Anybody know any effective drills?
Drills for 3 cushion?
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Have a look at "Basics" by Andreas Efler
Have a look at "Basics" by Andreas Efler from Carombooks, an interactive ebook for iPad. It is not specific for 3 cushion, but really helps to improve your skills. More info on our website or download the demo in the iBookstore. If you don't own an iPad, he can send you the printed version.
Daniel Zimmermann
Carombooks
Have a look at "Basics" by Andreas Efler from Carombooks, an interactive ebook for iPad. It is not specific for 3 cushion, but really helps to improve your skills. More info on our website or download the demo in the iBookstore. If you don't own an iPad, he can send you the printed version.
Daniel Zimmermann
Carombooks
Eflers has a speed control dirll. Example is on the Carombooks web site. Not sure if the speed "drill up and down the long rail" is in the book but that's a good one too. Hit the ball so it stops in defined areas. Start with 2 diamond quadrants then graduate to 1 diamond.
Practice the most basic shots. Mark the positions to be sure you're shooting the same shot every time. Then go to the hybrids of these basics.
Practice tip placement and study the effect. Shoot across the short rail and determine where your tip must be to come back one diamond from the starting point then 2 diamonds and three. Now that you're calibrated go back to basic shots and study the effects of your tip placement per a given hit. Start with half ball hit and all tip placements. Pay attention.
Now divide the long rail into thirds and and go to basics and tip placements within each third of the table. Don't forget the short rail.
Do the up and down, back to the tip drill. Helps with many aspects of stroke, aim and of course knowing center ball.
Drill on feathering the ball at all distances.
After that practice the shots you consistantly miss. Again mark the table.
Last but not least study some of the major systems and master them. Divide the table, tip placement, hit variances. Whether you want to use systems or not there nice to know. Its a double check on instinct.
This ought to keep you busy for about 40 or 50 years.
Practice the most basic shots. Mark the positions to be sure you're shooting the same shot every time. Then go to the hybrids of these basics.
Practice tip placement and study the effect. Shoot across the short rail and determine where your tip must be to come back one diamond from the starting point then 2 diamonds and three. Now that you're calibrated go back to basic shots and study the effects of your tip placement per a given hit. Start with half ball hit and all tip placements. Pay attention.
Now divide the long rail into thirds and and go to basics and tip placements within each third of the table. Don't forget the short rail.
Do the up and down, back to the tip drill. Helps with many aspects of stroke, aim and of course knowing center ball.
Drill on feathering the ball at all distances.
After that practice the shots you consistantly miss. Again mark the table.
Last but not least study some of the major systems and master them. Divide the table, tip placement, hit variances. Whether you want to use systems or not there nice to know. Its a double check on instinct.
This ought to keep you busy for about 40 or 50 years.
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Efler drills
Not sure if the speed "drill up and down the long rail" is in the book but that's a good one too
This drill and many more are all in the mentioned ebook. Here is the description:
CAROM BILLIARDS - BASICS
40 Exercises and Training Games
Each position with diagram and video
Speed Control
Controlling the English
Draw Shots
Follow Shots
Dead Ball shots, combined with Speed Control
Hitting B 2
Playing with Rails
Controlling the Cueing Height
Training Games
The basics training program is not only a useful guide for beginners into the fascinating world of carom billiards but also advanced players can improve and control their technique. The effects are systematically tought - separately as well as in combination - by means of exercises. A collection of training games guarantees lots of fun. The results of the exercises can be recorded and saved in a special database. This makes it easy for you to measure your progress!
Not sure if the speed "drill up and down the long rail" is in the book but that's a good one too
This drill and many more are all in the mentioned ebook. Here is the description:
CAROM BILLIARDS - BASICS
40 Exercises and Training Games
Each position with diagram and video
Speed Control
Controlling the English
Draw Shots
Follow Shots
Dead Ball shots, combined with Speed Control
Hitting B 2
Playing with Rails
Controlling the Cueing Height
Training Games
The basics training program is not only a useful guide for beginners into the fascinating world of carom billiards but also advanced players can improve and control their technique. The effects are systematically tought - separately as well as in combination - by means of exercises. A collection of training games guarantees lots of fun. The results of the exercises can be recorded and saved in a special database. This makes it easy for you to measure your progress!
Thank you Carombooks for forcing me to buy this book. I just spent 3 minutes previewing and it's EXCELLENT!!!
Purchased Big Books a few days ago even though I have the printed copy. The vids are a massive enhancement.
BTW Carombooks forced my hand in buying an Ipad. Please hurry up and translate the remainder of your library..
Purchased Big Books a few days ago even though I have the printed copy. The vids are a massive enhancement.
BTW Carombooks forced my hand in buying an Ipad. Please hurry up and translate the remainder of your library..
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Hi 3kushn
I showed your post to Andreas Efler, he was very pleased. We will very soon publish the english version of Laurent Guenet's book for beginners and Xavier Gretillat's "gather shots". There is also a fantastic new 3 cushion book by Andreas Efler in the pipeline, but this might take quite a while, "Big Points" was an awful lot of work...
Daniel Zimmermann
Carombooks
I showed your post to Andreas Efler, he was very pleased. We will very soon publish the english version of Laurent Guenet's book for beginners and Xavier Gretillat's "gather shots". There is also a fantastic new 3 cushion book by Andreas Efler in the pipeline, but this might take quite a while, "Big Points" was an awful lot of work...
Daniel Zimmermann
Carombooks