Routine Shots I Practice

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DrCue'sProtege

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ok, posters, just wanted to diagram some of the "Basic/Routine" shots that i try and go through a great deal of the time. I have diagrammed them below, hope the WEI Table works. Seems to me these shots occur a great deal of the time, so i have these diagrammed on my wall and work on them often.

Also, might not shoot the exact same shot everytime, but its the same basic shot that i practice. by this i mean that i try and use various speeds and angles on these - to the point where its slightly different even though its basically the same.

Any thoughts posters?

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Shot #1
i try and pocket this shot in the corner, and draw it low off the rail using various speeds, and possibly some english here.

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Shot #2
i try and pocket this shot in the corner, and draw it back downtable to various positions, such as marked by A and B.

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Shot #3
This is the Straight In F-S-D shot (Follow, Stun, Draw).

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Shot #4
This is the routine cut shot that comes up all the time. i practice this from various cue ball positions marked as A, B, C.

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Shot #5
This is another routine cut shot that i practice. seems like i end up with these types of shots a great deal of the time.

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Shot #6
This is the side pocket shot that i practice a great deal. also practice it from cue ball positions A, B, C, D.

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Those are some tough shots. I like this drill a lot from Kinister's "The Short game" tape. Very challenging. You have to hit the balls in rotation, and cannot run into other balls. Kinister advocates coming off the back rail for position.

One of the first drills I started working on. I had a very very difficult time at first; now I can clear it back to back, and then some. Good drill when your focus is off, gives a clear goal.
 
DrCue'sProtege said:
ok, posters, just wanted to diagram some of the "Basic/Routine" shots that i try and go through a great deal of the time. I have diagrammed them below, hope the WEI Table works. Seems to me these shots occur a great deal of the time, so i have these diagrammed on my wall and work on them often.

Any thoughts posters?
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Good stuff, DCP. I have diagrammed about 10 shots I bump into every match I play. Those include the shots you mention. I haven't started practicing them religiously like you yet, but I will soon. It's important to practice both sides of the shot and log your percentages in a notebook.

I think I'm also going to do the napkin thing... Make the shot and land the CB on the napkin. It's tons of fun that way.
 
How do I see the table layout from the WEI code. All I get in the post is the code.
 
go to Quick Links, click on WEI Table.
highlight the code in the post, and then down at the bottom of the WEI table click on paste, and then hit OK, and it should appear.

i think...........

DCP
 
I realize I'm dumber than dirt when it comes to computers, but I still can't get it to work. I've got the table, but I don't see an area to copy your code, and when I try to click on Paste, I get no results.
Help!
 
highlight my code, so that it shows up in blue. then right click, and you will see some options. click on Copy and you are almost set.

then go to the WEI table and click on Paste, and click on OK, and it should be there.

if that doesnt work, dunno what to tell you. i am about half illiterate myself. computer or otherwise.

DCP
 
DCP
If you use the WEI tab when you post, you can put the diagrams into the thread to save us all time.

All the wei tab does is put the code between the tags [ WEI ] [ /WEI ] but without the spaces.

Colin
 
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i bought a book called ( i think) "100 Big Pool Shots".....it was by jerry watson (the guy they call the ghost), and i have to say it was a really good book. For the most part it was fairly hard shots, nothing like the 5 or 6 shots the monk runs thru, this is stuff with extreme english and going several rails, but he diagrams it out and it really comes in handy in 9 ball games where you have to do some traveling with the cueball. It also really opened up my eyes to shots i had never thought about before.
 
I'll give some suggestions for each of these shots, based on using Back Hand English with a cue with not a great deal of squirt (a little more than a predator hence quite standard) and with a bridge length of around 15 inches from CB to bridge pivot point which most should find comfortable.

Shot #1
i try and pocket this shot in the corner, and draw it low off the rail using various speeds, and possibly some english here.

CueTable Help


Tip: At medium speed, aim for the pot as with medium speed follow. Shift bridge point about 2mm left so that with follow you'd just miss the jaw to the left (undercut). Then pivot for draw and medium left english. Stroke straight.

For hitting very hard you may not have to shift your original bridge. For softer 3-4mm may be necessary.

The more side english you use, the more you have to adjust the bridgehand to the left to set up for more of an undercut. Your original aim can be to miss the pocket 6 inches to the left if you play the shot slowly with a lot of left english.
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Shot #2
i try and pocket this shot in the corner, and draw it back downtable to various positions, such as marked by A and B.

CueTable Help


Tip: Line this shot up centre ball, so that it would hit the rail a few inches before the pocket. Set the bridge at this point. Then pivot the back hand for right side english and draw.

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Shot #5
This is another routine cut shot that i practice. seems like i end up with these types of shots a great deal of the time.

CueTable Help


Tip: Useful to play this shot often with Outside English. Use the directions as given for shot 2. But should also be able to play this shot with stun, follow and IE if necessary. When using IE, you can pretty much aim the same as follow, then pivot for the english without adjustment.

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Shot #6
This is the side pocket shot that i practice a great deal. also practice it from cue ball positions A, B, C, D.

CueTable Help


Tip: These shots usually require a short, unstable or elevated bridge, so playing with english is tricky to master. So work on pure follow striking first. Then learn what adjustments are necessary for stun (aim thinner slightly on cuts). Get used to elevating for draw (same angle as for follow basically, but harder to perceive the angle). And learn to use a 15 inch bridge on these shots with a finger tip on rail bridge, so that you can use BHE in case you need to use side english. The adjustment will be slightly different as you'll need to allow for some swerve.

I just chose these shots to discuss as they share some of the factors that I thought were worth recommending.

Colin
 
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