1. You tend to rise up in your final stroke. It doesn't seem to be affecting you much, but it easily can. Looks like it might be from using a piston stroke and you have to raise up to keep the cue level on the followthrough. (it's not necessary, and just is something that CAN go wrong. Once the cb is gone, the cue doesn't have to stay level anymore)
2. Learn to reassess your patterns when you get out of line. You tend to just keep the same rhythm and hope for the best. Good example is the 2nd rack at 3:30. You shot the 3 and got out of line on the 4. You just jumped on shooting it in the side and essentially hoping you would get a shot on the 6 after the unnecessary break out.
Learn to take an extra second or two to re-evaluate the situation. You easily could have shot the 4 in the corner and come back to middle table for the 6 with no danger of not having a shot afterwards. Little things like that can add up. Don't take unnecessary chances figuring it will all work out. ---ok, next rack you did exactly that, good. Learn to do it whenever you get out of line though.
3. Take an extra sec. or two to really look at where you want the cb to be, and what side of the ob you want to be on. Will be awkward at first, but you will quickly learn to do this while keeping your mental rhythm going.
4. 9:06- shot on the 8, can't tell by camera angle just what angle you had, so have to go by what the cb did.... always nice to "let your stroke out", but, as you see, you came a hair away from having a tough bank on the 9. Might have been better to follow and come back down table for the 9 in the same pocket. Less chance of something going wrong.??? Idea is- whenever possible, eliminate what can go wrong. Even if you have to go an extra rail or two, try and choose the safest route.
5. 10:47 You shot the 3 and used the tangent line to go between the 5 and 9 to get on the 4. Good use of the tangent line. However, as you found out, was difficult to get to where you wanted to be going that way. I would have used follow and gone into the 5, moving it over a little and holding the cb there. Then shot the 4 in the far corner, or maybe even the side, and had a much easier shot on the 5.
Where you did end up, the 6 easily could have come into play and killed the run. Again, taking a chance that you really didn't need to. Most shy away from the long shots. With your aiming, there is no need to. And, as in this case, the reward is well worth shooting the long shot to make the rest of the game easier.
6. 13:00- What the heck was that??? LOL Got bored and wanted to let your stroke out?? Even in practice, play like you have money on it. You should have controlled the two after the combo, not play whack-a-mole and get lucky!
Rest of that rack looked like "shape? Don't need no stinkin shape, that's for people that can't aim!" :grin:
7. You tend to hit everything rather firm. Nap cloth on there??
8. Overall, very good shooting. Exceptional aiming. Not so great on position play. You need to work on that some more. Right now your aiming is getting you through the tough shots. Might or might not under pressure, depends on how well you handle pressure.?? Work on position play and routes some more.
Hard to really say your speed. Shotmaking is an A+. Position play a B+. Speed control a B+, should be higher on your own table. You do tend to get out a lot where most wouldn't......I'd say an A player. Maybe a little higher.
I know you don't like drills, but give the Billiard University test a shot. It will help point out things you can work on. Don't just rest on your superior shotmaking abilities to carry you through all the time. Get your speed and position play up, which means cb control, and you could jump up to pro speed.
