Different way to start your run?

In addition to the padding, I would add that giving yourself a "can't miss" surefire opening breakshot that will open everything up is also a kind of padding. How realistic is it to have the break ball jawed in the side pocket with the cue ball right next to it at the correct angle to hit the top of the pack.

I say just start your run with a typical side of the pack break shot.
 
easy-e said:
I laughed at my buddy when he told me how he practices, but maybe he isn't the only one who does this.

Instead of setting up your favorite break shot, taking BIH, and going for it, he says he sets up a stop shot key ball or two that lead him to his break ball. Now when he shoots his favorite break shot he is already on a 2 ball run.

To me, this sounds like a pretty lame attempt to pad your run. I told him that maybe someday his runs will be high enough that he doesn't need the extra two ball head start. Have you seen anyone start their run this way?
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Not that *funny*,

i like this approach. I also prefer (with not so advanced to also advanced shooters) to let them play about 5-6 endpatterns. These would include 5 balls including the breakshot.
Also to *burn in* the mind for the endpatterns.
futhermore in these sessions the have to play just this endpattern and clean the next rack..........with the exersize and given goal to have also then another *breakball* with a (let me use the term "logical and good endpattern").
But it will not be played :)
Then they would rack em up again- to start again with the endpattern, to go on.

to play more and more easy patterns is an eye opener to get a better understanding for straightpool and for your overall game. the knowledge will help amazingly. it forces you to think *more easily*.
Finally you will benefit if you " K.I.S.S."


lg
Ingo
 
I always start with the side break shot like you would normally have. Any balls made if I miss are spotted and I got from there. Although I did make 3 on the break once which I did kinda feel was odd because then I only had 11 on the table...of course I made two more before screwing myself but still. Setting yourself up not only sounds boring it seems unfair.
 
TommyLee said:
I always start with the side break shot like you would normally have. Any balls made if I miss are spotted and I got from there. Although I did make 3 on the break once which I did kinda feel was odd because then I only had 11 on the table...of course I made two more before screwing myself but still. Setting yourself up not only sounds boring it seems unfair.
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@TommyLee (and of course also towards other interested pool-a-holics ^^)

There are many opinons and of course also well proven stuff about how to practice seriously—means, the way it makes sense.
You can really see a difference if you start to practice seriously with a well structured plan instead of just *banging* around. There are also studies about how much time etc. should be spent if you want to learn something.
But in my opinion (even if I use also *time structured* practice plans for some things) there will be always things necessary what Ralph Eckert and Andreas Huber call: “Overlearn Amount” (tried to translate it from Germany 1:1 to English). This means that you hit some balls a *few thousand times* before it s burned in,so that enough confidence is built-and finally you ll have a huge amount of self-belief on these shots because you pocketed those several thousands of times.

Here I ll come back to the important term breakshots. I remember very good how “we” and also some other very strong players have practiced breakshots. We really placed break balls and shot them 300 to 500 times a day (this with 2 guys at the table.- one replacing the ball again).
I know here for sure examples- and all of em reached a very high level. EPC champions, german champions. There was one group of about 6-8 players where I can guarantee, that 6 of these players (all had been in the age from 17-19) became 100 ball runners.
What I want to show you, Tommy (and others, too :p ) is that to practice even breakshots like an idiot will bring a huge benefit. I just combined it with putting addiotnal balls for *well known* and *correct* endpatterns which will end in the *dead end stop shot* on the last keyball to the breakshot.

Hope that makes sense for you and others.

Lg from overseas,
Ingo
 
It definitely makes sense! What I do like to do is run 20-30 balls of what the break shot is so I can get that grooved in my memory. If I can't get beside the rack I prefer to be behind at the foot rail for the break. Although I have heard that its a good idea to work with star patterns...whatever those may be :confused:
 
I start with different break shots all the time because im not good enough to always be able to play for a side of the rack shot. I like the side pocket shot and ball frozen to the side rail shot myself as i can get a decent break off it and theres not much chance of scratching. I also use the below the rack shot but its a last resort as most of the balls go uptable and its easy to get stuck without a shot, not always but happens too often to me. :frown:
Also im a bum and my high run is 30, so what the hell do i know anyway ?? lol
 
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