Colours and the best way to approach for a 27

[gav_sw20]

When on the colours (with ball in hand) what’s the best way to approach them to get the lot in one visit – I’ve been trying for a while in practice on and off and still not managed it, however in a match last week none of them were on their spots and I managed the lot for a 27 break including two stupidly thin cuts to the middle pockets !

Any advice would be great.

[Semih_Sayginer]

straight yellow to yellow pocket. screw back 12 inches or so

straight green to green pocket. screw back 8 inches or so

pot brown to yellow pocket and bounce white off the side cushion. leave the white "higher" up the table than the blue, but only by 3 inches.

roll the blue in to RIGHT CENTRE pocket (as you look on tv), and run the white forward and down to have a just off straight pink.

pot the pink to the BOTTOM LEFT pocket, and stun the white over for the black in the same pocket.

[davis_greatest]

straight yellow to yellow pocket. screw back 12 inches or so

straight green to green pocket. screw back 8 inches or so

pot brown to yellow pocket and bounce white off the side cushion. leave the white "higher" up the table than the blue, but only by 3 inches.

roll the blue in to RIGHT CENTRE pocket (as you look on tv), and run the white forward and down to have a just off straight pink.

pot the pink to the BOTTOM LEFT pocket, and stun the white over for the black in the same pocket.

Alternatively, you might like to try my novel approach... this is the way I did it in clearing the colours off their spots most recently:

Strike the cue ball so uncleanly when potting the yellow that you don't come back far enough for a nice shot on the green.

Have to cut the green and overhit it, so you end up needing to get the rest out for the brown.

Attempt to screw round off two cushions while potting the brown, but fail to get far enough for the blue, meaning that the blue to the middle is so fine that you can't possibly hold for the pink.

Instead, decide to pot the blue into the top corner (bottom left as you would see it on TV), with deep screw intended to bring the white around the angles in and out of baulk. Hit it woefully, such that the white comes off the baulk cushion but doesn't make it as far out as the baulk line. (Actually, not that woefully in retrospect, as I re-read this - just it was very optimistic to try to screw that far.)

Get down and have to play a long, thin pink. Extraordinarily, manage the pot, but have no hope of keeping the white anywhere near the black. The white finishes back in baulk.

Consider trying to cut the black in. Look again, and realise that there is zero hope of achieving this. Therefore, get down and aim to double the black the length of the table into the green pocket. Think you've misjudged the angle, but then find the black does go in after all.

Well, that was my way, and it worked.... not sure I'd like to have another go like that.