Run Out Practice Patterns!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXkz3jgCboI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2EsSfxuPn0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHJP95un3wE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JxQBwK0yhA
Running out is more a facet of doing what is easiest, most of the time. Some racks are indeed cosmos, but even tougher racks can be ran if you dont fight the cb, and work your angles.
Consistency of running out is the issue to playing good pool.
Theres more to consistency than a few quips can cover, but a lot of it is table time and repetition. Without playing enough to "see" the out through, you cant get there.
Ive played pool since I was 4-5 years old. I know the game, I know the shots. It comes down to how well I can execute. If I play 5-10 hours a week as I currently am, I dont play anywhere near my capabilities. If I play 40+ hours a week, I can hit my top gear most of the time.
YMMV :grin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2EsSfxuPn0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHJP95un3wE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JxQBwK0yhA
Running out is more a facet of doing what is easiest, most of the time. Some racks are indeed cosmos, but even tougher racks can be ran if you dont fight the cb, and work your angles.
Consistency of running out is the issue to playing good pool.
Theres more to consistency than a few quips can cover, but a lot of it is table time and repetition. Without playing enough to "see" the out through, you cant get there.
Ive played pool since I was 4-5 years old. I know the game, I know the shots. It comes down to how well I can execute. If I play 5-10 hours a week as I currently am, I dont play anywhere near my capabilities. If I play 40+ hours a week, I can hit my top gear most of the time.
YMMV :grin:
As most say, "YMMV" but, IMO, pattern play is better taught when you have "choices" between this ball and that ball, as in 14.1. Not just, should I shoot the 5 ball and play 1 rail or two rail shape to get on the 6 ball.
Rotation games don't let you paint yourself into a corner as much as 14.1 or even 8 ball does because for the most part, 9 ball is pool with training wheels when it comes to patterns since half of the pattern is decided for you by forcing you to shoot the 6 after the 5.
In 14.1, sure, any ball, any hole....lol....thats what makes it such a great pattern play teacher. The game doesn't force you to choose, it allows you to make more mistakes, much more and anyone with experience knows that you learn from making mistakes.
An average 9 ball player is dead in the water when playing 14.1 but, the average 14.1 player is normally a strong 9 ball player. Why? Its all the patterns they've learned after choosing the wrong ball not just shooting a ball the wrong way.
Also, when talking about patterns, ball speed is usually understated or overlooked completely.
In games like 9 ball, you play into a zone and its almost always a big zone but, in 14.1, well, those zones become a "game of inches".
Food for thought.
Jeff
I agree about straights, however 8 ball is not a good game to learn or teach patterns IMO.
You can royally fook up and still get out. Sometimes, you can fook up more than once in a rack and still get out. Sometimes you can spank it through a rack and never be in line.
There is a reason run out percentages for 8 ball are much higher than 9 ball. Its an easier game to run out, because you CAN blow your pattern and change it if you left yourself options, or got lucky and have more than one ball to shoot at.
9 ball, you arent playing patterns as in what ball to shoot next. 9 ball, you are playing low ball goes in which hole to make the next 3 balls easier.
For the most part, you should play the balls off the table to the closest pocket, however, sometimes that pattern is not the easiest way out of the rack. :thumbup:
I just have a snippet of runout pattern advice: never leave the CB on the wrong side of a side pocket shot (the “great divide”).
pj
chgo
Yep, I'm not an 8 ball fan. I do think it's the easiest game of choice unless its on a BB.
And yes, 14.1 is the nuts. A player that gets strong at 14.1 becomes a beast in other games.....most of the time.
Its odd. Ever now and then, I meet a 14.1 player that doesn't play rotation games very well. Not often but, someone reminded me through PM that they can regularly run 50ish and out but, can't beat the 10 ball ghost to 11.
Go figure.