Tips for Helping You Bank.

• To bank and kick effectively, it is important to understand and have a feel for all of the bank and kick effects.

• For rolling-ball kicks or banks, the through-diamond aiming system is very reliable.

• Faster speed can help bank shot accuracy and consistency.

• With shallow-angle kicks, the contact-point mirror system can be very effective.

• For cross-corner bank shots, it is very important to know how to detect and avoid double kisses.

• Sidespin can be used to alter bank shots.

• For aiming two- and three-rail kicks off a short rail, the Plus System is very useful.

• For aiming two-, three-, and four-rail kicks off a long rail, the Corner 5 System is very useful.

• Carom and Kiss Shots

• The 90 and 30 degree rules are very useful for aiming carom and kiss shots.

• When two OBs are frozen, the combination direction can be changed quite a bit with throw.