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Shot timer and shot shaping.

• JRickabus 2 Posts

  Tue, Oct 30 2012 9:42 AM

  Is there a way to turn the shot timer off in match play?

  Is there a way to play a fade or draw?

• courteneyfish 15,796 Posts

  Tue, Oct 30 2012 12:38 PM

  No and no. Although by hitting early or late you can get some sideways movement.

• Lizard69 2,006 Posts

  Wed, Oct 31 2012 1:26 AM

  No to the first question, a very definite yes to the 2nd!!

  Go and look at 2 saved "draws" on my profile..

  I cant believe how many ppl insist that it is impossible to draw or fade a ball on WGT, yet I can do it with regularity..

  Maybe a "controlled hook or slice" would be a better description for the anoraks out there but shot shaping is very definitely possible..

  The replay at @2 BPB may well be considered a "hook" around the trees but the other is a nice draw against a very light left to right wind..

  Check it out and judge for yourself..

  Hitting just before or after the ding would be a straight push or pull, this is a little more complicated and timing is critical to get a draw or fade effect..

  Peace,

  Andrew

• alosso 21,066 Posts

  Wed, Oct 31 2012 2:19 AM

  Lizard69:

  No to the first question, a very definite yes to the 2nd!!

  [...]

  Hitting just before or after the ding would be a straight push or pull, this is a little more complicated and timing is critical to get a draw or fade effect..

  Full ACK!

  Controlled hook&fade are good definitions though one might also draw the line at "control"...

  I'm still learning on it - where to aim is my biggest ??? - but I learned that the meter must be hit at or outside the 2nd or 4th bar respectively, the "ding" being the third. Sometimes I think that good hits are looong!

   

• Lizard69 2,006 Posts

  Wed, Oct 31 2012 2:27 AM

  I learnt how to do it from the thread below, you are correct though regarding the timing, a few mm either side of the right spot and you are in deep trouble lol

  BPB # 2 I aim straight, ie move the default aimer a few yards to the right If I want to hit a draw..Full backspin, full power and bingo..

   http://www.wgt.com/forums/p/122132/801029.aspx#801029

• alosso 21,066 Posts

  Wed, Oct 31 2012 2:43 AM

  Ty for mentioning, there's another link in that thread pointing further.

  Once I saw a pic from BPB #2 with the trees marked as targets, depending on the wind. Any hint available to that thread?

• Lizard69 2,006 Posts

  Wed, Oct 31 2012 3:36 AM

  No sorry, not sure about that, just have to compensate quite a bit with your original aim..

  Also all depends on where the wind is coming from :-)

• mnshiner 1,382 Posts

  Wed, Oct 31 2012 4:06 AM

  Lizard69:

  No sorry, not sure about that, just have to compensate quite a bit with your original aim..

  Also all depends on where the wind is coming from :-)

  The last statement says it all.

   

• JRickabus 2 Posts

  Wed, Oct 31 2012 9:50 AM

  Awesome, thanks everyone!