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Hey Neil, You always give me very good advice. I think your "methodology" is the one I'm going to follow. It makes a lot of sense to me. Thanks again!

Then we agree, fundamentals are very important and should be given a lot of time. I am already doing this, but I am not sure how to improve them anymore since I think I corrected the flaws I knew I had.

We must not have the same definition of fundamentals then, I am seein fundamentals as being how you approach a shot and execute it with what logic behind the shot. Of course you can't become a pro just from mastering that, you actually have to practice the shots themselves. As for the rest of...

I win against the 4-ball ghost, but lose 9-3ish to the 5-ball ghost. As for what type of "play" I am using, I am not sure what you mean?

Thanks nfuids! This is great advice. I will keep that in mind so that when I feel like playing against the ghost, I play with more purpose than only pocketing the ball and getting decent position for the next ball. You also reminded me that I really need to add a safe practice drill to my routine.

Hi Scott! My fundamentals are something I pay a lot of importance to! I've read and been told countless times that they were super important so I did seek professional instruction regarding that. I'm starting to really like where they are at and I'm glad I didn't wait until after 2-3 years to...

Damnit, I forgot the option for a mix of both, something 50/50. Thanks for the info Colonel! Playing against better players is something I have the chance of being able to do :) There are a lot of very good players that play where I play! Playing against them is great, they often give me...

Hello AZB! In the last month, I've been trying to practice drills a lot more instead of just playing, but I feel it doesn't help me as much. I think I was seeing better progress just by playing the ghost. A conclusion I came to is that I should mostly play the ghost, and for the shots that I...

Hello AZB! In a previous thread, I asked how I should evaluate my progress (mostly for my monthly videos on my blog). Some people recommended that I try the Billiard University exams so I gave them a try. I didn't know whether I should practice the exams beforehand, I thought it was better not...

3 years on this site and first post, you are an expert lurker. :p

I do as long as the app is relatively simple feature-wise. Also, iOS or Android?

I don’t want to become a pro in the literal sense, I want to play at pro speed. Already got a steady job and I won’t leave it for pool even if hypothetically I was to start making a lot of money from tournaments. I just want to be very good at pool. I really like the game and I like being good...

Thanks Neil. I will make sure to keep all of this in mind for future practice sessions.

Not quitting, just not active as much as I initially was. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks again for the good advice Neil. This drill came from Sylvain after practicing kick shots with him. There is no reason really for not retrying a missed kick here. Sylvain just told me that if I missed I should go back to 1 rail and retry to move up to 4-5 rails. mostly to develop my kick...

Yes, thanks! I used something similar before. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks Neil. This is great advice. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hello AZB! Yesterday I had a really great practice lesson with Sylvain. One thing that we definitely noticed together is that my best game comes out when playing with some challenge. So as an experiment, I will start streaming all my practice sessions. The goal of this is to prevent me from...

Thanks to JB & AZB for the beautiful case!

I find it a bit amusing to see this thread, because I wanted to start a similar one a few days ago. It is interesting to know I am not the only one with this view of this forum. This forum is indeed not a very friendly one. I participate in many web communities and unfortunately, this one, the...