I record myself playing pool...

I record myself playing pool...

  • at home or in public with my smartphone or mobile device.

  • at home or in public with my own camera setup and a personal computer.

  • in public using the venue's pre-fabricated camera setup.

  • never. I would if I had a good reason to. I would use my mobile device.

  • never. I would if I had a good reason to. I would make my own setup with a computer.

  • never, and I probably never will.

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Have recorded practice sessions and lessons. Good way to evaluate stroke and table play. Not that I can break the habit...but I see myself rushing when uncomfortable with a shot... or not holding the back stroke.
 
I have streamed some stuff in public using a phone. I have both streamed and recorded via camcorder/PC/OBS in private rooms.
 
I think recording myself allows me to see my patterns from a different vantage. And of course for reviewing mechanics/stroke.

I’d do it more but find setting up the phone and tripod a tedious process.
 
Choice #2 but I don't use a personal computer. Really no need with some of the streaming devices available, (Mevo, GoPro, etc).
 
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Humble suggestion... Players using devices beyond their phone are rare. I'd suggest developing an app that easily facilitates skin overlays for player name, scoring, etc. Those overlays would be piped through with your content to whatever streaming avenue, (FB, YouTube, etc) you opt to use.

The Mevo phone app does such a thing, but it's a bit visually clunky.

I personally use a GroPro 10. It takes tweaking to avoid overheating and it doesn't provide any overlay functionality, but the horizontal leveling and pic quality is top notch. Not to mention the adjustable frame rate for super slow mo.
 
The_JV said:
Humble suggestion... Players using devices beyond their phone are rare. I'd suggest developing an app that easily facilitates skin overlays for player name, scoring, etc. Those overlays would be piped through with your content to whatever streaming avenue, (FB, YouTube, etc) you opt to use.

The Mevo phone app does such a thing, but it's a bit visually clunky.

I personally use a GroPro 10. It takes tweaking to avoid overheating and it doesn't provide any overlay functionality, but the horizontal leveling and pic quality is top notch. Not to mention the adjustable frame rate for super slow mo.
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I agree with this. I like to use a 4k action camera as well but most of the time just use my smartphone because it is so much easier.
 
My own feelings are that if you have stroke issues- and almost everyone does- recording at least a half hour of practice a few times a week AND reviewing the recordings, will greatly assist in identification of the issues and also assist in monitoring your self improvement progress.

I don't know any other way unless a truly knowledgeable person can observe your game and provide feedback on a very regular basis. Those in the know are usually not going to be a constant coach for free unless it is a best friend or a relative.

Self improvement will require first obtaining the correct knowledge of how everything from table approach to shot completion should actually unfold. There are some good internet videos, and of course Mark Wilson's book - "Play Great Pool" - which I highly recommend as an investment in your pool future coupled with the regular videos and reviews.

I recommend videos where you scatter 6 balls , 1 thru 6 on a 9 foot if available, so that you will be able to let out your stroke a bit and have to move the cue ball a bit further from ball to ball.
 
mikemosconi said:
My own feelings are that if you have stroke issues- and almost everyone does- recording at least a half hour of practice a few times a week AND reviewing the recordings, will greatly assist in identification of the issues and also assist in monitoring your self improvement progress.
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I actually prefer recording match play with a focus on the table rather than personal mechanics. There's no more powerful tool than hindsight. Being able to watch the effects of in game decisions and pattern play after the fact is imo the most powerful aspect of recording one's self.
 
I used to record myself, or have it done when I was taking lessons. Once my fundamentals were solid there was no need to anymore. This might not be the same for everyone, but if I kept trying to tweak my basics I never got past my basics. I have complete confidence in my fundamentals and do not need to revisit them
 
IIRC you were kinda a dick the other day but all is forgiven. (If not you, then someone else with the same avatar) lol Seriously though, all good.
Written expression has its limitations.

First off, you'd be better served if more than one answer was an option.

My story:

Previously, I was stealing footage (mainly just BNRs strung together) off security camera. For my own enjoyment mostly. The video wasn't professional quality by any means, but it was good enough. A garage remodel and change of security has since removed said camera.
I very much appreciated the fact that it was always on, yet out of mind. I didn't think about it. I wanna shoot, I pickup my cue and shoot. Something cool happens, like a particular shot, or crazy run, I say, "I'm grabbing that." Then I note the time, so I know where to look (I learned this quickly).

Currently I would use a cell phone for video. That is, if I *needed* to record something. Keyword "needed".

In the near future. For as much as I liked having video available via the security camera, I have no desire whatsoever to rig my phone. Not to mention, tie-up my communication. No thanks. Most of my sessions start because was I just passively hitting balls anyway. Before long, an hour (or multiple hours) has gone by. Other times, sessions are broken-up in numerous 15, 20, 30-minute intervals. This is just how I roll. As often as I pickup a cue, which is a lot, set-up and takedown would consume half my life. Talk about turning an enjoyable pastime into a chore!
Eventually I'm installing fixed cameras on the table (plural), like go-pros or something. The key is easy turn-on/off, so I will also be looking into motion detection, a la the security camera. PC compatible is also important.
 
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I suggest taping youself from behind shooting a straight in shot because it shows your cue's horizontal unwanted movement.
 
I did the video thing one time years ago, only mentioning it because it turned out funny. I had a 10 ft Victor snooker table that a local pool room gave me to get it out of their storage. I put it in my garage and and put it up with new simonis and became an American Snooker player, at home anyway. Well long story short, I can only bring myself to play so much snooker, especially mostly by myself, so I broke out my old set of centenials and started playing pool on it. Now the 3 3/16 pockets were tight with the 2 1/8 snooker balls, the 2 1/4 centenials made it that much more fun right? So one night I'm shooting balls around and got to thing, ya know, pocket size shouldn't matter so much if yo hit center pocket, depending on angle to the pocket of course, so I tried an experiment, I put 15 of the centenials out in the middle away from the rails on all the diamond intersections and set up my phone for a descent static view of the table, and took cue ball in hand. So I guess the point was to see if I could see something I was doing that caused me to miss some of the shots, not naive enough to blame tight pockets on all of the misses. So anyway, I take off shooting, ball in hand, easiest shot I can reach on a 10 ft table pretty much and just shoot. Well SOB, I made all 15 balls, and on video,,,,,,,,,, I took the phone down and saved the video to my FB page, cause I was proud I guess,,,,,,,,, but I never video taped any of my play again. Honestly probably never ran more than 8 or 10 balls on that table again. Finally sold it and bought a 9 ft diamond.
 
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