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Jan 16, 2005 :: The Monk's Monday Lesson #5

You know you’re a D Player when…

A special “Thanks” goes out this week to Jojo from the Phillipines for your contribution.

18. Your instinct is to play a combination or carom to pocket the 9 ball; regardless of the difficulty of the shot.

19. You announce that you will gamble with anyone in the bar for any amount of money, but immediately demand a spot from the first person that takes you up on it.

20. You jingle the change in your pocket as your opponent is shooting (usually on the last ball).

21. You point to the table where you meant for the cue ball to be after every single shot.

This second lesson calls for a tighter line into and out of the corner to achieve the desired position. We want to pocket the 9 ball in the side pocket. Naturally you will be using a nice crisp punch stroke so you control the cue ball into and out of the corner. It is in the stroke. You are the master and have complete control of the track line.

Master this series of shots as it will enable you to handle a host of problems in future games.