I just posted a new video as part of my
"Everything You Need to Know" series that demonstrates everything you need to know about how to identify, detect, and avoid fouls in pool. Here it is:
Topics covered (with YouTube time-stamp links) include:
- legal shot (
0:21)
- double hit (
3:26)
- double hit detection (
5:10)
- double hit avoidance (
6:57)
---- small-gap angled hit (
7:01)
---- elevated cue (
7:14)
---- inside vs. outside spin (
7:40)
---- short bridge and stroke (
8:22)
---- small-gap grip tighten (
8:30)
---- highly elevated cue (
8:43)
---- hand against the rail (
9:08)
---- reverse stroke with cue resting on table (
9:28)
---- frozen CB shots (
9:52)
-------- twice-as-full aiming system (
10:58)
---- elevated follow shot (
11:42)
- wrong ball first (
12:37)
---- watching CB motion (
12:53)
---- watching OB motion (
13:31)
---- 3-frozen-OB proposition (
14:10)
- miscue fouls (
15:59)
---- herding unsportsmanlike intentional miscue foul (
16:47)
---- cue lift unsportsmanlike intentional miscue foul (
17:15)
---- unsportsmanlike intentional miscue safety foul (
17:38)
---- illegal "scoop" jump shot (
17:55)
- push shot (
18:37)
---- push past frozen ball proposition (
19:37)
- Pool Rules Quiz (
20:01)
Please let me know if you have any feedback, comments, or questions. Also let me know if you think I left out anything important.
I wish all league players could somehow be required to watch this video. If they did, there would probably be fewer misunderstandings, disagreements, and arguments. It always shocks me how little most league players (even many good players) know about this important stuff.
Enjoy,
Dave
PS: FYI, all of the rules and fouls in the
video are based on the standard WPA World Standardized Rules (the "official rules of pool"). APA, BCAPL, and VNEA league rules deviate slightly, but not by much. A good summary of all important differences can be found here: