Do you get frustrated doing this before a tourney to warm up or do you normally not have to start over like I would have to a lot, lol.
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Do you get frustrated doing this before a tourney to warm up or do you normally not have to start over like I would have to a lot, lol.
I shoot 15 straight in shots, practicing stop, follow, and draw.
I freeze 8 balls to the rail around the end and cut each one, preferably from a sharp angle.
And if I have the time, I line all balls down the center of the table and try to keep the cue ball on one side of the table. OR try to leave the cue ball on the other side of the table.
Hi Trigger!! :wave3:
I freeze 8 balls to the rail around the end and cut each one, preferably from a sharp angle.
And if I have the time, I line all balls down the center of the table and try to keep the cue ball on one side of the table. OR try to leave the cue ball on the other side of the table.
Hi Trigger!! :wave3:
I watched a road player warm up many years ago and was quite impressed. He not only checked his stroke, by the time he was done he also had the table speed down pretty well. Here is what he did. He walked into the hall and asked if anyone wanted to play 9-Ball for $50.00 a game. There were probably 25 guys in the room and he would take on anyone who wanted to play after he warmed up. It took him about five minutes to get in stroke and learn the table.
1. Placed the OB a foot or so in front of the foot spot.
2. Set the CB behind the foot spot about 1 foot and three inches to the right or so.
3. Cut the OB to the top left corner and positioned the CB on the foot rail in the center of the table.
4. Make this shot three or four times changing distances with out much attention to where he was placing the balls except in the same general area.
5. Re-set and make it to the opposite corner.
6. Change up and use follow to position the CB at various places on the table.
7. I think (not sure) that he played a couple of cross side banks at the end of the warm up.
After this the road player started a 9-Ball session with a local for $50.00 a game. After he ran six tables the other guy got to shoot.
The road player walked away with $600.00 or so for a short session. I think the local guy might have won one or two games. They quit when the local ran out of money.
1. Placed the OB a foot or so in front of the foot spot.
2. Set the CB behind the foot spot about 1 foot and three inches to the right or so.
3. Cut the OB to the top left corner and positioned the CB on the foot rail in the center of the table.
4. Make this shot three or four times changing distances with out much attention to where he was placing the balls except in the same general area.
5. Re-set and make it to the opposite corner.
6. Change up and use follow to position the CB at various places on the table.
7. I think (not sure) that he played a couple of cross side banks at the end of the warm up.
After this the road player started a 9-Ball session with a local for $50.00 a game. After he ran six tables the other guy got to shoot.
The road player walked away with $600.00 or so for a short session. I think the local guy might have won one or two games. They quit when the local ran out of money.
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I test the rails with a few "dead" kickshots (1,2,3,4, and 5 rail shots), and play a couple games of rotation. Play safe and kick alot early in the games, play a couple combos to open up the table, and usaully after the 6 or 7 ball the table is layed out to get into a runout rhythm.
I don't play on the best conditions for league so I have to find how each rail plays and if the table rolls off anywhere. The multiple rail kicks show me both.
I don't play on the best conditions for league so I have to find how each rail plays and if the table rolls off anywhere. The multiple rail kicks show me both.
I start out by tossing 15 balls on to the table and shoot them until I've run 30. I find this gets my confidence going, I get into the rythem of pocketng balls and I get speed of the table reasonably well.
After that I pocket 30 table length shots most straight in but many have a bit of an angle to it. I don't exactly put any effort into positioning the ball.
After which I'll lag the cue ball up and down the table to get a good handle on the speed of the table.
I'll then put some practice into whatever game I intend to play.
By this point I should be pretty loose and comfortable.
In Snooker,
I like to again spread the reds around the table, nothing on the rails all the colours on their spots. Practice until I've made a break of 40 in this manner.
Afterwards run off the colours a few times. Pocket 21 long straight ins. Then I play a black spot drill I was shown by a local player. By this point I should be again loose and very confident around the black.
After that I pocket 30 table length shots most straight in but many have a bit of an angle to it. I don't exactly put any effort into positioning the ball.
After which I'll lag the cue ball up and down the table to get a good handle on the speed of the table.
I'll then put some practice into whatever game I intend to play.
By this point I should be pretty loose and comfortable.
In Snooker,
I like to again spread the reds around the table, nothing on the rails all the colours on their spots. Practice until I've made a break of 40 in this manner.
Afterwards run off the colours a few times. Pocket 21 long straight ins. Then I play a black spot drill I was shown by a local player. By this point I should be again loose and very confident around the black.