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(D&E) Drills & Exercises - CB Control: Follow (4 D roll sets)
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 - Double 3 Ball Runout Game (diagonal), version 4 of 4
This progressive exercise to improve your playing skills is in the book Drills & Exercises for Pool & Pocket Billiards.
Purpose: Runout all the balls on the table. Set the sequence before running the balls. Any failure, reset balls and start again. Continue reading

(CBC) Cue Ball Control (full table patterns) - Group 10, Set 12
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: 1:30, Soft 3 speed.
- Cheat: 10:30, Soft 3 speed.

(CBC) Cue Ball Control (full table patterns) - Group 9, Set 2
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: 1:30, Medium 3 speed.
- Cheat: 12:30, Medium 2 speed.
- Cheat: 12:00, Medium 2 speed.
Stun, Medium 2 speed. - Cheat: Stun, Medium 1 speed.

(S&D) Safety & Defense - Study Your Opponent
This is today's bit of advice from the book Safety Toolbox.
You need to put serious effort into learning about your opponent. To start with, every person can only play so many shots at one session before his game starts to disintegrate. He has good abilities to focus, think, and select decent choices when he starts. An opponent is less effective when he is mentally and/or physically exhausted. Continue reading

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(D&E) Drills & Exercises - Double Groups (side pockets) Runout Game, version 2 of 4
This progressive exercise to improve your playing skills is in the book Drills & Exercises for Pool & Pocket Billiards.
Purpose: Runout all the balls on the table. Decide the sequence before running the balls. Any failure, reset balls and start again. Continue reading

(D&E) Drills & Exercises - Double 3 Ball Runout Game (diagonal), version 3 of 4
This progressive exercise to improve your playing skills is in the book Drills & Exercises for Pool & Pocket Billiards.
Purpose: Runout all the balls on the table. Set the sequence before running the balls. Any failure, reset balls and start again. Continue reading