New online videos from Dr. Dave and Tom Ross

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FYI, Tom Ross and I did a long video session last week. Here's all of our new stuff:

NV B.38 - After-collision masse example with a nearly straight-in shots, with Tom Ross

NV B.39 - After-collision masse example to avoid an obstacle ball, with Tom Ross

NV B.40 - Masse-draw billiard (carom) trick shot from the movie "The Hustler"

NV B.41 - Coriolis masse shot aiming method with a large-curve example

NV B.42 - Coriolis masse shot aiming method small-curve example

NV B.43 - Cue ball position control stun, roll, and draw reference lines

NV B.44 - Dr. Dave 30-degree-rule peace-sign hand calibration

NV B.45 - Cue ball path speed effects

NV B.46 - Cue ball path scratch avoid, cluster break-out, and billiard (carom) examples

NV B.47 - Draw shot off a rail requiring slower speed for position, with Tom Ross

NV B.48 - Frozen cue ball position control options

HSV B.36 - various miscues with double-hit rule interpretation

HSV B.37 - jump shot over-cut effect and examples

HSV B.38 - precision jump into a cluster of balls to avoid a foul

HSV B.39 - kiss-back shot with difficult secondary cushion contact​


FYI, all of my online instructional videos (NV and HSV) can be found here:


I hope you enjoy the clips. I think this is our best batch so far. I look forward to your comments, questions, and suggestions for the future.

Regards,
Dave
 
Cool videos. I never knew about the Coriolis aiming method. I always aimed by feel.
I'm still cracking up, on the NV.B41 video. The holy crap shot....lol

I'm getting audio drop offs in the videos. Any one else have this problem?

Or did my computer catch the holy crap-itis virus.....
 
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okinawa77 said:
I'm getting audio drop offs in the videos. Any one else have this problem?
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Yes, I'm having this problem too. In this video, for example, the audio drops after 21 seconds: HSVB-36.htm
 
PoolSharkAllen said:
Yes, I'm having this problem too. In this video, for example, the audio drops after 21 seconds: HSVB-36.htm
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Thanks for letting me know. At least I know, now, that my computer isn't too messed up.

Even without the audio, the videos are real good. It gets the point across.
 
dr_dave said:
FYI, Tom Ross and I did a long video session last week. Here's all of our new stuff: ...
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The most interesting clip for me was the one where you managed to get the object ball to double kiss back to the cushion. It's very clear when it happens -- it's not too fast for the eye to see.
 
Doc Dave :wink: ,

respect. Wow I wish we had all of your work when I was 18, young impressionable and had a good instructor, I wouldnt be a champion but a much stronger player. I dont know how may times we would draw a pic of a shot on a napkin talk about it then go dissect it, wishing we had high speed video-this is in 83-90, I have looked at alot of your work and its great, a couple things suprised me, but what took me for ever to learn would now take no time-especialy when you have more drive and time to dedicate. I need to study the deflection/throw stuff-i have been ignoreing it to long. I didnt wantto bite off more than i could remember and like I said its cool to see ashot and know it and the high speed video isnt a suprise,

thanks for your work on this stuff, i know yu have been at it forever. your gonna creat some great players.

best

eric
 
Great vids Dave,
Loved the jump cuts especially.

I also have audio cut outs on about 1/3 of the clips. That's a shame after all the hard work editing and uploading.:(

Colin
 
audio problems

okinawa77 said:
I'm still cracking up, on the NV B.41 video. The holy crap shot....lol
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That was my only miss "verbalism" that was suitable for a general audience, so I left it in. I'm glad you liked it.

okinawa77 said:
I'm getting audio drop offs in the videos. Any one else have this problem?
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Sorry about this. I wasn't aware of the problem until I read the messages. Everything is fine in my editing software - the audio is there; but when I output the file, the audio whacks out. I've never seen this happen before. I tried recreating one of the files, and the problem persists. Luckily, I have a new version of the software (and a new computer to install it on). I'll try again soon with the new computer and new software. I'll post a message if I get the clips fixed.

Thanks again for letting me know,
Dave
 
audio problems

PoolSharkAllen said:
Yes, I'm having this problem too. In this video, for example, the audio drops after 21 seconds: HSVB-36.htm
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Sorry about that. I'll try to fix this soon. I'll let you know if and when I do.

Regards,
Dave
 
Thanks to everybody

Thunderball said:
Dave....you sir Rock.

Thanks for the effort,time and contribution.
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Thank you and others for the nice words. I appreciate it.

Regards,
Dave
 
jump cut effect

Colin Colenso said:
Great vids Dave
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Thanks.
Colin Colenso said:
Loved the jump cuts especially.
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Me too; although, they weren't easy. I wonder how many people know about this effect. I've certainly seen people miss jump cuts (and scratch their heads) when they thought they hit them perfectly.
Colin Colenso said:
I also have audio cut outs on about 1/3 of the clips. That's a shame after all the hard work editing and uploading.:(
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Luckily, I still have all of my original video and editing files, so I can try to recreate the posted clips. I'm actually trying to reinstall the software on computer right now. I hope that works. If not, I'll try again with my new computer and new software later in the week. Needless to say, today is not a happy day for me. :(

Regards,
Dave
 
Awesome job as usual, my good Dr. My only question is how come you never shared the Coriolis masse shot aiming method with me in the past? :confused:

Very nice set of posts.

Dave
 
The Audio Problems Are Fixed!!!

The audio problems are fixed. Now you can listen to the important narration and commentary in all of the videos.

Sorry for the trouble. I found the problem (very complicated), so it won't happen again in the future.

Regards,
Dave

dr_dave said:
FYI, Tom Ross and I did a long video session last week. Here's all of our new stuff:

NV B.38 - After-collision masse example with a nearly straight-in shots, with Tom Ross

NV B.39 - After-collision masse example to avoid an obstacle ball, with Tom Ross

NV B.40 - Masse-draw billiard (carom) trick shot from the movie "The Hustler"

NV B.41 - Coriolis masse shot aiming method with a large-curve example

NV B.42 - Coriolis masse shot aiming method small-curve example

NV B.43 - Cue ball position control stun, roll, and draw reference lines

NV B.44 - Dr. Dave 30-degree-rule peace-sign hand calibration

NV B.45 - Cue ball path speed effects

NV B.46 - Cue ball path scratch avoid, cluster break-out, and billiard (carom) examples

NV B.47 - Draw shot off a rail requiring slower speed for position, with Tom Ross

NV B.48 - Frozen cue ball position control options

HSV B.36 - various miscues with double-hit rule interpretation

HSV B.37 - jump shot over-cut effect and examples

HSV B.38 - precision jump into a cluster of balls to avoid a foul

HSV B.39 - kiss-back shot with difficult secondary cushion contact​


FYI, all of my online instructional videos (NV and HSV) can be found here:


I hope you enjoy the clips. I think this is our best batch so far. I look forward to your comments, questions, and suggestions for the future.

Regards,
Dave
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okinawa77 said:
I there a method of determining the cue elevation (angle) for masse shots?
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The desired final cue ball direction determines the required contact point on the cloth. This aim point defines the cue elevation within a fairly small range. For a fixed aim point, elevation varies a little with tip offset, but not by much. Stroke speed is what requires the most judgment and intuition/feel. For more info, see my Novemebr '05 article.

Regards,
Dave
 
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