Pool Drills on Youtube

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219Dave

Pool is my therapy
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I’m putting up a tv on the wall near my table in the basement. While I’m doing it mainly to be able to watch sports while playing pool, I also want to use it to do some pool drills which I find online (on youtube, etc). Is there a good serious of online instructional videos that you guys can recommend? I play mostly 8 ball, followed by 9 ball and a little straight pool. I was an APA 4 when I played league. My foundation and form is decent. My position play needs a ton of work.

Thanks in advance!
 
The obvious answer is Dr Dave and Tor Lowry, they both have extensive catalogs of youtube videos, that promote their DVD sales. Sarivari, who posts on this site, has some really good vids that are well worth the time. There are many good ones available. FXbilliards is also pretty good.
 
219Dave...Since you a lower skilled player, you should be concentrating on drills that improve the accuracy and repeatability of your stroke first and foremost...before drills promoting how to play a certain game.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

219Dave said:
I’m putting up a tv on the wall near my table in the basement. While I’m doing it mainly to be able to watch sports while playing pool, I also want to use it to do some pool drills which I find online (on youtube, etc). Is there a good serious of online instructional videos that you guys can recommend? I play mostly 8 ball, followed by 9 ball and a little straight pool. I was an APA 4 when I played league. My foundation and form is decent. My position play needs a ton of work.

Thanks in advance!
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If the purpose of the TV is to watch and study pool content I say use it. If it is to "watch sports" while playing pool you should keep it turned off so you can concentrate fully on the the task at hand on the table.

As Scott said, work on your stroke process first.

219Dave said:
I’m putting up a tv on the wall near my table in the basement. While I’m doing it mainly to be able to watch sports while playing pool, I also want to use it to do some pool drills which I find online (on youtube, etc). Is there a good serious of online instructional videos that you guys can recommend? I play mostly 8 ball, followed by 9 ball and a little straight pool. I was an APA 4 when I played league. My foundation and form is decent. My position play needs a ton of work.

Thanks in advance!
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219Dave said:
I’m putting up a tv on the wall near my table in the basement. While I’m doing it mainly to be able to watch sports while playing pool, I also want to use it to do some pool drills which I find online (on youtube, etc). Is there a good serious of online instructional videos that you guys can recommend? I play mostly 8 ball, followed by 9 ball and a little straight pool. I was an APA 4 when I played league. My foundation and form is decent. My position play needs a ton of work.

Thanks in advance!
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APA 4 is a C player, that would mean you just need practice and simple drills. I like Bert Kinister stuff but a lot of his is a bit advanced, although good. Tor Lowry has good things out that a lot of players like, you can check those out, called ZeroX. There is a bunch of free stuff on YouTube. Another post suggested Sarivari, I like his videos, they explain concepts well.

Have a better player or instructor watch your game and offer advice. As a 4 you are probably not the best player to judge how you mechanics are.
 
219Dave said:
I’m putting up a tv on the wall near my table in the basement. While I’m doing it mainly to be able to watch sports while playing pool, I also want to use it to do some pool drills which I find online (on youtube, etc). Is there a good serious of online instructional videos that you guys can recommend? I play mostly 8 ball, followed by 9 ball and a little straight pool. I was an APA 4 when I played league. My foundation and form is decent. My position play needs a ton of work.

Thanks in advance!
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Many useful drill resources (including links to Youtube video demonstration), can be found here:

drill resource page

For a good pool workout that can measure your playing level and improvement over time, check out:

Billiard University (BU) Playing Ability Exams

For an extensive collection of drills that help you diagnose and improve all important pool skills, see:

Video Encyclopedia of Pool Practice (VEPP)

This series can be streamed to any smart TV, tablet, phone, or computer.

That should be enough to keep you busy for a while.

Good luck with your game,
Dave
 
I second the DrDave suggestions. I have been using his Exams as drills for about a year now and I considerably improved during that time. I keep records in Excel so that I can tell exactly how my averages improved over time.
 
Consider me another endorsement for Dr Dave's drills. The BU drills are great to both test yourself and done individually they can work on certain aspects of your game.

I would also highly recommend the book Play Great Pool by Mark Wilson. It will show you all of the correct fundamentals and it has simple drills to reinforce them.

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Im going to take this thread in a different direction.

Drills may or may not help you, only you will know that when you start shooting them.

I think the more important facet to improving your skill at pool or anything, is to be able to break down and understand your mistakes. That is the only way you can truly 'fix' them.

Most people struggle with this part and never figure it out, they work on drills, they see instructors etc etc etc. But unless you know and understand why you missed a shot, or a position play, quite frankly you are spinning your wheels.

Best way to accomplish this IMO is to eliminate variables, because the fewer things to keep watch of makes things a lot easier.

Work on your stroke very diligently, first and foremost. Stroke in and out of a coke bottle, or cover the line on the rail where the cloth meets the wood and stroke over that looking for lateral movement. Shoot the cueball off the spot into the far corner, checking to see if your cue is following straight through the cue ball and is centered over the spot after the stroke has finished. Lots of ways to work on improving your stroke, but if your stroke isnt true to begin with, you may NEVER figure out why you are missing.
 
Chuck...Better instructors do indeed teach students how to analyze their mistakes, and correct them the next time they go to the table. Drills can do wonders to improve someone's fundamentals. That said, you have to know why you're doing the drill...what you expect to gain from it...and a way to measure your improvement. The coke bottle drill is useless, as it encourages an elbow drop piston stroke. All the rest of what you posted I agree with.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

Chuck Fields said:
I think the more important facet to improving your skill at pool or anything, is to be able to break down and understand your mistakes. That is the only way you can truly 'fix' them.

Most people struggle with this part and never figure it out, they work on drills, they see instructors etc etc etc. But unless you know and understand why you missed a shot, or a position play, quite frankly you are spinning your wheels.

Best way to accomplish this IMO is to eliminate variables, because the fewer things to keep watch of makes things a lot easier.

Work on your stroke very diligently, first and foremost. Stroke in and out of a coke bottle, or cover the line on the rail where the cloth meets the wood and stroke over that looking for lateral movement. Shoot the cueball off the spot into the far corner, checking to see if your cue is following straight through the cue ball and is centered over the spot after the stroke has finished. Lots of ways to work on improving your stroke, but if your stroke isnt true to begin with, you may NEVER figure out why you are missing.
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