not bad, not great
have a look if you have a few minutes to kill
http://vimeo.com/29123299
thanks, jim
have a look if you have a few minutes to kill
http://vimeo.com/29123299
thanks, jim
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At 1:04 (shooting the 6) what were you trying to do? Another option for this shot is to shoot the 6 and go 1 rail for the 4 (I think - its the ball uptable), then the 15, 11, drift down for the 1 and follow into the 3 ball cluster, shooting either the 8 or 13 as safety balls. No pot luck or anything tricky there.
At 2:08 going into the 3 ball cluster. IMO, you shot those WAY too hard. You sent the 2 ball way up table, and created a new cluster with the 13/12. You could have hit that with lots of draw and soft speed to pop the two balls out a foot or so and have a shot on the 11.
At 4:55 you are making your first break shot. I notice that you don't even stop to look where the cue ball is going to hit the rack. If you can train yourself to see the exact contact point (still working on that myself) you'd have seen that you were hitting the top side of the second ball. You should have been using a little follow to put the brakes on the cue ball. Your cue ball would have been in the middle of the table that way. Same goes for your second break shot. I'm not saying I'm a world beater myself, but I spend more time than most making sure I know where that cue ball is going to hit the pack. I don't remember the last time I left the cue ball at the head of the table, although I do sometimes stick the cue all if I'm at a shallow angle. Spend some time on this and I think you'll find it cuts down on losing the cue ball.
At 15:40 you shoot a ball in the upper corner. You had it a little rough from there on out. Just another way of going about it, but how about shooting the 8 first with a little draw and some touch so the cue ball doesn't go too far. Then the 7 in the corner for an angle on the 13. Drift up for the 1 in the side and follow to shoot the 10 in the other side. This would allow you to follow into the rail for a good angle on the break ball. I like preserving those two balls so I can set up to follow the 10 in as the key ball. I'm sure there are other decent ways to go.
I don't mean to be too critical. These are just things that jumped out at me and aren't meant to be criticisms. Steve knows more than I do anyway, so maybe just listen to him.
Nice shooting overall. Thanks for posting! (guess I'm the first of the early Monday morning crowd).
at 4:55- i can't see following this break shot- so there we differ strongly. however, i certainly do need a good deal of work on judging exactly where the cue ball will contact the pile. i am very weak when it comes to hitting the draw breakshots- for every one i execute properly, parking the ball mid table, i either stick or overdraw a dozen.
I'm curious about that break shot in the video. Sometimes it's hard to see the exact angles. Look at this cuetable. How would you hit this break shot, which will contact just above center on the 3 ball? (For some reason the cue ball isn't showing up on Cuetable, so I put the 8 ball there instead).
firstly, i'd rule out a follow stroke. i would feel as though the chances of scratching in the corner were too great. seems like if it doesn't go directly into the corner, one of the bals in the stack comes free to provide a perfect carom for the scratch.
from the lines drawn, it appears as though a draw stroke would give you a contact point with the "underside" of the 15, which should help prevent the cueball from travelling uptable too much. that would probably be my choice, using a bit of left english to help make the ball as well as giving the cueball some assistance in "climbing" out of the stack.
if you have ever seen joe tucker's instructional videos, he always seems to hit this sort of shot with inside english (right in this case) and draw. the ball goes to the side rail and kicks to the center of the table, perfectly under control. makes me sick to watch it, lol.
i'd be interested to hear what some more accomplished players would say on the subject
I'm curious about that break shot in the video. Sometimes it's hard to see the exact angles. Look at this cuetable. How would you hit this break shot, which will contact just above center on the 3 ball? (For some reason the cue ball isn't showing up on Cuetable, so I put the 8 ball there instead).
JMO,
this particular breakshot i hit more as a low punch shot. so you get the power of the break with little CB movement. just enough to get me back in the center.
I think what alot of us do here is try to get the most of the break, and way overstroke it.
and follow can be used on this break as long as you dont hit a force follow. a gentle follow works to open open balls below the rack and you play shape underneath to have an available shot to lead to a secondary break.
-Steve