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.
Drills & Exercises – Down the Line (head table) Runout Exercise
Instructions:
1. Use donuts to setup the OB positions on the table.
2. Start with Ball-in-Hand.
3. With one inning, pocket all balls in any pocket
4. On any failure, start over.
5. Repeat.
Suggestions:
– Pocket balls in any order (in sequence, reverse order, every other ball, up and down table, etc.).
– On next shot, next ball must be to another pocket.
– Exclude side pockets (only end pockets count).
– Two balls to one pocket, two balls to another pocket.
– Work with fewer balls, if needed.
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