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Ticky Position — Setup and controlled practice

This is the app’s “Ticky” starting layout. White and yellow are on the right, while red is farther left. None is frozen to a cushion; do not treat this example as a touching-ball escape.

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This is the app’s “Ticky” starting layout. White and yellow are on the right, while red is farther left. None is frozen to a cushion; do not treat this example as a touching-ball escape.

Actual starting layout

Ball centres on the 2.84 × 1.42 m reference table. The link loads this layout with white as the cue ball; it does not play a scoring shot. Coordinates start at the lower-left corner.

Actual starting layoutWhiteYellowRed
Ball coordinates · cm
Ball coordinates · cmxy
White25571
Yellow23040
Red110110

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What to compare

Compare which object ball you can reach first after a nearby cushion. Keep the starting coordinates fixed, inspect the first contact, then alter side spin and check how the next contact changes. A layout name alone does not establish a short–long–short solution.

Record a baseline, restore the same layout and change one control. Record the first contact, cushion order, any unintended ball collision and final arrival. Keep the speed fixed when comparing side spin; keep the spin fixed when comparing speed.

How to interpret the result

If the first object ball is missed, correct the first leg before studying the last arrival. If it is contacted but a later collision interrupts the cue ball, follow both moving balls in replay rather than increasing pace blindly.

A three-cushion point requires both object balls and at least three cushion contacts before the second object ball. A preset name is not a certified scoring route. Compare model results with your own table; no universal hit rate or player endorsement is claimed.

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