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(D&E) Drills & Exercises - CB Control: Follow (1/2 D roll sets) Set 1 of 3
This progressive exercise to improve your playing skills is in the book Drills & Exercises for Pool & Pocket Billiards.
This setup concentrates on the distance the CB rolls forward AFTER contact with the OB.
(D&E) Drills & Exercises - (Mid-table V) Run-outs, Set 1 of 4
This progressive exercise to improve your playing skills is in the book Drills & Exercises for Pool & Pocket Billiards.
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.
Purpose: Runout the set of balls with controlled CB speed/spin. Continue reading
(S&D) Safety & Defense - Ball-in-Hand: 8 Ball & 9 Ball Advice
(This is today's bit of advice from the book Safety Toolbox.)
Here are some notes on how to play a ball-in-hand for 8 Ball and 9 Ball formats.
Ball in hand notes for 8 Ball
Some suggestions: Continue reading
(S&D) Safety & Defense - "Roll Your Own" Exercises
(This is today's bit of advice from the book Safety Toolbox.)
The following ideas are provided to create your own drills. Below is a list of exercises where you designate the primary purpose of your own choosing. Here are a few suggestions. Continue reading
(FAQ) What is a well-racked set of balls?
(FAQ) Why is chalk necessary?
(H&S) Hustles & Sharks - Waive the Penalty
It's hard to believe that this pool shark actually works so effectively. The trick is simple and straight-forward. The pool hustler apparently decides to give you an unexpected gift. It starts when you have committed some kind of foul. It might be an accidental touch or movement of an object ball, or a similar accidental tip to ball touch or hand/clothing touch to the cue ball. The foul must occur during the shot setup and before a complete stroke is made. Continue reading
(H&S) Hustles & Sharks - Lingering
This distractive shark is designed to test the far reaches of your patience during the time when your opponent finishes his turn and your turn begins. Depending on how smoothly he can present this delay, he can prevent the beginning of your turn from 30 seconds to two minutes. This trick creates a timing obstacle. It prevents you from being able to immediately take control of the table after your opponent misses. Continue reading
(TML) Table Map Library (video) - M3 to G9
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 (G9)
Practice this TML pattern on your table until each one becomes a known and trustworthy shot. Continue reading
(TML) Table Map Library - Q1 to O9
For information on the Table Map Library, how it works and how the information was researched - read "Table Map Library - Introduction"
CB location (Q1), Target Diamond (O9)
Practice this TML pattern on your table until each one becomes a known and trustworthy shot. Continue reading
