How to aim a cut shot
Every cut shot comes down to one idea: the ghost ball. Picture a ball touching the object ball on the side opposite the pocket, so that the line from the pocket runs through the center of the object ball and into the center of that imaginary ball. Send the cue ball to that spot, and the object ball goes in.
- Missing "thick" means you hit the object ball too fully, so it didn't cut enough. Aim farther outside the object ball.
- Missing "thin" means you over-cut it. Aim a little more into the object ball.
- Thin cuts are hard because a small aiming error makes a big miss. Over 60 degrees, even pros slow down and look twice.
The game uses simple geometry on a 7-foot bar-box table. In real play, friction ("throw") makes slow cut shots go a touch thicker than the geometry says; read about it in the throw shot. Then take it to the table with the practice drills.