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Well, Well, Well, We’ve touched on something I know a bit about, I retired from the film industry after 25 years of producing and directing; written numerous screenplays, both produced by myself and others; I can tell you why “The Hustle” was a great film; why “The Color of Money” was mediocre...

Well, that’s that; it should take about 6 months to a year to learn and apply these systems to your game, by then you should be playing many of these kicks within a minimal amount of time or by “feel”. I hope that the people who are REALLY interested in learning how to play this game apply these...

KICKING ACADEMY – PART 8 – FINALE Well, I’ve come to the last three systems. Diagram 1 is a center cue ball hit anywhere from dead center to 2 tips above, start at 2 tips above and work your way down until adjusted to “your” stroke; one example should explain this system since it’s fairly...

KICKING ACADEMY – PART 7 Now things are going to heat up and get complicated, if you got the patience to learn this system it can really dig you out of a seemingly impossible situation. Diagram 1 is going to look OUT OF CONTROL, but once you get the hang of this and memorize the numberings you...

KICKING ACADEMY – PART 6 The following are three systems that I use often, I’d say I will use one of these three kicking systems in every match. The first one is a billiard system which I first used against a well known pro, he told me I couldn’t hit the ball at that angle; after I did it he...

SECTION TWO Diagram 3 is a “dead ball” (cue ball center hit) version of the Diamond System. Just figure out the hit point by using the Diamond System and move down ½ diamond, this is used if obstructing balls are in the way of the hit point. The cue ball is at cue ball position number 40 and...

KICKING ACADEMY – PART 5 Today I will deal with Reverse English to the corner pocket, another 2 rail kick system, and another variation of the Diamond System. Diagram 1 is self explanatory; 1, 2, and 3 tips of reverse english takes you to the corner pocket from the corresponding diamond on the...

KICKING ACADEMY – PART 4 Today I will deal with another well known system, the “ 2/3’s System”; along with the Triangulation System, and expand on Part 3’s “Multiplier System”. Diagram 1 shows the layout for the 2/3’s System, this is a fairly simple system; just multiply the cue ball position...

KICKING ACADEMY – PART 3 CONT’D BEGIN PART TWO Diagram 5 shows the table layout for this system. Hit numbers are in 10’s and rail numbers are in single digits, different colors denote different rail numbers. Just multiply the “rail” numbers to find the “Hit” number; 6 x 4 = 24; this also works...

KICKING ACADEMY – PART 3 First let me start my updating. I mentioned to a friend what I was doing and he supplied me with Dr. Cue’s three volumes of videos, on volume two Tom has a very interesting version of the Plus System which I think bears looking at; although it has limitations it seems...

Recreation tables should have “NORMAL” sized pockets so the casual player and family’s can enjoy themselves, otherwise the game of billiards will die a RAPID death rather than the slow one it is now bogged down in. Pro tournament tables should have undersized/shimmed pockets to accommodate pro...

BEGIN LAST PART One thing to remember is that many of these systems can be expanded from two to three rail kicks and three to four rail kicks. Diagram 8 shows the three rail Diamond System expanded to hit a ball on the “fifth” rail. Just visualize the angle needed off the fourth rail to hit the...

BEGIN PART TWO Diagram 5 shows the long rail first version of the Sid System. In Diagram 6 I have called this the Sid / Plus Variation. The basic starting point is a “dead ball” hit on the cue ball OR maybe slightly above center ball hit. Here we just multiply the cue ball position number 5 by...

Since I am not deleting my posts I will post new info as I complete it. The attachment is too large so I have to use three posts. KICKING ACADEMY – PART 2 THE PLUS SYSTEM DEAD BALL PLUS SYSTEM – BILLIARD THE SID SYSTEM PLUS / SID VARIATION - BILLIARD Before I begin I forgot to mention...

Below is a quote from the original post. Upon some reflection and a number of PM's I have decided to leave the material at the site, I didn't take into consideration the possibility of new members who would be SEARCHING for kicking info; still, my experience with internet forums have shown that...

Landshark, Here's another way to hit this example: "Let's say I want to hit an object ball at the middle diamond (number 3) on the short rail and I am at the corner pocket (ball position 5 which now translates to number 8). 3 times 8 equals 24, hit the long rail approx. 2 1/2 diamonds above...

Landshark, I’ll get to your question; but first I MUST clear something up. Ouch, I’m sorry; I forgot something VERY important and is NOT widely known about the diamond system This is usually the reason why people of miniscule minds say the diamond system doesn’t work. There is a compensation...

THE DIAMOND SYSTEM I guess we could consider this the grand daddy of all kicking systems, it is actually very easy to learn. Very simply put, “the sum of diamonds equals the ball position number”; not to complicated is it? Diagram 1 shows the cue ball at ball position 5, hitting diamond 3 on...

KICKING ACADEMY – INTRO I’ve been mulling this over for a couple of weeks and decided to place this info on the internet rather than making DVD’s and selling them; besides, everyone is just going to make copies of them anyway, so why waste my time and money for nothing; I may as well just post...

Tate, I guess secret was a bad choice of words, I believe I wanted to use the Parallel English system as a better percentage shot that is NOT illustrated in any book or video that "I" know of. Jimmy stresses "percentages" in his teachings, shoot the wrong percentage shot and you're a loser; I...