dquarasr
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(Yes, I searched but got so many irrelevant hits it was fairly useless.)
There are so many videos and books that suggest drills. Does anyone know of a comprehensive list of drills, a central place to go to work on specific topics?
If not, perhaps we can start one here? What do you all think? If it is successful, maybe we can make it a sticky. (Would it might be better on the Instructions sub-forum?)
What I would like to see is:
Title: (short descriptive title)
Description: (brief description)
Set Up: (how to set up the balls on the table). Ideally, this would be accompanied by an image such as chalkysticks drawing.
Continuation (Y/N): Y/N
Why This Drill: (this one is important - what does this drill teach, what is its main purpose and why do I need it?)
Target Result: (what should happen?)
Variations: (describe variations and what each variation teaches)
Attribution: (Optional, if known)
Examples:
Title: Mighty X
Description: Straight-in diagonal shot
Set Up: CB on 2,1 diamond, OB on opposite diagonally 2,1 diamond
Continuation (Y/N): Can be but traditionally is not
Why This Drill: Teaches perfectly straight cueing. Ensures alignment, vision centering, aiming, speed control, tip placement, etc. Great for honing fundamentals.
Target Result: pocket the OB with zero movement of the CB after contact with the OB
Variations: 1 - Stop shot, no movement of the CB; 2 - Follow directly into the same pocket as the OB; 3 - Draw directly into the opposite pocket as the OB.
Attribution: Bert Kinister
Title: Speed Control
Description: progressively send balls *just* a bit farther than the previous shot
Set Up: line up a number of balls (say, 10) across the first diamond off the foot string
Continuation (Y/N): N
Why This Drill: to learn shot speed control
Target Result: first ball shot stops 1/2 diamond from starting position; second ball stops just past first shot, ideally within a 1/2 diamond of the previous ball; third shot stops just past previous shot; and so on
Variations: 1 - balls shot land *just* past the previous shot; 2 - balls land *exactly* 1/2 diamond farther than the previous shot; 3 - Advanced: shoot each ball off the far cushion and have each subsequent ball land just past the previous ball
Attribution: I believe I first saw this suggested by Bob Jewett but I could be wrong
Standard Variation:
There are so many videos and books that suggest drills. Does anyone know of a comprehensive list of drills, a central place to go to work on specific topics?
If not, perhaps we can start one here? What do you all think? If it is successful, maybe we can make it a sticky. (Would it might be better on the Instructions sub-forum?)
What I would like to see is:
Title: (short descriptive title)
Description: (brief description)
Set Up: (how to set up the balls on the table). Ideally, this would be accompanied by an image such as chalkysticks drawing.
Continuation (Y/N): Y/N
Why This Drill: (this one is important - what does this drill teach, what is its main purpose and why do I need it?)
Target Result: (what should happen?)
Variations: (describe variations and what each variation teaches)
Attribution: (Optional, if known)
Examples:
Title: Mighty X
Description: Straight-in diagonal shot
Set Up: CB on 2,1 diamond, OB on opposite diagonally 2,1 diamond
Continuation (Y/N): Can be but traditionally is not
Why This Drill: Teaches perfectly straight cueing. Ensures alignment, vision centering, aiming, speed control, tip placement, etc. Great for honing fundamentals.
Target Result: pocket the OB with zero movement of the CB after contact with the OB
Variations: 1 - Stop shot, no movement of the CB; 2 - Follow directly into the same pocket as the OB; 3 - Draw directly into the opposite pocket as the OB.
Attribution: Bert Kinister
Title: Speed Control
Description: progressively send balls *just* a bit farther than the previous shot
Set Up: line up a number of balls (say, 10) across the first diamond off the foot string
Continuation (Y/N): N
Why This Drill: to learn shot speed control
Target Result: first ball shot stops 1/2 diamond from starting position; second ball stops just past first shot, ideally within a 1/2 diamond of the previous ball; third shot stops just past previous shot; and so on
Variations: 1 - balls shot land *just* past the previous shot; 2 - balls land *exactly* 1/2 diamond farther than the previous shot; 3 - Advanced: shoot each ball off the far cushion and have each subsequent ball land just past the previous ball
Attribution: I believe I first saw this suggested by Bob Jewett but I could be wrong
Standard Variation:
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