Big Thanks To Mosconiac For An Amazing Drill

midwest__player

midwest__player

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I was on here looking for different drills to improve my game. Then mosconiac told me about a drill Jon Kucharo showed him. Simple drill just starting out with a comfortable number of balls rack em up and take ball in hand after break run out in order each time u run out add another ball. Not sure if the drill has a name but makes playing by myself challenging and works for every level of player thanks a lot mark.

Forgot one of the biggest parts of the drill if u dont run it then u take one ball down.And if u make any balls on the break spot em up makes it a lot more challenging
 
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I use this when I teach, I start with 3. The nice thing is if you incorpotate this in all your practice sessions you can judge improvment.

One of the most important things in this drill is since you will be breaking a lot you may as well work on your break and not just step up and hit them.

Good luck!
 
great drill

I've been using this basic method for a while now. It is a lot more rewarding that trying to run the full rack of 9 (or 15) right from the start plus you can gauge your progress.

Something I have been doing lately is practice the break. Irack the full 9-ball rack, break them as I would in a match, then remove the higher numbered balls from the table to achieve the number I am shooting (practicing) for...if your practice number is 5, after you break the full rack, remove the 6-9 balls and leave the 1-5 (spotting any 1-5 that might go on the break). This incorporates a break into each practice game that you play (the break seems to be one of the most important shots in 9-ball...try winning a set without making a ball on your breaks).


L8R...Ken
 
This sounds a lot like a drill/game I invented. I found a post I started in January last year. Didn't seem to fly though. HERE's the link.

tjlmbklr said:
If there are players on this forum that suffer from the same issue(s) I do. Lack of real table time. Then listen up. What I mean by table time is real opponents. I hate practice it's boring and redundant at times. So instead of the typical repetitious drills over and over I like the Ghost type drills that require you to beat the imaginary person or yourself for that matter.

One drill/game I am sure all us have heard of is the 10ball one where you rack the balls break and count how many balls you make before you miss. Then add up 10 racks and the total is compared to a chart that puts you in a different ranked category. That is a fun one but I decided to up the anti. I haven't picked a name for it yet but for now "Consecutive 10 Ball Rotation" will work.

The rules go as follows:

The goal is to get a perfect score of 8 points.

You start out racking 3 ball (rotation, ball in hand after break) If you run them you do 4 ball and so on and so forth

Each round is 1 point, a failed rack or ran rack a point.

If you were to do a perfect 8 points you would have never missed till you ran a rack of 10 ball. (3ball, 4ball, 5ball, 6ball...etc, etc.)

When you miss you go back 1 ball down, miss again go down again. Remember every turn is a point. You only can go back as far as the 3 balls again. So in theroy you could end up with 50 points if you are that determined to keep shooting and missing.

This is a rough draft I thought of last night with about 5 Coronas aiding in my decision.

Let me know what you think. It would be cool to get people to try this and see how many AZer's can knock out 8 points right away. And it would also be cool to see peolple post videos of them trying it too.

TJ
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SKUNKBOY said:
I've been using this basic method for a while now. It is a lot more rewarding that trying to run the full rack of 9 (or 15) right from the start plus you can gauge your progress.

Something I have been doing lately is practice the break. Irack the full 9-ball rack, break them as I would in a match, then remove the higher numbered balls from the table to achieve the number I am shooting (practicing) for...if your practice number is 5, after you break the full rack, remove the 6-9 balls and leave the 1-5 (spotting any 1-5 that might go on the break). This incorporates a break into each practice game that you play (the break seems to be one of the most important shots in 9-ball...try winning a set without making a ball on your breaks).


L8R...Ken
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I do this as well but when I remove the 4 balls, if I am going for a 5 ball runout, then I remove the first 4 balls and leave the last 5 because it just gives you practice running out through the 9 and shooting the money ball. Just a thought.
 
I was happy to show it to you. I know you are focused on improving and I thought this tool would help.

As you can see this is not a new idea, just a good one that needs to be passed on. The others have given you & I some good ideas for tweaking the game.

I really like Ken's break idea (break a full rack & remove balls not needed), which gives you some break practice while you are at it.
 
midwest__player said:
I was on here looking for different drills to improve my game. Then mosconiac told me about a drill Jon Kucharo showed him. Simple drill just starting out with a comfortable number of balls rack em up and take ball in hand after break run out in order each time u run out add another ball. Not sure if the drill has a name but makes playing by myself challenging and works for every level of player thanks a lot mark.

Forgot one of the biggest parts of the drill if u dont run it then u take one ball down.And if u make any balls on the break spot em up makes it a lot more challenging
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This is a well known practice (usually called "progressive rotation"), and a very good one because as you add and subtract balls a running score of your "average run length" is automatically kept without the need to write anything down. One of the most important aspects of good practice is to keep track of your progress, and this makes that automatic.

pj
chgo
 
BigCat, aka Ray Robles, aka my mentor showed me this drill a while back. Instead of breaking them I just throw them out on the table and run em though. It's a great drill.

BVal
 
Little Al showed this one to me a long time ago, but he also said to throw them out random too... as in: If you are throwing out 7 balls, don't let them be the same 7 you have been running.. change it up every rack, Like
10,8,7,6,5,3,2, and if you don't run them, then it's 10,9,6,5,3,1.... different.
 
mosconiac said:
I really like Ken's break idea (break a full rack & remove balls not needed), which gives you some break practice while you are at it.
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I second that! You can never get enough break practicing.
 
ive never heard of breaking all 9 and removing however many to get to the total you are trying to run. sounds very good and i will be trying this, thanks.
 
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