BoomerMueller
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I played with a set of those pocket reducers the other night and liked them. Anybody have any feelings about them? Let me know.
Benifits of pocket reducers
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Just about the best practice aid out there as far as i am concerned. they force you to concentrate, stroke straight, have good mechanics, etc. if you dont align properly, aim correctly, and stroke straight you wont make the shot with a pocket reducer on.
it would be nice if they made a set that would fit right perfectly with the rails/pockets where you could play with them on. i think there have even been posters on here that modified pocket reducers to make them fit better. if you search on them you might find the thread(s) i am talking about.
DCP
it would be nice if they made a set that would fit right perfectly with the rails/pockets where you could play with them on. i think there have even been posters on here that modified pocket reducers to make them fit better. if you search on them you might find the thread(s) i am talking about.
DCP
I have used those pocket reducers in the past. They are okay. However, you have to hit the shot so pure, that if you even touch one of the rubber tips, the shot doesn't go in. I'm not a fan of that kind of practice. I like to teach my students how to aim at the center of the pocket, and then learn to use the whole pocket, for position play. jmo
Scott Lee
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Scott Lee
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theArtofPool
Hi. I'm Art. I love pool.
I agree with Scott that they're not the end all of practice aids as there's plenty of times where we'll want to shoot to one side of the pocket versus the other, but pocket reducers help greatly in just perfecting the dead center of the pocket. Sometimes when you're shooting, you just need to cinch a ball. It helps to know that you can do so with tighter pockets and gets you ready to pocket balls when the tighteners come off.
It shouldn't hurt your confidence either. If you think about it, if you hit the pocket tighteners and they bounce out (like crazy), then you have to at least tell yourself, you didn't actually miss (pat yourself on the back). However, shooting into the reduced sized pockets will definitely help your focus.
It shouldn't hurt your confidence either. If you think about it, if you hit the pocket tighteners and they bounce out (like crazy), then you have to at least tell yourself, you didn't actually miss (pat yourself on the back). However, shooting into the reduced sized pockets will definitely help your focus.
Scott you said, "I like to teach my students how to aim at the center of the pocket, and then learn to use the whole pocket, for position play".
You teach this 100% of the TIME, than how do you compensate for THROW, or as some call it Friction Induced THROW?
I could tell you Bruce, but then I'd have to kill you! :grin: First of all, CIT, also called cling, which is what you're talking about, only happens in a small percentage of shots, and only under certain circumstances (slow rolling CB, for example). Therefore it's not an issue most of the time. To break the "cling" either shoot harder, or add a touch of outside spin to the CB. As far as SIT, or spin induced throw, that happens far more rarely than most people believe, and when it does happen, it doesn't happen to a great enough degree, to worry about. Either way small compensations are made mentally and physically by the player, to adjust for the conditions.
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
if the idea wouldn't have been jacked and the "ORIGINAL" pocket reducers design hadn't been gaffed up they would be better.........
the springs in the original didn't stick up like the eiffel tower and the Rubber was made of rail rubber.....i learned this during the war of 2006
i had meullers gaffed design years back......i gave them away, the only pool purchase i can ever remember regretting
the springs in the original didn't stick up like the eiffel tower and the Rubber was made of rail rubber.....i learned this during the war of 2006
i had meullers gaffed design years back......i gave them away, the only pool purchase i can ever remember regretting
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IMHO Throw becomes a FACTOR the Longer the Distance the O/B HAS TO TRAVEL to the Pocket after being hit BY THE C/B. Very LONG TRAVEL DISTANCES of the O/B, if you do not Factor in Throw, the O/B will miss if you aim Center Pocket...JMHO.:smile: