Advanced CB and alignment workout

softshot

softshot

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I posted this in another thread but I decided to post it separately as a complete workout..

lots of people post drills this is a collection of drills some taken from elsewhere others designed by me..

this is an extremely effective workout.. but only if you have good mechanics..if you don't you'll drive yourself crazy trying to master it..

shoot every shot until you both make it and achieve proper position

first I hit 5 centerline drills bringing the CB back to my tip as a warm up

then I hit a stop shot line 5 each at 1-5 diamonds away

I practice fractional ball for cut shots I shoot 10 shots each at 3/4, 1/2, and 1/4 ball..for each cut angle I shoot with

stun, roll, follow, draw, top right, center right, low right, top left, center left, and low left and repeat each shot cutting in the other direction


then I hit the straight line again using a chalk to mark the last diamond, 5 shots one at each distance with the CB ending at the marked spot then move the chalk one diamond closer and shoot 5 more ect.. until the chalk is at my CB starting point .

and finish by shooting that straight line again.. 6 shots at each position,

top right, center right, low right, top left, center left, and low left..

every standard shot in pool is a variation on the centergistic workout presented above

I do that at least 4 times a week..

then one day a week I have a kicking and banking workout that I will not post because it's not mine to post

and twice a month I do the full mother drill workout

I feel I have a very comprehensive training program

I'll post again in a moment showing the ball placements for this workout
 
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Aiming placements

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straight line placement

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two friends were walking down the street. One is a masochist and the other is a sadist. The urge comes over the masochist and he starts pleading with the sadist to beat him and humiliate him so he can reach satisfaction. But the sadist watching his friend suffer rubs his chin with his hand and replies...........Hmmmm. I don't think I will.

Anyway, I was going to reply to your posting but after thinking about it ,
............I don't think I will. :thud::deadhorse:
 
12310bch said:
two friends were walking down the street. One is a masochist and the other is a sadist. The urge comes over the masochist and he starts pleading with the sadist to beat him and humiliate him so he can reach satisfaction. But the sadist watching his friend suffer rubs his chin with his hand and replies...........Hmmmm. I don't think I will.

Anyway, I was going to reply to your posting but after thinking about it ,
............I don't think I will. :thud::deadhorse:
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so all the people who argue relentlessly over bogus pool info like magic aiming systems and special cues that jump your game two balls..simply by putting it in your hands

is fine.

but an actual well thought out training regimen.. that actually ingrains all the skills needed to play well..

something that really works.. is beating a dead horse??

wow... keep looking for your magic bullet buddy..
 
Sorry that you misunderstood me. I am not a proponent
of any formalized aiming system. I understand that
what you posted is not an aiming system but, as you said ,
is a comprehensive training regimen. And I agree that the
exercises that you propose , if mastered , will improve your game,

I was only trying ,through analogy,to express that you are a
well practiced, lunatic, masochist who practices self flagellation
disguised as an effort to become a good pool player.

So, I think you owe me an apology for misinterpreting my motives
for my previous posting. I am not one seeking a magic bullet to develop
a pool game. I only wanted to say IMNSHO that your nuts if you think that
anybody but yourself would adhere to that regimen that you have concocted.

You do not have to post your apology. I accept it as a given.
 
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12310bch said:
Sorry that you misunderstood me. I am not a proponent
of anyformalized aiming system. I understand that
what you posted is not an aiming system but, as you said ,
is a comprehensive training regimen. And I agree that the exercises that you propose , if mastered , will improve your game,

I was only trying ,through analogy,to express that you are a well practiced, lunatic, masochist who practices self flagellation disguised as an effort to become a good pool player.

So, I think you owe me an apology for misinterpreting my motives for my
previous posting. I am not one seeking a magic bullet to develop a pool game. I only wanted to say IMNSHO that your nuts if you think that anybody but yourself would adhere to that regimen that you have concocted.
You do not have to post your apology. I accept it as a given.
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well its 120 set shots it can be completed in an hour maybe an hour and a half if your not hitting them good that day..

I keep making the mistake that the rest of the forum are people like me who are actually improving at the game.. making real progress.. and hungry for info..

but most are not... most are either already there or not willing to do what it takes to get there..

I'd bet a ton that a huge number of the top players have invented their own workouts.. and either do or did them religiously for a period of years that's why they ARE top players..

the haters can scoff all they like...I'm already better than most of them and will soon be better than all of them..

and I've only been playing 4 years...I've only owned a table for 1 year

P.S. I must really be a crack pot can you believe I actually tape all my practices and review therm LOL how dumb is that!!!:rolleyes:
 
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softshot said:
well its 120 set shots it can be completed in an hour maybe an hour and a half if your not hitting them good that day..

I keep making the mistake that the rest of the forum are people like me who are actually improving at the game.. making real progress.. and hungry for info..

but most are not... most are either already there or not willing to do what it takes to get there..

I'd bet a ton that a huge number of the top players have invented their own workouts.. and either do or did them religiously for a period of years that's why they ARE top players..

the haters can scoff all they like...I'm already better than most of them and will soon be better than all of them..

and I've only been playing 4 years...I've only owned a table for 1 year

P.S. I must really be a crack pot can you believe I actually tape all my practices and review therm LOL how dumb is that!!!:rolleyes:
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I have to agree with you, I consider it a good workout but certainly not long and grueling as another poster stated.
 
you know, I honestlythought you were making it up until I saw the photo. But I can see the tracks worn in the cloth from the drills.

I don't wanna sound like I'm knocking you or the drills, but what you're doing does indeed sound nuts. A full hour of that stuff doesn't sound like much but I've heard very good instructors recommend less. However you do mix it up. I'm not sure how effective it is for you. What have your playing results been since you started doing this?

I think there may be 2 weaknesses here:

1. Barbox - the pocketing drills are much easier with those generous corners and short distances. The extra foot or two from a full sized table would really improve your accuracy I think, especially trying diagonal straight shots.

2. While you hit with every english imaginable, there is no specific position goal. Sounds like you just hit with that english, pocket the ball, and call it good. I think making the cue ball travel a certain positional route and trying to make it land in a certain area (I think the size of a sheet of paper would be fair) is much more effective. Then you must not only make the ball with the chosen english, you must control the speed. You don't always get to sink it at the speed you're comfortable with.
 
CreeDo said:
you know, I honestlythought you were making it up until I saw the photo. But I can see the tracks worn in the cloth from the drills.

I don't wanna sound like I'm knocking you or the drills, but what you're doing does indeed sound nuts. A full hour of that stuff doesn't sound like much but I've heard very good instructors recommend less. However you do mix it up. I'm not sure how effective it is for you. What have your playing results been since you started doing this?

I think there may be 2 weaknesses here:

1. Barbox - the pocketing drills are much easier with those generous corners and short distances. The extra foot or two from a full sized table would really improve your accuracy I think, especially trying diagonal straight shots.

2. While you hit with every english imaginable, there is no specific position goal. Sounds like you just hit with that english, pocket the ball, and call it good. I think making the cue ball travel a certain positional route and trying to make it land in a certain area (I think the size of a sheet of paper would be fair) is much more effective. Then you must not only make the ball with the chosen english, you must control the speed. You don't always get to sink it at the speed you're comfortable with.
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it's really not that bad after you finish the stop shots.. every shot is different. the time flies by for me:)

the goal of this workout isn't to practice specific position routes.. the goal is to be able to properly align and hit accurately with every spin at the most common angles.. and at the most common distances.. and ingrain muscle memory for those strokes and alignments. to the point that it's auto pilot.


my full speed control range is part of a separate workout. as is specific position routes... most days I also pick one of the 99 critical shots and hit it 15 times.. though that's only if I have free time at night..I'm on my 4th trip through the book..

as far as pockets go mine are 4 1/2" and I learned a little trick using two half-dollars to shrink them even further during the cut drills..
 
So with all that, has your game jumped up since you started doing it? And how long have you been at it?
 
CreeDo said:
. What have your playing results been since you started doing this?
.
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I entered my first tourney in a year last Sunday.. box 8 32 players

I cashed.. and a single hill hill miss in the semis kept me out of the finals..

when I played the same tourney with mostly the same guys a year ago.. I went 2 and out..
 
CreeDo said:
So with all that, has your game jumped up since you started doing it? And how long have you been at it?
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this specific workout I've been doing for about 6 months..

prior to that I did the Mother Drills daily since August 08

prior to that I was a complete banger..
 
softshot said:
well its 120 set shots it can be completed in an hour maybe an hour and a half if your not hitting them good that day..

I keep making the mistake that the rest of the forum are people like me who are actually improving at the game.. making real progress.. and hungry for info..

but most are not... most are either already there or not willing to do what it takes to get there..

I'd bet a ton that a huge number of the top players have invented their own workouts.. and either do or did them religiously for a period of years that's why they ARE top players..



and I've only been playing 4 years...I've only owned a table for 1 year

P.S. I must really be a crack pot can you believe I actually tape all my practices and review therm LOL how dumb is that!!!:rolleyes:
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I'll take that as an apology.

You know that you put words into peoples mouths that they didn't intend.
That's what pissed me off . Beating a dead horse would be if I responded. Not your original post. I'm not a hater. I didn't call you a crackpot. I certainly didn't call you dumb. I think you have to be fairly intelligent to
organize your training the way that you do.

BUt let's review that one line of yours that revealed , I think, a great deal about your motivation;

"the haters can scoff all they like...I'm already better than most of them and will soon be better than all of them.."

Wow! That's quite a statement. Why don't you take a break. You're
working way too hard. Good luck in meeting your goals.:outtahere:
 
softshot said:
an apology??

you have insulted me in every post you have made in this thread..

why would I apologize to you??
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I'm just funnin' ya ,Softshot. Don't be so intense. I admire your dedication although I don't agree with your methods. To paraphrase a line in a song, 'I may be right, you may be crazy , but maybe it's a lunatic the world's looking for.'
 
In my opinion,an aspect of talent is finding motivation and being dicsiplined.Nice workout softshot.Keep adapting it and keep pressing on.
 
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