How to Play Billiards : Billiards: Banking a Ball
By Billiard Television Editor • Nov 10th, 2008 • Category: Billiard Drills, Billiard Pool Snooker Tips, Billiard Tips, Snooker TipsIn billiards, banking a ball off of a rail into a side pocket requires a good understanding of angles and geometry. Determine the angles for successfully banking an object ball off the rail into the side pocket with tips from an experienced pool player in this free video on billiards.
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I believe your argumentation about “half-angle” is wrong. The simplest counter-argument is as follows: assume the yellow ball is placed exactly at the upper-right corner of the table as seen in your video. Then an angle you measure would be 45 degrees and half-angle is 22.5 degrees. This is a wrong aim – in fact you need to make a use of a 30 degrees angle, so that the ball hits the opposite rail exactly in the middle between two pockets.