He has lots of drills not associated with Kinister, too. Feijin has always given full credit and high praise to Bert.
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dendweller
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Not criticizing, he gives him credit for it in the video, that's good enough for me.
Magictrat007
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I think a lot of low skill level players just don’t put in time. If someone were to do this drill and other drills 30 minutes a day I just don’t see how they could still be a bad player after a year or so.
I used to practice something similar when I was a kid working in the pool hall.
I would put all 15 balls on the rails around the table and try to make them without the cue ball touching another ball.
For this drill I was not shooting the balls in numerical order.
I would put all 15 balls on the rails around the table and try to make them without the cue ball touching another ball.
For this drill I was not shooting the balls in numerical order.
SeniorTom
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1) Yo Yo ( two balls, one on each long rail)
2) Terific Three ( 3 balls, half of 6 pd)
3) Skillful square (4 balls on long rails)
4) Six Point Diamond (All 6 balls)
5) Elite 8 (my own set up, as shown below)
The way I play it, in no particular numerical order, except the eight ball has to be made last, and you start with ball in hand. It is more difficult than what one might think, especially as I have all the balls frozen on the rail. If one needs to make it a bit easier, just move the balls off the rail to a distance you are comfortable with. I always like the challenge, so I leave all the balls on the rail. Sometimes to make it even more difficult, I move two of the long rail balls another diamond, instead of two diamonds up, they go three diamonds up!
2) Terific Three ( 3 balls, half of 6 pd)
3) Skillful square (4 balls on long rails)
4) Six Point Diamond (All 6 balls)
5) Elite 8 (my own set up, as shown below)
The way I play it, in no particular numerical order, except the eight ball has to be made last, and you start with ball in hand. It is more difficult than what one might think, especially as I have all the balls frozen on the rail. If one needs to make it a bit easier, just move the balls off the rail to a distance you are comfortable with. I always like the challenge, so I leave all the balls on the rail. Sometimes to make it even more difficult, I move two of the long rail balls another diamond, instead of two diamonds up, they go three diamonds up!
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TheRooster
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I tried this tonght. Pattern 4 with the 2-ball on the head rail is very tough with all the balls frozen
I don’t think I’ll even attempt with frozen. Maybe later. I had the balls about 1/4” out.
I did it again last night, this time on a 7' Diamond. I left about 1/4" to the rail instead of 1/8" this time. With the 1/8", the gutter would often pull the ball frozen when I wasn't looking, and I'd move it out before the shot. I decided to go through all 15 in succession, one attempt at each, and keep score. I got 8/15 success. Total balls pocketed was 65/90.
I didn't really like doing it this way because there was not a good rhythm to retry problem outs. Also on the ball return Diamond pro-am, I'd forget where the 2 ball went when the table was cleared... compared to the drop pocket GC I was on the prior day. Setting them up was trickier. Next time I think I'll just shoot each one over and over until I get sick of it, then go to the next. That's what I did the first two days and I felt I learned more.
The same shot of following the ball into the pocket got me again. I'll have to work on that, I think its not a good shot if the scratch percentage is so high.
Can't get by without blasting the Diamond pin-ball bounce. It really shows up on this drill.
Go to 21:00 (link should take you there). Neils scratches just like I have been, and his OB was frozen. With the OB 1/4" off the rail, the scratch is huge (for me).