Do you practice at home?

[TheBook]

Joe, I also focus a lot on Bert's #1 shot on my 9' Brunswick. I have a couple observations and maybe you can give me your response.

1. It looks like he's doing the shot on an 8' with about 5"-5.25" pockets, do you agree?

2. Doing the shot close to the rail like he does causes me to bobble a few due to my 4.5" pockets (need to hit pocket speed yet still stop the cue ball)

It's somewhat difficult on my table, but on an 8 footer with 5" pockets, could do it all day blind folded.

It appears to me as if Bert was demonstrating on a 7 ft bar table. In his latter videos he was using a 9 footer.

 

[sicbinature]

I spend most of my time practicing at home. At least five hours a day, seven days a week. The majority of the time I practice much more than five hours. About the only time I go out and play is for league or to gamble. Just playing for fun, seems to retard my game.

 

[Tim5000]

Why is the Kinister #1 shot considered particularly important as opposed to a stop shot or drawing a few inches?

I agree with Joe. Another reason it's important is because it's right on the rail, and as Bert says, you can't aim at the center of the pocket or else you'll miss. It teaches you to aim at the fat part of the pocket instead of the center.

 

[Aaron_S]

I hope she helped your stroke.
JoeyA

LOL. No comment.