New 9ball video with new view posted

christopheradam

christopheradam

Christopher Adams
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New video name: RunoutQuick.wmv (you must right click on this link and go to "save target as") if you wish to download directly from this link. Then go and open the file where you saved it.

Let me know how you like the new view. Any ideas how this rack could have been handled differently?

I was trying to get the 9 and the 8 in on the opening shot. I knew I would definately get the 8 and I had a good shot at the 9balling too.

This was the opening rack of the night.
 
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Some good caroms. I would have probably played safe, but if you have a solid understanding of tangent lines and the 90 degree rule, there is no reason not to play the way you did.
 
You need to work on the sinister stare at the camera at the start of the rack :D


Not sure why you pounded in the one and sent the 4 (?) around the table, you were fortunate to end up with the carom. I probably would have floated the one in with inside and played the 2-9 combo, sending the cb up table behind the 3 and 7 for safety.

I like the angle the best of the 3 you have posted btw, you can see both you and the balls. But not your balls, which is nice also.
 
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henho said:
You need to work on the sinister stare at the camera at the start of the rack :D


Not sure why you pounded in the one and sent the 4 (?) around the table, you were fortunate to end up with the carom. I probably would have floated the one in with inside and played the 2-9 combo, sending the cb up table behind the 3 and 7 for safety.

I like the angle the best of the 3 you have posted btw, you can see both you and the balls. But not your balls, which is nice also.
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Uploading another video now. This one is a better run out.

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Watch the break how my stick bends into the table. That is one of the 2 breaks thats been working for me. The other is the follow through high break.
 
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henho said:
You need to work on the sinister stare at the camera at the start of the rack :D


Not sure why you pounded in the one and sent the 4 (?) around the table, you were fortunate to end up with the carom. I probably would have floated the one in with inside and played the 2-9 combo, sending the cb up table behind the 3 and 7 for safety.

I like the angle the best of the 3 you have posted btw, you can see both you and the balls. But not your balls, which is nice also.
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I was just checking the lcd screen to make sure it was actually recording and the stupid auto zoom wasn't kicking in. :). I'll work on a sinister stare though :).

Glad you like the angle. I like it too. Gonna stick with this angle for a while and trying to figure out how to shut off the auto zoom on my camera.
 
Good shooting, but it looked a little undisciplined to me.

For example, you hit the carom off the one at a speed that suggested a lack of attention to detail. You need to play specific position of of this carom, and were really quite fortunate to end up with a shot on the one given the speed you selected. To me, it appeared that all your attention was on making that carom, and that's not good enough. You need to make a plan for where you will send the one ball on this shot.

I aslo felt that hitting the one so hard on the next shot was a bit wreckless, as a softer shot with inside could have been used to ensure that you'd have a chance to make the nine on the next shot. At the speed you hit the shot,the cue ball could have gone just about anywhere.

On the brighter side, you seemed to judge how to pocket your caroms well, and your break is solid.
 
sjm said:
Good shooting, but it looked a little undisciplined to me.

For example, you hit the carom off the one at a speed that suggested a lack of attention to detail. You need to play specific position of of this carom, and were really quite fortunate to end up with a shot on the one given the speed you selected. To me, it appeared that all your attention was on making that carom, and that's not good enough. You need to make a plan for where you will send the one ball on this shot.

I aslo felt that hitting the one so hard on the next shot was a bit wreckless, as a softer shot with inside could have been used to ensure that you'd have a chance to make the nine on the next shot. At the speed you hit the shot,the cue ball could have gone just about anywhere.

On the brighter side, you seemed to judge how to pocket your caroms well, and your break is solid.
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Thanks for the comments.

On the second shot, on the one ball I was trying to play 3 rail position around the table back for the 2 ball. I did not mean to run into the other ball(6 ball I think it was).

I think the angle was too severe to hold the 1-ball up with inside for the 2ball but I could be wrong. It looks like I would have been snookered by the 6ball.
 
Not much ...

comment on the shooting except you hit the 1 pretty hard when you
pocketed it, but white socks with black shoes ??? ...lol
 
christopheradam said:
Thanks for the comments.

On the second shot, on the one ball I was trying to play 3 rail position around the table back for the 2 ball. I did not mean to run into the other ball(6 ball I think it was).

I think the angle was too severe to hold the 1-ball up with inside for the 2ball but I could be wrong. It looks like I would have been snookered by the 6ball.
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Must admit, it wasn't that easy to judge exactly what you had there, but it sure looks like you can succed with a little inside. As you pocket the one, try to bring the cue ball up the center of the table using medium/slow speed while barely missing the six. If you happen to hit the right half of the six, you still likely end up with a combo or carom on the nine. If you hit the left side of the six, you'll likely need a roll to get a good result.
 
Snapshot9 said:
comment on the shooting except you hit the 1 pretty hard when you
pocketed it, but white socks with black shoes ??? ...lol
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Please don't tell me your one of those guys that wears those socks with the colors at the top and pulls them up to their neck when they wear shorts. I hate those guys :) lol
 
Did you throw your cue on the table and walk away when you finished?

I hear that's the way the great ones do it.
 
PoolBum said:
Did you throw your cue on the table and walk away when you finished?

I hear that's the way the great ones do it.
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At least after playing 11 rails on one shot... :cool:
 
christopheradam said:
http://tv.isg.si/site/?q=filebrowser/chrismichaeladams
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New File name: NiceRightEnglishon4RunOut.wmv

Another video posted from my Saturday night practice session. This one doesn't have the auto zoom and a different view so I could catch my fundamentals on video a little better.
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Solid break and your options were pretty limited on the one ball. You could have doubled the long rail by using inside english if that's in your comfort zone, playing shape for either the three in the side or the corner. Still, your choice was reasonable, though less outside english might have been better. You faced a tough decision on the three, and I really liked the fact that you took your time planning your shot. I doubt I'd have played the inside english follow shot back to the long side of the four as you did, but it was reasonable and you hit it extremely well. Nice shot. It was your shot on the four ball that bothered me the most in this rack. Your choice to use outisde english on the four was, in my opinion, a poor one, as it forced you to hit the shot, that was already straighter than you'd have liked, even fuller. Center stun would, in my opinion, have been a better choice than right hand stun to get better on the five ball. You had a real problem once you got funny on the five, and playing to the short side of the six in the corner was a tidy solution. Nice six ball, and then the two hangers got you out. A nice runout for sure.
 
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sjm said:
Solid break and your options were pretty limited on the one ball. You could have doubled the long rail by using inside english if that's in your comfort zone, playing shape for either the three in the side or the corner. Still, your choice was reasonable, though less outside english might have been better. You faced a tough decision on the three, and I really liked the fact that you took your time planning your shot. I doubt I'd have played the inside english follow shot back to the long side of the four as you did, but it was reasonable and you hit it extremely well. Nice shot. It was your shot on the four ball that bothered me the most in this rack. Your choice to use outisde english on the four was, in my opinion, a poor one, as it forced you to hit the shot, that was already straighter than you'd have liked, even fuller. Center stun would, in my opinion, have been a better choice than right hand stun to get better on the five ball. You had a real problem once you got funny on the five, and playing to the short side of the six in the corner was a tidy solution. Nice six ball, and then the two hangers got you out. A nice runout for sure.
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I was planning for short side position on the six when I was on the 4ball. It was either that or play for the 6-9 combo and thought short side on the six would be the best solution. I think position on the 5 wasn't so bad. I think position fro 5 to 6 could have been a lot better. I just didn't hit the shot very good and judged the angle off the 5 badly.

By the way, I named the file wrong. I meant nice english on the 3. Not the 4. :). Thanks for the comments SJM.

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Just watched video again for the shot on the 1ball. I see what you are saying about doubling the long rail and that was definately an option and maybe a safer one than my choice, Thanks for bringing it up. The reason I went the way I did is because the 9 was pretty close to the pocked and my cueball could have easily knocked it with the route I chose. And If it didn't go in I would have still had a reasonable leave.
 
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christopheradam said:
I was planning for short side position on the six when I was on the 4ball. It was either that or play for the 6-9 combo and thought short side on the six would be the best solution. I think position on the 5 wasn't so bad. I think position fro 5 to 6 could have been a lot better. I just didn't hit the shot very good and judged the angle off the 5 badly.
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My inclination would have been to play for the six nine combo (a better pattern would enable you to play it from up close), but playing a pattern for short side of the six is fine. Even if you opted for the short side of the six, however, you needed to be straighter on the five, and I really believe that you hurt your cause by using outside english when you played the four. Even though you hit the speed well on the five and, thereby, produced a good result, the angle you played from the five to the six was a poor one, and you need to realize that you made a minor pattern error.

By the way, it's amazing how often the "double the rail option" is overlooked in nine ball (by players not name Efren, anyway). Glad to see you've taken note of it -- definitely a shot worth practicing.

I still say the thing that impressed me most here is that you slowed down when you faced a tricky position on the three. Far too many players fail to do this.
 
sjm said:
My inclination would have been to play for the six nine combo (a better pattern would enable you to play it from up close), but playing a pattern for short side of the six is fine. Even if you opted for the short side of the six, however, you needed to be straighter on the five, and I really believe that you hurt your cause by using outside english when you played the four. Even though you hit the speed well on the five and, thereby, produced a good result, the angle you played from the five to the six was a poor one, and you need to realize that you made a minor pattern error.

By the way, it's amazing how often the "double the rail option" is overlooked in nine ball (by players not name Efren, anyway). Glad to see you've taken note of it -- definitely a shot worth practicing.

I still say the thing that impressed me most here is that you slowed down when you faced a tricky position on the three. Far too many players fail to do this.
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Your right about the 4 to the 5. Being straighter would have made it much easier to control speed to the 6ball.

Buddy hall does a great demonstration of the doubling the rail shot in one of his videos. I beleive the "9ball instructional" video. Not the "star pattern" video. I sometimes get those to videos mixed up when recalling them from memory.

Thanks again for the commets SJM. They have been very helpful. I am definately gonna setup that double the rail shot and play around with it.
 
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