Best drill/workout dvd?

[Pugh]

I am looking for a couple good workout videos. I know Bert Kinister has a few 60 minute workout videos, but which ones would you recommend.

I play by myself and get sick of just playing games all the time.

 

[~jj~]

I highly recommend "Guaranteed Improvement" workbook and dvd by Joe Tucker. There are 10 drills and 10 specialty shots that are what I would consider essential to a good foundation.

also, if you are getting bored, check out Fargo by Mike Page:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHj6KUw8xzE

 

[Blackjack]

16 Steps

by Grady Mathews

http://www.gradymathews.com/

MORE GRADY DVD"S AND VIDEOS

Priceless knowledge from a tried and true legend of the game.

 

[rogerb]

I second the joe tucker workbook, great products, great price.

 

[mr8ball]

I like the pro book by Bob Henning, Perfect 8 & 9 ball by Mike Siegle. You can really learn a lot from these videos. I also like Joe Tucker's things. He has put a lot of effort in trying to help pool players. To get good this game takes a lot of that. (Work) Good luck, Doug

 

[Bob Jewett]

I am looking for a couple good workout videos. ... I play by myself and get sick of just playing games all the time.

From a previous post:

Below are the contents of Byrne's "Power Pool Workout." Many of the drills have to do with speed. I think one of the best is Mosconi's "Ring Around the Side" drill which teaches both speed and speed to match the angle. You can get the tape version for as little as $10 and there is a DVD version available.

Contents of Byrne's "Power Pool Workout" (not entirely in order)

As drills:
checking basic follow through with center and side
the "over the spots" drill
kicking cross side with precise spin
straight in shot with tape on the table, then w/o tape
cut shot along the short rail as progressive practice (PP)
cut shot off the spot as PP
two cuts and a bank shot as PP
cross side bank as PP
multi-speed lags (1-2-3-4 rails)
jawed object ball, get to center, then to end of table, each two ways
follow to end rail, then to targets as PP
stop shot as PP
stop with an angle
"stun run through" as PP, also safety demo
draw drill as PP, draw distance as the variable
Mosconi's "ring around the side" as PP with increasing balls
The ten-shot position drill from Byrne's "SBoP&B"
DelaVeau's "15-ball soft shot" drill (in a 3x5 grid to start)

Also in the tape:
misc suggestions
intro to PP
Bank w/english demo
Bank w/follow demo
max draw/follow demo -- stripe w/chalk spot ala Shepard and Onoda
Elephant training balls demo
line up pool (old but interesting game) demo
demo of the "hooked" game

 

[desert1pocket]

Of the ones I've seen, I like this one from Glenn Bond the best by far-http://marketplace.azbilliards.com/store/product.php?productid=17352&cat=342&page=2

 

[okinawa77]

Pro Skill Drills

I am looking for a couple good workout videos. I know Bert Kinister has a few 60 minute workout videos, but which ones would you recommend.

I play by myself and get sick of just playing games all the time.

I just recently got the Pro Skills Drills set, and it has a lot of drills.

-Mathew Lee Pugh

 

[Korbi21]

Hi there.
Have you guys ever heard of the Playing Ability Test including some DVDs?

The exercises and drills are explained by two of europeans best pool trainers Ralph Eckert and Andreas Huber and performed by world champion Thorsten Hohmann. There are 3 different levels of exercises, so everybody from hobby-player to world-champion can improve his game with them.

It's available in German and English, but the only US shop that sells those DVDs I know is Thorsten's eBay-Shop and the shop linked on at the PAT-homepage (lithoshop), just search for: http://search.ebay.com/search/searc...d=m37&satitle=playing+ability+test&category0=.

More information also on www.pat-billiard.com !

Greets,

 

[billiardmouse]

if you are interested in the PAT system (playing ability test), which is also available on dvd, have a look on www.billiardliterature.com. there you can download a free 3-days-trail of the books. i recommend that to everyone who is not yet familiar with PAT, because that will give you an impression of what it is all about. it helped me a lot!

i also found a good offer of the dvd's on ebay, especially if you like to order them in a bundle http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120278709213&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=002 . you can buy them seperatly on http://www.lithoshop.eu/index.php?language=en&cat=c17_DVD-Videos--English-.html . bought there myself, good service, low shipping costs, shippment worlwide.

hope that helps :smile:

 

[Luxury]

I have been having a blast playing sets against the ghost but that fargo game looks interesting and I will be playing that to see what my rating is.