Preparing for a Tournament
- Thread starter Jody B
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If you unfamiliar with this site, there's the link.
Adjust to what standards your looking for, out of your own performance.
Goals:
All balls are frozen to the rail.
All balls that are frozen, must travel down a rail to a corner pocket.
Other three balls are obsticles.
You start where the cue ball is.
Pick you're own route.
Can't hit any balls except when pocketing it.
If you do hit a ball, the table is reset and you start over.
Pocket last three remaining balls once all rail shots are complete, in any pocket.
If you miss at anytime, reset the table.
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Goals:
Use cue ball to set object balls (1) ball length away from the rail.
Balls should be 1.5 ball distance away from the corner pockets and from each other.
Place cue ball for each shot perpendicular to the rail, and the ball, before each shot.
Pick a corner and shoot all balls to that corner, per rail.
Set it up again and shoot to the side pocket.
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Goals:
Set is same as before, except down the middle of the table, and 1.5 ball lengths away from the short rails.
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Goals:
Best played with 2 or more people.
Set up a 9 ball rack in the middle of the table. (9-ball should lay at center of table)
Set up the 10-15 balls in the center of the pockets, and on the frindge of falling in.
From behind the kitchen string, your first stoke is your own. Pick any ball(s) to start with.
All future "frindge" shots are called by your oppent, until all are down.
(EDIT) You can't touch any balls in the rack until the "frindge" balls are down.
Then, you get free rein at the 9-ball rack. Must strike the 1 first, just like in a normal game of 9 ball.
You have 9 strokes (including the break stroke) to clear all nine balls.
If you miss any, reset the table and start over with next in coming player.
This game is usually played as a ring game, usually a dollar a round (until you get good at it). When completed, and everyone that round had a shot at it, if 2 or more winners, they split the pot.
It's also good practice solo.
This game is sometimes refered to as French Pool.
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Goals:
Setup of object balls one(1) cue ball's distance away from the short rails, and 1.5 ball distance from each other starting at a coner pocket.
Start with cue ball on the disecting line that goes between the side pockets.
Line up cue ball to an object ball, so that the attack angle is perpendicular to the ball and the rail.
First ball stuck will be the center ball of either short rail you start with.
Pick one corner pocket that the full set that's lying on a rail will go to.
Any shot missed, reset, and start over.
Progressivly move your line of balls 1/2 diamond, unil you reach the 1/2 diamond from center pocket.
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Goals:
Set up balls at the center of each pocket, on the "frindge".
Make all 6 balls with the cue ball starting at the head spot.
All shots are 2 rail kicks.
When you make all 6 without missing, reset table and start at the center of the table with cue ball. Then move onto the foot spot.
Any miss, start over.
Try this doing all 3 rail shots too.
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Hope these help.
Adjust to what standards your looking for, out of your own performance.
Goals:
All balls are frozen to the rail.
All balls that are frozen, must travel down a rail to a corner pocket.
Other three balls are obsticles.
You start where the cue ball is.
Pick you're own route.
Can't hit any balls except when pocketing it.
If you do hit a ball, the table is reset and you start over.
Pocket last three remaining balls once all rail shots are complete, in any pocket.
If you miss at anytime, reset the table.
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)END
Goals:
Use cue ball to set object balls (1) ball length away from the rail.
Balls should be 1.5 ball distance away from the corner pockets and from each other.
Place cue ball for each shot perpendicular to the rail, and the ball, before each shot.
Pick a corner and shoot all balls to that corner, per rail.
Set it up again and shoot to the side pocket.
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Goals:
Set is same as before, except down the middle of the table, and 1.5 ball lengths away from the short rails.
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Goals:
Best played with 2 or more people.
Set up a 9 ball rack in the middle of the table. (9-ball should lay at center of table)
Set up the 10-15 balls in the center of the pockets, and on the frindge of falling in.
From behind the kitchen string, your first stoke is your own. Pick any ball(s) to start with.
All future "frindge" shots are called by your oppent, until all are down.
(EDIT) You can't touch any balls in the rack until the "frindge" balls are down.
Then, you get free rein at the 9-ball rack. Must strike the 1 first, just like in a normal game of 9 ball.
You have 9 strokes (including the break stroke) to clear all nine balls.
If you miss any, reset the table and start over with next in coming player.
This game is usually played as a ring game, usually a dollar a round (until you get good at it). When completed, and everyone that round had a shot at it, if 2 or more winners, they split the pot.
It's also good practice solo.
This game is sometimes refered to as French Pool.
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Goals:
Setup of object balls one(1) cue ball's distance away from the short rails, and 1.5 ball distance from each other starting at a coner pocket.
Start with cue ball on the disecting line that goes between the side pockets.
Line up cue ball to an object ball, so that the attack angle is perpendicular to the ball and the rail.
First ball stuck will be the center ball of either short rail you start with.
Pick one corner pocket that the full set that's lying on a rail will go to.
Any shot missed, reset, and start over.
Progressivly move your line of balls 1/2 diamond, unil you reach the 1/2 diamond from center pocket.
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Goals:
Set up balls at the center of each pocket, on the "frindge".
Make all 6 balls with the cue ball starting at the head spot.
All shots are 2 rail kicks.
When you make all 6 without missing, reset table and start at the center of the table with cue ball. Then move onto the foot spot.
Any miss, start over.
Try this doing all 3 rail shots too.
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Hope these help.
Thanks for the drills. I know now what I'll be doing this coming winter. Times like these make me glad I have my own table at home. lol
I think that is it very helpful to play a few hours on the actual tables that the tourney will on. Prefer to spread it out over more than 1 day.
Pros ...
play so much that only need to 'test' different aspects
of their game, and for table conditions. They test
various shots with english to see how the balls and
cue ball reacts. They might test playing safe to see
if they can snug up the cue ball to another ball right.
They test cut shots, probably thin cuts mostly. They
playing skills are usually pretty fresh. I always test
banking balls before a tournament to see how the
rails react, and whether I am tuned up with them.
And some will test how hard they can hit shots
without some type of adverse reaction.
And they always want to know how the tournament
tables are breaking.
play so much that only need to 'test' different aspects
of their game, and for table conditions. They test
various shots with english to see how the balls and
cue ball reacts. They might test playing safe to see
if they can snug up the cue ball to another ball right.
They test cut shots, probably thin cuts mostly. They
playing skills are usually pretty fresh. I always test
banking balls before a tournament to see how the
rails react, and whether I am tuned up with them.
And some will test how hard they can hit shots
without some type of adverse reaction.
And they always want to know how the tournament
tables are breaking.
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