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(D&E) Drills & Exercises - Pocket Skills (straight): OB 3, 4, 5, 6 D to Pocket
This progressive exercise to improve your shooting skills is in the book Drills & Exercises for Pool & Pocket Billiards.
This setup concentrates on progressive pocketing skills. There is no concern about where the CB ends up.
This is a multiple cue ball speed and spin drill. See Cue Ball Speed and Spin Variations. Make sure to observe the cue ball action (path from OB, any rail action, etc.) until it stops. You need to remember the results when you are in competition. Continue reading
(S&D) Safety & Defense - Playing Styles, 2 of 3
(This is today's bit of advice from the book Safety Toolbox.)
Here are more descriptions about the habitual behavior of players you will face in your lifetime of playing pool. Your opponent's default playing style make it easier to design a strategy and an efficient set of tactical tricks.
(FAQ) Does Speed kill?
(FAQ) What are some bad habits to avoid?
(H&S) Hustles & Sharks - Faking Poor Fundamentals
There are players, who when they first picked up a cue stick, developed bad habits and poor fundamentals. Some of them have become so enthusiastic about pool, they they’ve learned to shoot and play well anyway. But most players, when observed with poor fundamentals, are categorized as beginners and bar bangers. A pool hustler can often use this as a tool to win. Continue reading
(TML) Table Map Library - M3 to Q9 long
For information on the Table Map Library, how it works and how the information was researched - read "Table Map Library - Introduction"
CB location (M3), Target Diamond (Q9 long)
Practice this TML pattern on your table until each one becomes a known and trustworthy shot. Continue reading
(TML) Table Map Library - M3 to C9
For information on the Table Map Library, how it works and how the information was researched - read "Table Map Library - Introduction"
CB location (M3), Target Diamond (C9)
Practice this TML pattern on your table until each one becomes a known and trustworthy shot. Continue reading
(CBC) Cue Ball Control (half table patterns) - Group 5, Set 5
This is today's set of Cue Ball Cheats. These practice setups (and others in the book and blog) help you learn HOW to apply an exact speed and spin. That precision is how to get perfect shape on the second ball - and how to string a run together. For these layouts here are the Cheats for this post:
- Cheat: 6:00, Soft 3 speed.
12:00, Soft 1 speed. - Cheat: 6:00, Medium 2 speed.
(CBC) Cue Ball Control (half table patterns) - Group 4, Set 9
This is today's set of Cue Ball Cheats. These practice setups (and others in the book and blog) help you learn HOW to apply an exact speed and spin. That precision is how to get perfect shape on the second ball - and how to string a run together. For these layouts here are the Cheats for this post:
- Cheat: Stun, Soft 3 speed.
- Cheat: 1:30, Medium 1 speed.
(D&E) Drills & Exercises - Caroms - Shoot through the Ball, Set 2 of 4
This set of shots are designed to improve your playing skills and is in the book Drills & Exercises for Pool & Pocket Billiards.
Purpose: Shoot the CB off the first OB and pocket the second OB. Repeat until you are successful three consecutive times. Continue reading
