Diamond system practice aid

[tuffstuff07]

Does anyone have a link to somewhere that sells or a link to be able to to make or print your own for practicing using the diamond system?

It's just the white vinyl ones like the kamui diamond slicer or like Tyler styer or sharvari have on there tables.

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[MitchAlsup]

If you understand why the diamonds are positioned back from the nose of the rail by the amount the are, you will understand that you don.t need the geometry templates.

The diamonds are positioned where they are to compensate for the forward (natural) roll of a ball bouncing off the rail.

 

[RickLafayette]

You can make and mark your own system by using pinstriping tape. You can get a roll of white pinstriping tape on Amazon for a couple of bucks. Run a straight line through the diamonds from pocket to pocket. Then cut 1" or 1/2" pieces and place 3 between each pocket, equally spaced.

 

[tuffstuff07]

You can make and mark your own system by using pinstriping tape. You can get a roll of white pinstriping tape on Amazon for a couple of bucks. Run a straight line through the diamonds from pocket to pocket. Then cut 1" or 1/2" pieces and place 3 between each pocket, equally spaced.

OK thank you rick

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[Bob Jewett]

Does anyone have a link to somewhere that sells or a link to be able to to make or print your own for practicing using the diamond system?

It's just the white vinyl ones like the kamui diamond slicer or like Tyler styer or sharvari have on there tables.

I don't think having the "rulers" taped to the table is a good idea. In a match situation, you will not have them. If you are going to use fractional diamonds, part of the learning process is estimating the fractions.

It might be useful to have a single portable "ruler" with tenths of diamonds marked on it. You need a narrow piece of cardboard 12.5 inches long. Mark cross lines or dots every 1.25 inches. Put a coin on the rail at the spot you want to estimate, make your estimate, such as .4 diamonds from the left diamond, and then check your guess (the position of the coin) with the ruler.

If you are not playing on a 9-foot table or would rather use eighths than tenths, your markings/lengths will be different. Eighths are easier to estimate because you can divide the diamond in two three times and find the eighth you want. It's easy to divide a distance in two.

 

[Bob Jewett]

In case you are not handy with a ruler, here is a PDF you can print out, cut and glue together to get four one-diamond rulers in tenths for a 9-foot table. It looks like this:

(The PDF is for American 8.5x11-inch paper. You will have to figure out how to scale it if printing to ISO-sized paper. Scaling can also make it suitable for 8- or 7-foot tables.)

 

[tuffstuff07]

In case you are not handy with a ruler, here is a PDF you can print out, cut and glue together to get four one-diamond rulers in tenths for a 9-foot table. It looks like this:
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(The PDF is for American 8.5x11-inch paper. You will have to figure out how to scale it if printing to ISO-sized paper. Scaling can also make it suitable for 8- or 7-foot tables.)

OK thanks Bob. It is on a 9 foot table. Most of my league or tournaments though are on barboxes

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[Bob Jewett]

OK thanks Bob. It is on a 9 foot table. Most of my league or tournaments though are on barboxes

Bar boxes vary in size. Usually when you print a PDF there is an option to scale the print. You may have to look for it. Either measure and do the arithmetic or try print scaling values around 78% by trial and error.

 

[BC21]

I don't think having the "rulers" taped to the table is a good idea. In a match situation, you will not have them. If you are going to use fractional diamonds, part of the learning process is estimating the fractions.

It might be useful to have a single portable "ruler" with tenths of diamonds marked on it. You need a narrow piece of cardboard 12.5 inches long. Mark cross lines or dots every 1.25 inches. Put a coin on the rail at the spot you want to estimate, make your estimate, such as .4 diamonds from the left diamond, and then check your guess (the position of the coin) with the ruler.

If you are not playing on a 9-foot table or would rather use eighths than tenths, your markings/lengths will be different. Eighths are easier to estimate because you can divide the diamond in two three times and find the eighth you want. It's easy to divide a distance in two.

Beginning violinists mark the fretboard of the violin with colored tape to help them learn where to place their fingers in order to produce a certain note. It's an excellent visual aide that speeds up the process of training your brain to recognize where the notes are. Eventually the tape comes off.

Before that tape idea came out, I'm sure plenty of aspiring violinists learned via the traditional way of just estimating where the fingers should be to produce the notes. The tape, however, has proven to be a more effective and efficient learning method, like a ghostball training template.

It's no different than first learning how to draw. You can spend countless hours practicing and practicing, looking at objects and sketching them over and over until you finally get good at it. Or you can practice by tracing someone else's work and train your brain and body faster. It really is amazing how fast a person can pick up on something when they have a known cheat sheet or blueprint to follow, rather than relying on trial and error or inexperienced estimating.

It's just another way to develop a skill, building the neural networks that allow you to just do it without having to think about how you're doing it.