I was watching the AC World Championship on YouTube yesterday and I was struck by a comment that Harry Fisher made while commentating on Reg Bamford’s play in his second game against Aston Wade. Harry said “when things are going well, the roll shot does not exist”.
What he meant by this is that if you can place the balls so that your striker’s ball does not need to move a long way, then this helps to increase the accuracy of your shots, which makes your play much easier.
Of course, sometimes you need to play a roll shot, but things are so much easier if you can do without them. It is worth aspiring to achieve that.