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nataddrho

nataddrho

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A few days ago I posted in this thread a video of me for review: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=391088

The biggest criticism was my chicken wing/arm. I think I've made an improvement by stepping out wide with my left foot, which rotates my hips outta the way of the shot line. It also seems to relieve a lot of strain on my bridge shoulder, of which I would be in pain after shooting for a few hours. I think this feels and looks better than the last video?

Your thoughts...

http://youtu.be/WlBl2eJBEVY

Nate
 
Very good. I don't know why you didn't play the 10-ball back cut on your first attempt. Anyway. I like your style.

Panagiotis
 
I'd say you're a B+ player. Pocket well & decent cueball. Would need more than one rack to really tell, but you seem to play pretty good.
 
nataddrho said:
A few days ago I posted in this thread a video of me for review: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=391088

The biggest criticism was my chicken wing/arm. I think I've made an improvement by stepping out wide with my left foot, which rotates my hips outta the way of the shot line. It also seems to relieve a lot of strain on my bridge shoulder, of which I would be in pain after shooting for a few hours. I think this feels and looks better than the last video?

Your thoughts...

http://youtu.be/WlBl2eJBEVY

Nate
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Nate,

Huge difference and I'm sure it was difficult to make the changes you made. You can see for yourself on the first video the pronounced elbow drop through the shot. Your new mechanics look a lot better and more importantly, more simple. This should result in greater consistency. Your natural aim and alignment and ability to find center pocket remain excellent. Now a lot of practice and competition and the rest will develop on it's own.

One suggestion is to make sure your are better set up for the shot before getting down on it. Notice how you often slide your bridge hand quite a distance to get into position? This is putting you upper body too far forward in relation to your stance (notice at 1:41 on the tape how your leaning well forward of your left leg). If you are standing to the shot properly your bridge hand will naturally go into the correct position, or very close to it, in the first place. I would move your stance up closer and try to land the bridge hand in a comfortable position when you set up, with your upper body better centered over your stance. You do want your head back a little to see the shot better. This will especially help with long shots. Set up is part of the pre-shot routine. The key thing for the stance is to be comfortable and repeatable.

On the position play, I would rather see some simple paths with fewer risks. On the 1 to the two inside English follow (high right) would bring you to the 2 in the corner without the possibility of a collision.

With your current game, I imagine positional mistakes are more of a problem than shot making. Simplifying your angles and especially going for more open areas of the table (to avoid bumping balls) will help matters.

Chris
 
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You hit the balls good and have a smooth stroke. I'd work a little bit on the mental part and start looking at the table layout instead of just walking to the next shot.

Your patterns are pretty basic. They can be fine tuned with a little more info by looking at what you need to do a little more. Take a little more time between shots and give yourself a better look at the layout.

You stopped on the 10 ball and started to look at the table for position. That's good, but it broke your rhythm and your concentration. If you'd incorporated that rhythm on the entire run, been walking around the table to look at the layout before you got down on the next shot, you'd be less indecisive.

It can be a quick look and a quick walk around the table, but I think it's something that will definitely pick up your game. Looks good, keep running out! :)

Best,
Mike
 
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Hi Nathan,

I'd agree with Mike.

Also I'd add that you're shooting well & hence without any fear which is good and how most good young players shoot. But what I'm going to say next sort of goes with what Mike & someone else said earlier about position & even with what I just said above.

With that walk & look that Mike talked about you might start seeing how to get better position on the next shot for the next shot & only need to change the speed that you shoot certain shots to do that. Note how when you needed to go 3 rails you missed the shot. Is that due to a lack of experience from not doing so more often? I don't know, but maybe it's something to consider.

That's the second rack where the balls where all open. Are you breaking them or just throwing them out & are you hand clearing any problem balls before starting to shoot?

If you're hand clearing the problems I'd suggest that you not do that & practice breaking them out during the run & still having a shot when you do & also when you miss a break out.

Other than that it looks pretty good. Oh, on the 9 ball, did you mean to hit it with the spin that it came off the rail or not. If so, a bit of left hand spin might have given you a better shot & another option on the 10.

Keep up the good work & enjoy.

Best 2 You & Yours,
Rick
 
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You obviously see the ball well, that shows in both videos as you seem to pocket balls fairly effortlessly & most importantly with confidence. I wonder how the balls in both videos arrived at their starting position though. What I noticed in both racks is there were no real problems or transitions to make, that's unusual for 15 balls 2 times in a row. That being said I'd like to see you break a rack & start from where they land as that will tell me more, I say that for a reason.

While you pocket balls well your control of the rock is sketchy at times in both racks, you get loose & out of line & that's happened in both racks and when it did you broke rhythm both times, seemingly perplexed as to how to proceed. On this rack on the transition from the 4 to 5 you almost locked yourself up, you took the right path but speed of the rock was off, you didn't need to go anywhere near that second rail & it almost cost you. You got out of line on the transition between the 9 & 10 & you seemed at a loss. You overthought it and we're so unsure about how to transition to the 11 you missed the ball the first attempt and got weird the second time. While you made it the second time & got on the 11 I didn't perceive that as well executed.

All in all, better than the first video. I mentioned in my comments on that you had an unusual stance, which I'm contributing to your cross dominance. While your stance was better this time it still needs tweaking, you play well but with a few adjustments could play better. You've got the hard part down cold, you have a stroke, stay down well, & see the shot. The rest is not hard to obtain but ball speed & recognizing what that needs to be is the difference between flush & busted. I'd really love to see you break on camera & play one out. That will tell the tale for me. You've got massive potential though.
 
I'll make it short.

Excellent pocketing ability, decent cueball control, weak stroke.

When it comes to fennesse the cueball with soft draw shots, I think you will lack that. Based on looking on the way you stroke the cueball, it kinda showed on the 4ball shot where you couldn't medium to soft draw one rail and out, you had to hit hard for the draw to take effect, luckily it bounced the second cushion and you saw the 5ball and you made up for that with your pocketing ability, the way to shoot that 4ball was medium to soft draw shot one rail if you had the stroke for it.
 
Sure thing. I'll produce a video next time round where I break and run. Reason you haven't seen me break is because my break is very weak Well, it was. The new stance, which prevents the shoulder drop, helps a lot. I need a bit more practice with my new break until I can get a good spread with 15 balls. But for now I'll try anyway.

New job is gonna take me away from pool for a bit, until I finish my pool room. LVL beam with 28' x 15' unobstructed!
 
- 1 in corner, CB off short rail back to middle of table(play for ANGLE on 2 NOT just a
shot on 2). Don't split balls to use long rail and back out...it impresses me, but I've
taken money off people all day long that impress the hell out of me
- 2 in corner but don't follow for 3..stay high with CB
- 3 in corner, CB off short rail back to middle of table for 4 straight in)
- stop shots on 4,5,6
- shoot 7 with slight roll to get ANGLE on 8 to pocket in corner and CB off long rail
for 9 in side(no need to go to another rail after making 9)
- ANGLE for 10 in side to 11 in right hand corner
- 11 ball in right hand corner, with a little follow
- 12 in left corner, CB off long rail for ANGLE on 13 to get to 14
- 13 in corner rolling CB back to middle of table for 14
- same with 14 to 15

You have great shot making abilities, but your position play seems to be: make ball and move CB somewhere towards the next ball to get a shot. You THEN figure out how to get to the next ball. You should have a destination in mind such as: shoot 11 ball, have CB hit 2nd diamond on long rail to get the ANGLE on the 12 that will get me to the ANGLE on the 13..and so on. If you do not have a target for the CB you will keep running into other balls. How you are playing will beat most people in bars and a lot in leagues, but if you want to go to the next level you HAVE to start thinking ANGLES, and not just getting a SHOT on the next ball.
 
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