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Umbrella Position — Setup and controlled practice

The app’s umbrella layout has white below two nearby object balls. Yellow and red form a close pair, making the order and timing of their contacts a useful study question. They are not placed at two fixed long-rail diamond numbers.

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The app’s umbrella layout has white below two nearby object balls. Yellow and red form a close pair, making the order and timing of their contacts a useful study question. They are not placed at two fixed long-rail diamond numbers.

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
White11030
Yellow130110
Red150118

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What to compare

Try the two object-ball orders from the same starting layout. Record the departure after the first object ball and whether that ball later crosses the cue-ball route. Compare a small change in contact thickness before changing spin.

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

A return collision and a wrong final arrival are different errors. Use replay to identify the first event that diverges from your plan; a blanket “half-tip” recipe cannot diagnose both.

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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