“ALL IN ONE” Progressive Practice Drill – Billiard University Playing Ability Exam IX

[Bob Jewett]

... 11-15 are substantially harder. The break really is the issue IMO. If you hit it too soft, you have a major cluster to deal with. Too hard and you have too many balls up table. ...

Maybe plan a rebreak either with a wasted shot or something like a 14.1 break shot?

Doing 15 more than half the time (now in 25 strokes) is supposed to be Efren/Gorst/Filler level of play.

 

[td873]

Maybe plan a rebreak either with a wasted shot or something like a 14.1 break shot?

Doing 15 more than half the time (now in 25 strokes) is supposed to be Efren/Gorst/Filler level of play.

Yeah. Good idea. For a while I was starting with a one-ball carom shot off the remaining balls in the stack pushing things apart and moving the one towards the hole. This was OK, but ended up with a lot of balls by the opposite corner. 12-15 really is challenging. It makes sense that 15 is GOAT territory.

-td

 

[dr_dave]

I tried this and 10 was pretty easy at 30 shots. I even tried it with a wide open 10-ball break and made it. (Below 10 was the same)

11-15 are substantially harder. The break really is the issue IMO. If you hit it too soft, you have a major cluster to deal with. Too hard and you have too many balls up table. I was able to clear 11 fairly consistently (2 out of 3), but 12 only a couple times. 13-15 were a crap shoot to even clear 1 out of 3.

I should probably think about a useful break to facilitate this drill. My current head-on, medium light speed with a touch of draw yields a decent starter most of the time, but things are pretty congested after that.

-td

If you can get 1 out of 3 at Level 15 with the new 25-stroke limit, you should be happy. Level 15 is meant to challenge even the best players.

 

[dr_dave]

Doing 15 more than half the time (now in 25 strokes) is supposed to be Efren/Gorst/Filler level of play.

If it isn’t, we need to make it harder. Hopefully, more players will try it and let us know how they do.

 

[td873]

If you can get 1 out of 3 at Level 15 with the new 25-stroke limit, you should be happy. Level 15 is meant to challenge even the best players.

To be fair, mostly 0 out of 3 for level 13-15. Getting 1 at level 13 @26 strokes is definitely rewarding [now at 25, it's super challenging].

FWIW, I am able to run 30+ in K-ball, but this is another level.

-td