An advanced 10 Ball player will find this information to be moderately helpful. If you are an intermediate player, this advice will improve your win-loss record by about 10% to 20%. Continue reading
Here is Today’s Test Group Challenge from the book. This progressive set develops personal confidence when similar shots come up during competition – and define Comfort Zone limitations.
PURPOSE: From the setup, shoot Cue Ball into Object Ball and roll the Object Ball into the target zone.
This is the Object Ball Speed Control (straight), cross side (Advanced) Test Group . There is also an Intermediate Test Group. Continue reading
Here is Today’s Test Group Challenge from the book. This progressive set develops personal confidence when similar shots come up during competition.
PURPOSE: Start with Ball-in-Hand.
Pocket the balls ALL IN THE SAME POCKET – using two patterns:
– from Rail ball to outside ball (one end to the other end)
– from outside ball towards Rail ball (reverse sequence)
This is from the Horizontal Stack Runout (Intermediate & Advanced) Test Groups. Continue reading
Almost all players have difficulty being consistent with banking. Most people (rightly so) consider banks to be low percentage. When you make an attempt, you can protect yourself by playing it as a two-way shot. If you make it, you are on the next ball. If missed, it doesn’t hurt you. Continue reading
Here is Today’s Test Group Challenge from the book. This progressive set develops personal confidence when similar shots come up during competition – and define Comfort Zone limitations.
PURPOSE: Pocket the 1 Ball on each of the the designated attempts for each layout in the Test Group. Draw the cue ball onto the designated target area.
This is the Draw Cue Ball. set 1 (Advanced) Test Group. There is also an Intermediate Test Group. Continue reading
There are times when you get yourself in a playing situation where you will be playing for hours and hours. Tournaments are a good example. Few of these are finishing in a couple hours. Unless you get knocked out early, you are going to be there for a long time, some of the time playing, some of the time waiting. Continue reading
Here is Today’s Test Group Challenge from the book. Several run-outs in a row develops personal confidence when similar maneuvering is needed to run-out to a game win during competition.
PURPOSE: Kiss the CB off the OB and roll the CB inside the Target Zone.
This is from the CB Maneuvers Test Groups. Continue reading
In every stroke, your stick forearm comes forward to make the cue tip contact the cue ball. The quality of a player is determined by the precision on where the cue ball is contacted by the tip and the precision of the stick speed. Continue reading
Gambling money on your table skills can sometimes be an opportunity to learn how you play under pressure, or simply be a way to pass some time for pocket change.
Your reaction to risking the available cash in your possession depends on your experiences and the amounts being risked. Here are a few suggestions and recommendations. Continue reading
This is from the Large Area Maneuvers (Intermediate) Test Group.
This is a test to determine how consistently you can move the cue ball over the whole table area. There are six layouts. Shoot each layout three times. Keep track of your score.
Your ability to run out these table layouts will develops personal confidence when similar maneuvering is needed to win a game win during competition.
PURPOSE: Pocket the balls in sequence to clear the table.
TO MAKE THIS WORK FOR YOU:
1. Set up the donuts for all the balls in the layout. Start each layout with ball in hand.
3. Shoot in sequence: 1, 2, 3 (you can also shoot in reverse sequence – 3, 2, 1).
4. You own the set when you can run-out three times in a row.
5. Move to the the next layout.
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