CUE BALL CONTROL ... Everything You Need to Know

dr_dave · Sep 7, 2019

I just posted a new video on YouTube that demonstrates all important cue ball control principles, effects, and skills, all in one place. Here it is:

NV J.27 – CUE BALL CONTROL … Everything You Need to Know

Topics covered include stop/stun/follow/draw, 90˚ rule, 30˚ rule, 3-times-the-angle system, tangent line, natural angle, good action draw, pocket cheating, cut-induced throw, sidespin effects, speed effects, drag and spin conversion, and CB control drills.

This video is a little on the longer side (14 minutes), but the material in presented very concisely (but still completely). Multiple viewings (and/or pause/rewind cycles) might be required for everything to sink in.

This one took a lot of time and effect to create, but I am very happy with the end result. I predict this will become my most-watched YouTube video of all time ... assuming people know what is best for them.

I suspect even top players can learn a thing or two from this video, but it is still mostly geared toward beginner and intermediate players.

Please let me know what you think, and let me know if anything is unclear or if you have any questions.

Enjoy,
Dave

dr_dave · Sep 7, 2019

dr_dave said:
I just posted a new video on YouTube that demonstrates all important cue ball control principles, effects, and skills, all in one place. Here it is:

NV J.27 – CUE BALL CONTROL … Everything You Need to Know

Topics covered include stop/stun/follow/draw, 90˚ rule, 30˚ rule, 3-times-the-angle system, tangent line, natural angle, good action draw, pocket cheating, cut-induced throw, sidespin effects, speed effects, drag and spin conversion, and CB control drills.

This video is a little on the longer side (14 minutes), but the material in presented very concisely (but still completely). Multiple viewings (and/or pause/rewind cycles) might be required for everything to sink in.

This one took a lot of time and effect to create, but I am very happy with the end result. I predict this will become my most-watched YouTube video of all time ... assuming people know what is best for them.

I suspect even top players can learn a thing or two from this video, but it is still mostly geared toward beginner and intermediate players.

Please let me know what you think, and let me know if anything is unclear or if you have any questions.

Enjoy,
Dave

UPDATE:
The video already has two "thumbs down" on YouTube!

What could possibly motivate somebody to click on the "thumbs down" icon after watching such an informative (and free) video?

This baffles me, but I actually find it comical and it makes me wonder what these people look like and what sort of lives they lead.

:shrug:

What do you guys think? I am just being dense, and maybe there are actual reasons to dislike this video?

Regards,
Dave

dr_dave · Sep 7, 2019

dr_dave said:
I just posted a new video on YouTube that demonstrates all important cue ball control principles, effects, and skills, all in one place. Here it is:

NV J.27 – CUE BALL CONTROL … Everything You Need to Know

Topics covered include stop/stun/follow/draw, 90˚ rule, 30˚ rule, 3-times-the-angle system, tangent line, natural angle, good action draw, pocket cheating, cut-induced throw, sidespin effects, speed effects, drag and spin conversion, and CB control drills.

This video is a little on the longer side (14 minutes), but the material in presented very concisely (but still completely). Multiple viewings (and/or pause/rewind cycles) might be required for everything to sink in.

This one took a lot of time and effect to create, but I am very happy with the end result. I predict this will become my most-watched YouTube video of all time ... assuming people know what is best for them.

I suspect even top players can learn a thing or two from this video, but it is still mostly geared toward beginner and intermediate players.

Please let me know what you think, and let me know if anything is unclear or if you have any questions.

Be sure to check out the drag and spin conversion section. The slow-motion clips really help visualize these important principles.

Enjoy,
Dave

DecentShot · Sep 7, 2019

dr_dave said:
Be sure to check out the drag and spin conversion section. The slow-motion clips really help visualize these important principles.

Enjoy,
Dave

Ill thumbs up it Dave, just to balance out the mom's basement crowd.

dr_dave · Sep 7, 2019

DecentShot said:
Ill thumbs up it Dave, just to balance out the mom's basement crowd.

Thank you. Now, if I can just get one more AZB "thumbs up," I can feel whole again. :sorry: :grin-square:

Patrick Johnson · Sep 7, 2019

Great job as usual, Dave. I learned something new.

pj
chgo

DecentShot · Sep 7, 2019

dr_dave said:
Thank you. Now, if I can just get one more AZB "thumbs up," I can feel whole again. :sorry: :grin-square:

The score is looking good, 90-2.

dr_dave · Sep 7, 2019

Patrick Johnson said:
Great job as usual, Dave.

Thank you.

Patrick Johnson said:
I learned something new.

May I ask what it was?

Thanks,
Dave

dr_dave · Sep 7, 2019

DecentShot said:
The score is looking good, 90-2.

I still like visualizing what those "2" look like and what they must be like to be around.

But you are right ... 90-2 ain't too bad.

Regards,
Dave

Ģüśţāṿ · Sep 7, 2019

Yound people love giving videos a thumbs down even without watching it. Don't take offense, great video!

Patrick Johnson · Sep 7, 2019

Patrick Johnson said:
Great job as usual, Dave. I learned something new.

dr_dave said:
Thank you.

May I ask what it was?

To "calibrate" cut draw by visualizing the target CB path as a fraction of the way between stun and good-action draw and hitting the CB that same fraction between those two hits.

pj
chgo

dr_dave · Sep 7, 2019

Patrick Johnson said:
To "calibrate" cut draw by visualizing the target CB path as a fraction of the way between stun and good-action draw and hitting the CB that same fraction between those two hits.

Interesting. I thought you were going to say:

"how a slow-rolling CB deflects at a greater angle than a faster (but not too fast) shot"

or

"why/how inside narrows follow angle"

I use the "tweener" percentages often. FYI, I have more on this topic here:

tweener shot resource page

Regards,
Dave

dr_dave · Sep 7, 2019

Ģüśţāṿ;6473226 said:
Young people love giving videos a thumbs down even without watching it. Don't take offense, great video!

It doesn't really bother me ... it is more of a curiosity thing. I would just like to know what they are thinking (if they are thinking at all) at the moment they bother to watch some of the video and click on the down-thumb icon.

Regards,
Dave

dr_dave · Sep 7, 2019

Patrick Johnson said:
To "calibrate" cut draw by visualizing the target CB path as a fraction of the way between stun and good-action draw and hitting the CB that same fraction between those two hits.

This skill is also important when using systems like the 40% rule for judging "gearing outside spin" for any cut angle.

Regards,
Dave

Black-Balled · Sep 7, 2019

dr_dave said:
Thank you. Now, if I can just get one more AZB "thumbs up," I can feel whole again. :sorry: :grin-square:

Don't set yourself up for disappointment, pal.

mikepage · Sep 7, 2019

dr_dave said:
I just posted a new video on YouTube that demonstrates all important cue ball control principles, effects, and skills, all in one place. Here it is:

NV J.27 – CUE BALL CONTROL … Everything You Need to Know
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Great job Dave!

JazzyJeff87 · Sep 7, 2019

dr_dave said:
It doesn't really bother me ... it is more of a curiosity thing. I would just like to know what they are thinking (if they are thinking at all) at the moment they bother to watch some of the video and click on the down-thumb icon.

Regards,
Dave

That’s it there. Some people just surf around and thumbs down things with no reasoning. You always see it on even the greatest pool matches or videos of someone doing something amazing. People are strange, just ax Jim Morrison

dr_dave · Sep 7, 2019

mikepage said:
dr_dave said:

I just posted a new video on YouTube that demonstrates all important cue ball control principles, effects, and skills, all in one place. Here it is:

NV J.27 – CUE BALL CONTROL … Everything You Need to Know
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Great job Dave!

Thanks Mike! Instructional pool videos sure have gotten a lot better than the early YouTube years, haven’t they? Although, your old stuff is still very good, even by today’s standards. You are one of the people that indirectly encouraged me to raise my game (video production and playing) by the example you set.

Best regards,
Dave

dr_dave · Sep 7, 2019

JazzyJeff87 said:
That’s it there. Some people just surf around and thumbs down things with no reasoning. You always see it on even the greatest pool matches or videos of someone doing something amazing. People are strange, just ax Jim Morrison

You're probably right. I guess the best way to react is to feel sorry for them since they must not have much positive in their lives.

Regards,
Dave

JC · Sep 7, 2019

dr_dave said:
I still like visualizing what those "2" look like and what they must be like to be around.

Regards,
Dave

I tracked them down Dave, all 3 of them!

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