Calling Obvious Shots in Billiards

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"-Alright, before you even start, we're going to talk about some of the rules. One of the first rules of 8 Ball is calling shots. Calling shots means you call your object ball and you call the pocket that it's going to go into when you shoot it. There's two different kinds of call shots. There's obvious shots which are simple, easy, straight on shots. You know he's going for it, it's a straight shot. Or, unobvious shots that are more complicated shots that you have to call, for instance, you could have a bank shot or even just a combination shot. These are in obvious. So, what I want to do now is just show you some obvious shots. Alright, an obvious shot would be, now you see, the cue ball is dead on for the two. The two is practically hanging in the pocket. It's almost called like a gimme'. In golf they would give you this. So, you don't really have to call this. But, the opponent could still say, "Hey, Rich, what shot are you calling?" just to sometimes even break your concentration and it is his right. But, usually, we don't even call these and you would just make your two ball. So, that would be an obvious shot. When calling shots in 8 Ball, the most universal rule is that you just call your pocket, you call your ball and you just call your pocket when you do call something. As far as hitting different shots, as far as how many banks, if you call the bank it could actually go off of three or four rails and if it still goes in the pocket it's considered a good shot. Alright, so just come back and I want to show you about an unobvious shot to call."