65 Critical Safeties for 9-Ball and 10-Ball

[kanzzo]

FYI — just uploaded a new training video with 65 pool safeties.
It’s basically a full catalog of defensive patterns you’ll see in real 9-ball and 10-ball matches.
Pause, set them up, and see how many you can master — or find the ones that give you the most trouble.
Curious to hear what other AZB members think!

Enjoy!

 

[Lynch]

I've only made it through the first couple minutes so far, but excellent video and right to the point. Nice editing. The music is a nice touch as well.

 

[JPB2]

Will try these. I need to work on these.

 

[maha]

all very obvious safeties. rolling the cue ball . nothing to learn from that.

its the ones that most dont see right away and miss out on making.

if you cant thin a ball and roll your cue ball where you want it, it means your simple position play is what needs major work.

 

[lakeman77]

Nice video, thanks for posting

 

[DrCue'sProtege]

Any way a guy could have printouts of these?

Be a lot easier to go through. You could just take the printouts to the table.

 

[PNWLocal]

That was good, some cool safeties I'll need to practice. Who did the music?

 

[kling&allen]

FYI — just uploaded a new training video with 65 pool safeties.
It’s basically a full catalog of defensive patterns you’ll see in real 9-ball and 10-ball matches.
Pause, set them up, and see how many you can master — or find the ones that give you the most trouble.
Curious to hear what other AZB members think!

Enjoy!

Put these in an ebook for sale on Amazon

 

[kanzzo]

Who did the music?

Music: Snowy White & The White Flames: Midnight Blues and Bird of Paradise

 

[garczar]

Good stuff. BTW, Snowy White was in Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd and Roger Water's band. Very under-rated player.

 

[jnwilliams]

Thanks for posting! Great stuff here

 

[lakeman77]

I don't think you need diagrams. The main point is hiding the CB, learn to see that and you've got it.
I really like the music. thanks.

 

[u12armresl]

Safety number 2

not sure anyone tries that one, way too many bad things can happen.

 

[u12armresl]

Safety number 4 BRILLIANT

 

[kanzzo]

Safety number 2 - not sure anyone tries that one, way too many bad things can happen.

my coach is a former pro with a fargo of 775. He says, he uses it a lot. And you can cornerhook the opponent without the risk of scratching very high percentage. So it looks probably more dangerous, than it actually is. (1/8 inch is enough to cornerhook the opponent on the 8. The situation comes up quite a lot, where you only other choice would probably be to kick at the 8 trying to make it in the middle pocket.)

 

[kanzzo]

I don't think you need diagrams. The main point is hiding the CB, learn to see that and you've got it.
I really like the music. thanks.

the main point is oftentimes to get object ball safe and hiding the cueball as a bonus. You can see, that on most safeties the opponent would have a very tough shot even if the CB would't snuggle against another ball. Hiding behind a lonely ball is quite a small target, good for practice but if you are not Efren, you won't be able to execute it 100%. (But you will get better, if you practice it )

For example here (#12) you use 5 and 8 for hiding and 9 as a bonus.

Or here (# 35) and especially here (#50)

 

[skor]

I've only watched the first 10-11 shots.
many of them are basically the same shot or very similar with the same idea in mind.
the success of execution is dependent on the knowledge of the table - speed of the cloth, speed of the rails and if the rail bank short or long.
On any other table the success rate will drop without practicing on the table.
The trick is more on the creativity side, to see the available safety that will work with the higher percentage and hope that you get the table speed right.