Wrong Ball First Turn: Answer

The normal answer is to place your ball in corner 3 (or 1). The witty response is for opponent to place a ball in corner 1 (or 3), forcing you to play a difficult cross-diagonal roll to dig both balls out or give them the innings. An alternate continuation on a difficult court is to approach hoop 1 from corner 1 directly and hope to use the ball in C3 as hoop 3 pioneer.

Some better options are:

1. West end of B Baulk (or east end of A Baulk)
2. Just outside corner 3 so that the ball can be rushed west. This can be cheekily done in a manner to suggest the ball is actually in corner 3
3. Just outside corner 1; this can be effective against top players if they make a couple of hoops (auto-pop) but there is the danger they will go round

Again our thanks to Chris Patmore for supplying a great question and answer!