Ghost practice using Projection Pro Billiards projector

[iusedtoberich]

These are my attempts at the entire complete set, after having practiced each individual rack for about 1.5 to 3 hours each. Not too much difference from the very first attempt a couple weeks back on post 1 where I lost 1-7. This was a tremendous amount of work to do. I probably played about 20 hours of these 8 racks. I haven't played this much pool in a long time.

I'm not sure how much, if any I improved. As I said on the last post, counting racks might be too big of steps for my speed, and counting individual balls pocketed might tell a different picture.

My goal with this was to "learn" shots and patterns, buy shooting the same layout over and over and over. I will go back to the regular ghost (non-repeating) for the next few sessions, and see if I recognize any shots or patterns that come up due to these 8 racks.

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Complete set, Post practice, Set 1, Lose 2-6 (3 min long) Video
Complete set, Post practice, Set 2, Lose 1-7 (3 min long) Video
Complete set, Post practice, Set 3, Lose 1-7 (2 min long) Video
Complete set, Post practice, Set 4, Lose 2-6 (3 min long) Video
Complete set, Post practice, Set 5, Tie 4-4 (3 min long) Video

 

[DecentShot]

I played a "bad" set to 7 with the 9 ball ghost. Lost 1-7. But, I marked the balls of each rack with the projection pro billiards projector before shooting.

Now, I'm going to try each rack repeatedly to see if I can figure out the best way to run each rack. When done, I'll try the original race again to see if I do any better than losing 1-7

Videos below. All are sped up for easy viewing.

Original set (1-7 L): Video

Practicing racks 1 and 2. Each rack I played 2 separate races to 7. Video
Rack 1, set 1, L 3-7
Rack 1, set 2, L 1-7
Rack 2, set 1, W 7-6
Rack 2, set 2, L 6-7

Rack 3, Set 1, L 2-7 (3 min long) Video
Rack 3, Set 2, L 2-7 (3 min long) Video
Rack 4, Set 1, Lose 0-7 (1 min long) Video
Rack 4, Set 2, Lose 0-7 (1 min long) Video
Rack 5, Set 1, Lose 2-7 (3 min long) Video
Rack 5, Set 2, Lose 1-7 (2 min long) Video

Rack 6, Practice session 1 (3 min long) Video
Rack 6, Set 1, Lose 6-7 (5 min long) (some good banks in this one) Video
Rack 6, Practice session 2 (2 min long) (3 to 5 practice) Video
Rack 6, Set 2, Lose 5-7 (4 min long) Video

Rack 7, Practice session 1 (4 min long) Video
Rack 7, Set 1, Lose 0-7 (1 min long) Video
Rack 7, Set 2, Lose 0-7 (2 min long) Video
Rack 7, Practice session 2 (2 min long) Video
Rack 7, Set 3, Win 7-3 (4 min long) Video

Rack 8, Practice session 1 (6 min long) Video
Rack 8, Set 1, Lose 1-7 (2 min long) Video
Rack 8, Set 2, Lose 1-7 (2 min long) Video
Rack 8, Practice session 2 (1 min long) Video
Rack 8, Set 3, Lose 3-7 (3 min long) Video
Rack 8, Set 4, Lose 1-7 (2 min long) Video

Complete set, Post practice, Set 1, Lose 2-6 (3 min long) Video
Complete set, Post practice, Set 2, Lose 1-7 (3 min long) Video
Complete set, Post practice, Set 3, Lose 1-7 (2 min long) Video
Complete set, Post practice, Set 4, Lose 2-6 (3 min long) Video
Complete set, Post practice, Set 5, Tie 4-4 (3 min long) Video

This is pretty cool. I'll give this a try. I will have to make seven drawings, but no big deal.

 

[trinacria]

ray martin 99 critical shots. and every book after that. this dude has a computerized table. Ide be giving SVB a run for his money if I had this set up.

 

[iusedtoberich]

I haven't touched the projector since this thread ended a few months back. I'm going to try the ghost set from this thread again and report back. I've been hitting them really good the past few days. I want to see if I can improve my prior scores here. Good luck to me.

 

[iusedtoberich]

I got in 3 sets. My scores are definitely better than the first 3 sets from the end of my whole idea on this method in Feb. I definitely had more confidence striking the ball. I'll play more sets tomorrow.

Complete set, try 1. Score lose 2-6
Complete set, try 2. Score lose 2-6
Complete set, try 3. Score tie 4-4

Combined 3 sets: Lose 8-16

Combined same 3 sets in Feb: Lose 4-20

Interesting, I remembered every single layout, and every single pattern that I had previously found to be best for me.

 

[fastone371]

I got in 3 sets. My scores are definitely better than the first 3 sets from the end of my whole idea on this method in Feb. I definitely had more confidence striking the ball. I'll play more sets tomorrow.

Complete set, try 1. Score lose 2-6
Complete set, try 2. Score lose 2-6
Complete set, try 3. Score tie 4-4

Combined 3 sets: Lose 8-16

Combined same 3 sets in Feb: Lose 4-20

Interesting, I remembered every single layout, and every single pattern that I had previously found to be best for me.

Video or it didnt happen. (not my saying, I just see others saying it)

 

[iusedtoberich]

Complete set, try 4. Score lose 2-6
Complete set, try 5. Score lose 1-7

Combined 5 sets in Feb: Lose 10-30
Combined 5 sets in July: Lose 11-29.

Ugh...

 

[iusedtoberich]

Try again another 5 sets:

July 10, Complete set 1, Tie 4-4
July 10, Complete set 2, Lose 1-7
July 10, Complete set 3, Lose 2-6
July 10, Complete set 4, Lose 1-7
July 10, Complete set 5, Lose 1-7

Total score for July 10: Lose 9-31

 

[7stud]

What about trying to sink both the 2 and 5 in the top right corner pocket, then the 6 in the bottom right corner pocket?

 

[iusedtoberich]

What about trying to sink both the 2 and 5 in the top right corner pocket, then the 6 in the bottom right corner pocket?

Can you let me know which rack you are referring to? Or put a time stamp on one of the videos? Thanks.

 

[7stud]

Can you let me know which rack you are referring to? Or put a time stamp on one of the videos? Thanks.

Sorry. The setup at the start of this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EfRsaxlXIY

There's a note that says "Rack 6 Practice" pasted on one of the rails.

 

[iusedtoberich]

Sorry. The setup at the start of this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EfRsaxlXIY

There's a note that says "Rack 6 Practice" pasted on one of the rails.

Good idea. I think a few of the racks did play out that way.