A few one pocket videos, your comments please

u12armresl

u12armresl

One Pocket back cutter
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I have a a few more POV One pocket videos where I take BIH behind the line and try to get as many as I can in my hole.

My break is normal, I don't bust them wide open or anything like that.

If you get a chance please watch the videos and comment on here and more importantly on YouTube, plus Like or Dislike. Thank you. I now that it's not the best and that people run over me easily, but this is my best effort.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvKBAQY90PA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVozLZt6AXI

Do you see shots that I played wrong which would have furthered the run, or any advice on anything you see.

Thanks.
 
Why are you using that Boston break? For me that is not an aggressive break and sort of safe but just to risky to hit it exact.

--Jeff
 
Try to clip the one as minimally as possible. If it's a bad break go at the stack again and try to run out from the string. It's not a got idea to work at bunched stacks on sloth cloth. I find myself getting really board playing on such equipment and having to work too hard.

The second video:

You have a rack, work on your break. People will tell you breaking right is very important. You can spend hours on that alone. It looks like the nine goes so I'll use that to get to the 10ball carom. Actually it looks like your 10ball is the other ball (behind the 15), so it's the 12 ball carom, 3, 10.

I'm giving you a red for the kick as your first shot.
 
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Thank you for the review

Are you saying the cloth and table are bad?

C.Milian said:
Try to clip the one as minimally as possible. If it's a bad break go at the stack again and try to run out from the string. It's not a got idea to work at bunched stacks on sloth cloth. I find myself getting really board playing on such equipment and having to work too hard.

The second video:

You have a rack, work on your break. People will tell you breaking right is very important. You can spend hours on that alone. It looks like the nine goes so I'll use that to get to the 10ball carom. Actually it looks like your 10ball is the other ball (behind the 15), so it's the 12 ball carom, 3, 10.

I'm giving you a red for the kick as your first shot.
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u12armresl said:
Thank you for the review

Are you saying the cloth and table are bad?
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It's easier to fiddle with the stack on really fast felt. It's hard for me to stay focus practicing one pocket, so I was just suggesting to get a cleaner break since it looked like the balls didn't spread all that much.

I read my post. It was a typo. " Sloth " I mean slow, just like my brain. I meant to type slow, but my cordless key is out so there may be a glitch somewhere. Sorry for the carelessness.
 
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I've seen Corey Deuel practice this way before. He always splits the second and third balls in the rack, and leaves the cue ball near the side pocket on the same side he breaks from.

He's not blasting all the balls open, but he gives himself more options. I think you're making this drill too hard by only knocking out a couple of balls on the break.
 
I would have commented on the vids on youtube, but they won't let me because I signed in using google chrome, and I have an msn.com email address...They want me to create a gmail addy, and I don't want to.

Apparently youtube and google have partnered up to try and take over the world?
 
Cannot see the angles well to give good comments. Bank break is very unpredictable, too many factors involved to get it perfect, at practice with no pressure no problems, but at a real game i will be highly surprised you will break this way for long. We only learn from experience.
On 1st video your 1st shot was a bit hard, you had to shot a combo after a ball in hand, of which is a nono in one pocket unless there is no good safe?

Later
 
u12armresl said:
I have a a few more POV One pocket videos where I take BIH behind the line and try to get as many as I can in my hole.

My break is normal, I don't bust them wide open or anything like that.

If you get a chance please watch the videos and comment on here and more importantly on YouTube, plus Like or Dislike. Thank you. I now that it's not the best and that people run over me easily, but this is my best effort.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvKBAQY90PA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVozLZt6AXI

Do you see shots that I played wrong which would have furthered the run, or any advice on anything you see.

Thanks.
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It is very hard to give any kind of honest Judgment, You said you are trying to run as many balls as possible. It is hard to see all the angels and what the table is offering far as run outs go. Be sides that, know two people run the balls the same. I would bet anything you could give Efren the same table as lets say, Scott Frost, and they will not run the same 8 balls, in the same order. Everyone has there likes, dislikes, and ability's. :cool:
 
Thanks for the comments.

I've used this break in every kind of match and tournament, and it has not presented any problems, I can tell you one thing, I don't scratch using the side break.

The unpredictable part is usually because of a loose ball in the rack which causes the end ball to jump over and be straight in for your opponent.

On a table I have never played on before, I'd have to shoot at that side rail for 10 or 15 mins to get the speed down right and I'd then feel comfortable trying it.

Once again thanks to everyone.

naji said:
Cannot see the angles well to give good comments. Bank break is very unpredictable, too many factors involved to get it perfect, at practice with no pressure no problems, but at a real game i will be highly surprised you will break this way for long. We only learn from experience.
On 1st video your 1st shot was a bit hard, you had to shot a combo after a ball in hand, of which is a nono in one pocket unless there is no good safe?

Later
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