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(D&E) Drills & Exercises - CB Control: Follow (3 D roll) Set 3 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 - Pocket Skills (progressive): Spot Shots (cross side sets)
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
(CBC) Cue Ball Control (half table patterns) - Group 1, 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, (1/2 ball hit), Soft 2 speed.
10:30, (1/2 ball hit), Soft 1 speed. - Cheat: 11:00, (1/2 ball hit), Soft 2 speed.
- Cheat: 12:00, (1/2 ball hit), Soft 1 speed.
(CBC) Cue Ball Control (full table patterns) - Group 11, Set 11
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, Medium 3 speed.
11:30, Medium 1 speed. - Cheat: 10:30, Medium 1 speed.
6:00, Medium 2 speed.
(S&D) Safety & Defense - The "Over-a-ball" Safety
This is today's bit of advice from the book Safety Toolbox.
To qualify as an over-a-ball safety type, the cue ball must be snuggled up to another object ball. It must force the shooter to bridge over the object ball in order to shoot the cue ball. It is another nasty shot that burns off brain energy. Continue reading
(S&D) Safety & Defense - Safety Mistakes
(This is today's bit of advice from the book Safety Toolbox.)
In most offensive circumstances, all you need for the next shot is an angle on the next object ball. (Of course, some angles are better than others - but any angle is better than no angle.) Offensive shots imply that you are playing a pattern and intend to make the current shot and continue with the next ball. Continue reading
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(D&E) Drills & Exercises - Pocket Skills (shallow): OB 1 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
(CBC) Cue Ball Control (full table patterns) - Group 11, Set 3
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, Medium 2 speed.
- Cheat: Stun, Medium 3 speed.
