Cole Dickson's practice session routine

[jjohnson]

Earlier in another thread, I mentioned that Cole's best friend, Randy L., told me that Cole
once set up a 6-ball rack, broke, then with ball in hand, ran the rack. He continued this
same routine and ran 96 6-ball racks in a row. That's 576 balls in total. That would have
taken at least 3-4 hours nonstop.

I was just thinking. Cole was a 9-ball money player and had a very strong break.
I'm sure he often made at least one ball on his break if not more.
And he could certainly run balls.
So it seems to me, if given a makeable shot after the break, he'd run 2 more balls most often.
And he'd also most likely get shape on the next ball.
That would leave him at most 6 balls remaining with position.
This is just like his 6-ball rack with ball in hand practice session just described.

So when I heard Bob's firsthand eye-witness account of Cole beating on Richie Florence with a 6-pack
opening salvo for a $100 a game, and that podcast interview describing a first action match against kid Cole where he
ran 8 racks of 9-ball from the very first opening rack for $5 a game, it sort of all makes perfect sense.
Very believable.

Cole devised a really good practice session routine that any serious player might try.
Check it out.

 

[straightline]

C'mon you promised.

And you forgot the link.

And how do you know your response to it will yield good results?

in advance

 

[gregcantrall]

Okay, channeling Cole is easy.
My Cole cab driver confessed provides a large uh library that I consider fact Jack.
His best opening line was, "I was the white boy from Oakland and that's why they called me Coal."
The White Boy from Oakland would be a good title for his biography. My favorite bio is McGoorty.

 

[gregcantrall]

Ooops almost forgot the story.
At Harry's place playing a thousand a game 1 pocket.
Cole hit a straight back game ball from 3/4 table dead into the heart of the pocket, like a rocket. Ho hum yeah but the straight back had A Dead kiss. He popped whitey 12 inches in the air. The object ball jetted underneath. Easy as well That's what he could do.

 

[straightline]

Ooops almost forgot the story.
At Harry's place playing a thousand a game 1 pocket.
Cole hit a straight back game ball from 3/4 table dead into the heart of the pocket, like a rocket. Ho hum yeah but the straight back had A Dead kiss. He popped whitey 12 inches in the air. The object ball jetted underneath. Easy as well That's what he could do.

I like that. Gotta try that one.

 

[gregcantrall]

Coles confessed was, "I need one drink, to take the edge off. But then I can't quit at 1."
So yeah that's The Battle he was fighting at that time. I witnessed the down side of his decline. I also had the privilege to watch him work on the pool table playing Harry all night long to end up 25 grand. Not A bad overtime bonus. He corralled that demon on that occasion.

 

[gregcantrall]

This guy makes Coles shot so uh, Ho Hum.

 

[straightline]

Coles confessed was, "I need one drink, to take the edge off. But then I can't quit at 1."
So yeah that's The Battle he was fighting at that time. I witnessed the down side of his decline. I also had the privilege to watch him work on the pool table playing Harry all night long to end up 25 grand. Not A bad overtime bonus. He corralled that demon on that occasion.

Who was this Harry? There was a Harry Taylor and also a JR in the Southbay. Never met 'em. Guys would always rave about the good players like I was supposed to know 'em.

 

[gregcantrall]

Who was this Harry? There was a Harry Taylor and also a JR in the Southbay. Never met 'em. Guys would always rave about the good players like I was supposed to know 'em.

Harry Platis was The Whale in the Northwest. He operated out of his own room on the north side of Seattle. He played only 1 pocket and .min bet was a thousand. Different players had different spots.
There was a stable type group of players that Harry supported. On a regular basis they would empty their pockets and that was the wager. They could pick a player from the uh let's see 3, 4 maybe more. Mike Danner was lead. Anyway each one gave a different spot. Kept Harry in shape and The Corporation paid their rent.
Harry and Keith made a pretty big score in Vegas once but that was playing 9 ball, if I remember right and Keith put together a huge package when the bet got high.

 

[straightline]

Harry Platis was The Whale in the Northwest. He operated out of his own room on the north side of Seattle. He played only 1 pocket and .min bet was a thousand. Different players had different spots.
There was a stable type group of players that Harry supported. On a regular basis they would empty their pockets and that was the wager. They could pick a player from the uh let's see 3, 4 maybe more. Mike Danner was lead. Anyway each one gave a different spot. Kept Harry in shape and The Corporation paid their rent.
Harry and Keith made a pretty big score in Vegas once but that was playing 9 ball, if I remember right and Keith put together a huge package when the bet got high.

I should have guessed. I only heard of him and Keith and the 7 figure score. Figured CD woulda been too early.

 

[maha]

most of theses big scores the players had a backer so got only part of it. some won it all though.
but almost all of them lost it all to someone else or some other gambling game.
so basically their wins were meaningless to them.

 

[straightline]

most of theses big scores the players had a backer so got only part of it. some won it all though.
but almost all of them lost it all to someone else or some other gambling game.
so basically their wins were meaningless to them.

Yeah what is it about high rollers? Is it only about the action?

 

[ghost ball]

I remember Cole came to our little college town and played in a tournament bare foot.

 

[straightline]

Did he take it down?

 

[DrCue'sProtege]

96 consecutive racks of 6B?

Hard to believe.

Then again, some players are really, really good.

I'm not one of them though.

r/DCP

 

[straightline]

96 6 ball outs; manic and a lotta balls.

 

[ShootingArts]

96 consecutive racks of 6B?

Hard to believe.

Then again, some players are really, really good.

I'm not one of them though.

r/DCP

Not too hard to believe at all with ball in hand after the break. The ball in hand is the key. Gambling nine ball and six ball my odds of winning the nine ball were 25%-30% better. Like almost everyone, I never developed a killer six ball break.

Hu

 

[Keith thompson]

Not too hard to believe at all with ball in hand after the break. The ball in hand is the key. Gambling nine ball and six ball my odds of winning the nine ball were 25%-30% better. Like almost everyone, I never developed a killer six ball break.

Hu

Cole was a great nine ball player because he was a straight shooter and had great control of his cue ball !

If any of you people want to up your game of 9 ball or one pocket game practice 14-1 everyday! If you can pocket balls pretty decent the 14-1 will improve your 9 ball and one pocket game! There’s no other way to up your game quicker!

Running racks and 8 and outs is all about précision. 14-1 is all about precision and it teaches you that! It may be frustrating for awhile but eventually you’ll get it and start putting more than a rack together! You'll also spot your break ball early in the rack and manipulate your shots around that break ball!

When you finally get comfortable at 14-1 you’ll be able to look over the whole rack and know the directions your gonna go to make the whole rack and know where your cue needs to be on the last two balls.

That’s precision pool! I wouldn’t have won the All around without practicing it! There’s no short cuts in becoming a great player or better player! Just do this day after day, month after month, year after year until you join the 100 club and at that point you have graduated!

 

[iusedtoberich]

It's hard as hell to make a ball on the break on a 6 ball rack. I haven't tried it in several years. I wonder if the Magic Rack made it easy like it did for 9 and 10 ball.

 

[ShootingArts]

It's hard as hell to make a ball on the break on a 6 ball rack. I haven't tried it in several years. I wonder if the Magic Rack made it easy like it did for 9 and 10 ball.

Good question. Not playing on coin op by the rack in ages I haven't played six ball since the plastic racks got common. Tables and balls are a lot better maintained these days too. Any of these things might change the equation.

Just do this day after day, month after month, year after year until you join the 100 club and at that point you have graduated!

Mr Thompson, you are preaching to the choir. Also being a chess player playing three to five moves ahead all possible plays, I read pool table patterns far better than most. As for precision pool, most on here have read me advocating that enough that they puke in their mouth a little bit when they read me saying it one more time.

Hu