the best drill

i was told this is a drill that toby sweet uses/used.

pocket the ob and place the cb at all 15 diamonds. it's very enlightening and you learn all about your stroke(or lack of it)


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bruin70 said:
i was told this is a drill that toby sweet uses/used.

pocket the ob and place the cb at all 15 diamonds. it's very enlightening and you learn all about your stroke(or lack of it)


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There are 18 diamonds.
 
pillage6 said:
Dead link, and I couldn't figure out what to search for. Can you post the info again? Thank you.
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It must not be available any more. I deleted the orginal post. That was the only link I had.
 
bruin70 said:
the three at the bottom rail,,,at the brunswick
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So you're pocketing the ball with the cueball placed at each diamond? Or are you pocketing the ball from the position shown and having the cue ball END UP at each diamond?
 
A good drill for when your playing on a new table or a table that you've never played on before is to set up a grid of balls, 5x3 on the table. Try to run the entire grid without missing a shot and without hitting a single rail, this is a great way to get the speed of the cloth down.
 
sniper said:
A good drill for when your playing on a new table or a table that you've never played on before is to set up a grid of balls, 5x3 on the table. Try to run the entire grid without missing a shot and without hitting a single rail, this is a great way to get the speed of the cloth down.
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Sniper,
How about doing the same grid drill and using a rail on EVERY shot? Perhaps this would give the player a feel for the rails as well as speed of the cloth.

I personally use the grid drill frequently (using 6 extra balls so the whole table is filled) as practice for straight pool. I usually use rails when needed, I have occasionally tried it with no rails, but have not yet tried it with rails mandatory on every shot - I'll try it tonight. My instructor also fills the table, but then adds a ball frozen to the rail on every diamond - he's a glutton for punishment (and it takes a lot of "balls" :) ).
 
Drills

I don't do real drills, and haven't for some time, but
I do practice banking, and I also practice kicking, especially
2,3, and 4 rail kick shots, but I kick them to the adjacent
diamonds to the pockets ... why because you hardly ever
kick with a ball in the pocket, most of the time a ball is on
the rail adjacent to a pocket.
 
Varsity2016 said:
list your favorite drill that works the best for you here
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The best drill is the one that fixes your worst weakness. First you have to know what your weaknesses are.

A drill similar to the one mentioned before is described in
http://www.sfbilliards.com/articles/2005-07.pdf
but with much more general positioning. The drill described there is a lot like the training tool "Target Pool" that was promoted by pro player Kim Davenport.
 
Williebetmore said:
Sniper,
How about doing the same grid drill and using a rail on EVERY shot? Perhaps this would give the player a feel for the rails as well as speed of the cloth.

I personally use the grid drill frequently (using 6 extra balls so the whole table is filled) as practice for straight pool. I usually use rails when needed, I have occasionally tried it with no rails, but have not yet tried it with rails mandatory on every shot - I'll try it tonight. My instructor also fills the table, but then adds a ball frozen to the rail on every diamond - he's a glutton for punishment (and it takes a lot of "balls" :) ).
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I've never tried it where you have to hit a rail everytime but my table is 30 feet away and I think I might just go try it!
 
The one I like to do is set up 3 across and 5 down the table, and try to run the table without touching another ball. its probably similar to snipers but you can touch the rails.
 
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