follow shot that only has one ball by the side and another in the corner.
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