BILLIARD GODS Blog: Straight-in Shots (Intermediate) - 1 of 3

[allanpsand]

Howdy Folks, I've established a new Billiard Gods Blog at www.billiardgods.com

This is one of the posts from the SHOOTOUT CHALLENGE blog. For those who think this is too easy, there is an Advanced set of three Challenge Shootouts that you can check out on the blog. Have fun!

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This is the SIS (Intermediate level) Test Group, #1 of 3 (part of the Straight-in Shots group) from the Billiards Skills Competition Training Program book.

To score yourself (or when challenging your friends), see the Instructions below.

PURPOSE: Setup and shoot the layout three (or 5) times and record your score (see below). Ask a buddy (or several) to shoot the same shot. Compare scores. Pay the pot to the winner.

INSTRUCTIONS

1) Buy a package of those little paper reinforcement rings (for binder paper) at any office supply section of any large store (i.e., Staples, Walmart, Target, etc.). These are also known as “donuts”.
2) Print out the Challenge Shootout table layout you want to try.
3) According to the table layout, put down the donuts on the practice table.
4) Set up the balls and start shooting. On a notepad, track your shots and scores.

SCORING

Version 1 (3 shots per inning)

1 success in three = 1 point
2 successes in three = 2 points
3 successes in three = 5 points

Version 2 (5 shots per inning)

1 success in five = 1 point
2 successes in five = 2 points
3 successes in five = 4 points
4 successes in five = 6 points
5 successes in five = 10 points.

Challenge your buddies

Besides checking out your personal skills with the layout, get a few buddies together and put some money on the shooting and scoring results – say, 25 cents per turn per person, with the pot going to the first person to get a perfect 10 points.

Or there can be a round robin of, say, five innings. Everyone shoots an inning, marks their score, and then repeats five times. Person with the highest score gets the pot.

(You can also handicap this – i.e., a beginner might begin with 20 points, an intermediate with 10 points, and a good player at 0.)

These table layouts can be played on any size table.

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You can read more billiard blog posts at www.billiardgods.com

There are three Billiards Blogs:
- "Good to Know" Pool Stuff - the culture of pool
- Drills & Exercises - the hard part of pool
- Challenge Shootouts - the "who is better" part of pool

 

[SpiderWebComm]

Unless I missed something, your post implies you're supposed to just make the OB. If that's the case, someone can do that a billion times in a row.

If you're supposed to replace the OB and have the CB sit on the donut, that's a lot harder. I've never really done that at such a close range, but I think it'd be easy to adjust.

 

[allanpsand]

For excellent shooters this might be easy. This is the first of three setups for Intermediate level players.

There is an Advanced set of three on the blog. Check those out.

 

[SpiderWebComm]

I misread your diagram -- Where the CB ends up -- I thought that's where it started. My bad.

 

[allanpsand]

I misread your diagram -- Where the CB ends up -- I thought that's where it started. My bad.

You actually looked at it correctly. The cue ball and OB start at those positions. The purpose is to shoot the same shot several times and score yourself. There is a three shot and a five shot inning.

In this setup, all that is required is to pocket the OB. Doesn't matter where the CB goes.

If you are bringing along a newer player, you can set up this shot as a determination of consistency. You can go to the Billiard Gods blog and take a look at the next two setups for this set of tests.

 

[peteypooldude]

You actually looked at it correctly. The cue ball and OB start at those positions. The purpose is to shoot the same shot several times and score yourself. There is a three shot and a five shot inning.

In this setup, all that is required is to pocket the OB. Doesn't matter where the CB goes.

If you are bringing along a newer player, you can set up this shot as a determination of consistency. You can go to the Billiard Gods blog and take a look at the next two setups for this set of tests.

I guess there's people who would find it challenging but I guess it depends on the milk crate used for them to stand on