Great lesson with Ralph Eckert

Hey. Very nice post I must say, can't wait to try it out myself. Just one question (or two).
On these drills, is the cue ball positioned 1 diamond or 2 away from the rail? And on the follow drill there must be some angle to bounce of the rail, so it's not a straight in shot as the others right?
 
Muppe said:
Hey. Very nice post I must say, can't wait to try it out myself. Just one question (or two).
On these drills, is the cue ball positioned 1 diamond or 2 away from the rail? And on the follow drill there must be some angle to bounce of the rail, so it's not a straight in shot as the others right?
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Thanks! I believe I did the speed drills with the cue ball on the headstring (2 diamonds away from the rail).
That made the shot pretty easy. But for the very first test drill (where he just checked mechanics and
had me try to do perfect stop shots) I was further away, just 1 diamond from the headstring.

And yes, small angle where necessary to avoid scratch. He wasn't picky about the angle I chose.
But he did correct me when I lined up a straight in shot and I wasn't set up exactly straight in.
 
I remember that lesson!

Hey Creedo!

Good to hear your basement lesson went well. I knew it would. A great lesson can always get you excited about pool again.

Andy
 
alinco said:
Hey Creedo!

Good to hear your basement lesson went well. I knew it would. A great lesson can always get you excited about pool again.

Andy
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Thanks! That's a great basement room, the perfect spot for it.
I appreciate your hospitality. I really enjoyed meeting Ralph and watching
him and Toasty shoot in the tournament.
 
CreeDo said:
Thanks! I believe I did the speed drills with the cue ball on the headstring (2 diamonds away from the rail).
That made the shot pretty easy. But for the very first test drill (where he just checked mechanics and
had me try to do perfect stop shots) I was further away, just 1 diamond from the headstring.

And yes, small angle where necessary to avoid scratch. He wasn't picky about the angle I chose.
But he did correct me when I lined up a straight in shot and I wasn't set up exactly straight in.
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Okey! I tried the exercise yesterday with the cue ball always one diamond away. The only positions I really struggled with were the last two draw shots, but the follow went really good. Just have to make a more pure hit on my cue ball and not get to tense.
The other exercises were tough with the stop shot etc. Don't be sloppy with the aim to start with... ;) But it felt like I learned a lot!
 
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