Be sure to aim across the pocket at its opening (the spot with the largest allowable margin of error where cloth meets empty space) and not the back of the pocket on its plastic or leather surface.
Basic Bank Shots
By Matthew Sherman, About.com Guide
The cross pocket line
Taking the measure of the cross pocket line
Photo (c) Matt Sherman 2008, licensed to About.com, Inc.
We're used to playing balls into the pocket all the time, so simply begin by dropping a line into the corner pocket from the point on the cushion directly opposite the center of the ball to be banked.
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- Aiming bank shots
- The cross pocket line
- The ball pocket line is drawn
- The bank point line is considered
- Bank plot!
- Banking the 1-ball cross corner
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