I don't think it's "so tough" to spin balls in with outside English however, it does bring in two different variables to adjust for therefore it makes the "shot speed" a lot more important.....if you spin a ball your cutting to the right in with left English two things happen.....first the cue ball deflects slightly to the right, THEN the spin will curve it back to the left (if you shoot it too hard it deflects MORE than it spins back and if you hit it too soft it will spin back MORE than it deflects and this is tough for most players to judge consistently) ....the most important thing is to create "pocket acceptance English on the OBJECT BALL...this is done with VERY LITTLE SPIN....certainly not enough to curve it at all....this is something that certainly isn't common knowledge and there is a whole system involved in doing it consistency ...so if you hear me refer to "overcutting balls", "deflecting to the short side of the pocket" or using the "three part pocket system", realize that these are just parts of the puzzle.....if this was so easy it could be described in a sentence or two more people could at least explain it and MANY people would be doing it....instead it's just a VERY small percentage of pros that even understand how it works.....I learned it from something Mike Lebron said many years ago about how Efren looked at the pocket....and with a LOT of work figured out the rest over the course of the next two years of playing against Efren, Hall, Sigel, etc.... they all know how to "throw" balls in...but probably know BETTER than to try to explain it in writing.....I'm just slow to learn how difficult it is to explain different perceptions in writing and look at it as a challenge Even in a personal lesson it takes a couple of hours to truly communicate this paradigm of how to look at the pocket as a zone, instead of just an opening, hole or target....
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