I'm a pool practice junkie as I generally practice for 6 hours every Friday and Saturday as my local pool hall lets me do so for $15. I also practice after work for two hours 2-4 times per week.
I was thinking of trying "reference shot" practising as reccomended by Bert Kinisters "60 minute workout" video and also Don Hennings, "The Pro Book" video series and book.
In Bert's video he suggests shooting 25 reference shots and memorizing them by(number) name.Most of the shots require you to end up in the centre of the table( or at least pass through the center) after potting a ball.Speed control is accentuated.
Don Henning reccomends 16 major shots to memorize and a total of 130 shots related( alternating potting the object ball to the left and right) to those 16. His shots deal with posistion, speed control shots, banks, kicks and safties.Like Kinister all his reference shots have the cue ball heading down a line that crosses through the center of the table.Following these paths to aquire position will help one avoid the dreaded scratch.
Apparently by learning these "reference shots", you will substancially speed up your learning curve, enabling you to learn much much faster than you would just randomly hitting balls in an infinite amount of varations.They key is naming your shots (by number) while you shoot them.When these shots come up in games you will know them by number. Simuliar varations are apparently recognizable when the balls don't line up exactly (like in practice) like in real game situations and the appropriate compensations are easy(easier) to adjust to with the knowledge aquired in practice.
Has anyone trained using Kinisters or Hennings afformentioned reference shots?
What were the results? RJ
.......RJ will appreciate any comments, however,is committed to go on a mission to memorize Kinisters and Hennings shots by number.
I was thinking of trying "reference shot" practising as reccomended by Bert Kinisters "60 minute workout" video and also Don Hennings, "The Pro Book" video series and book.
In Bert's video he suggests shooting 25 reference shots and memorizing them by(number) name.Most of the shots require you to end up in the centre of the table( or at least pass through the center) after potting a ball.Speed control is accentuated.
Don Henning reccomends 16 major shots to memorize and a total of 130 shots related( alternating potting the object ball to the left and right) to those 16. His shots deal with posistion, speed control shots, banks, kicks and safties.Like Kinister all his reference shots have the cue ball heading down a line that crosses through the center of the table.Following these paths to aquire position will help one avoid the dreaded scratch.
Apparently by learning these "reference shots", you will substancially speed up your learning curve, enabling you to learn much much faster than you would just randomly hitting balls in an infinite amount of varations.They key is naming your shots (by number) while you shoot them.When these shots come up in games you will know them by number. Simuliar varations are apparently recognizable when the balls don't line up exactly (like in practice) like in real game situations and the appropriate compensations are easy(easier) to adjust to with the knowledge aquired in practice.
Has anyone trained using Kinisters or Hennings afformentioned reference shots?
What were the results? RJ
.......RJ will appreciate any comments, however,is committed to go on a mission to memorize Kinisters and Hennings shots by number.