Video as a tool.

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Mensabum

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I can now say without reservation that video of one's play is an important diagnostic tool and for any player who hasn't done this yet, I highly recommend it.
Being a stubborn jackass,
always thot I was a Cueball last player. Video of me says otherwise. Right B4 I pull the trigger, my eyes veer up to the object ball. All these years....
Just goes to show you. Only tool here is M'wah..😂
 
Billy Saunders was trying to put together a pool playing video many years ago , and he had me shooting a few different shots with and without english so people could learn different aspects of the game and how english effects things .

That been quite some time ago and I can honestly say that the video was never finished to the best of my knowledge .
With that said that was the first and last time I've ever played pool in front of a video camera .
But i feel that it can help you figure out what you're doing correctly and what you need to work on .
 
Mensabum said:
I can now say without reservation that video of one's play is an important diagnostic tool and for any player who hasn't done this yet, I highly recommend it.
Being a stubborn jackass,
always thot I was a Cueball last player. Video of me says otherwise. Right B4 I pull the trigger, my eyes veer up to the object ball. All these years....
Just goes to show you. Only tool here is M'wah..😂
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Try frozen to the rail with minimal angle with lots of english. The stuff you wanna bunt but gotta move the ball around.
 
Rusty in Montana said:
Billy Saunders was trying to put together a pool playing video many years ago , and he had me shooting a few different shots with and without english so people could learn different aspects of the game and how english effects things .

That been quite some time ago and I can honestly say that the video was never finished to the best of my knowledge .
With that said that was the first and last time I've ever played pool in front of a video camera .
But i feel that it can help you figure out what you're doing correctly and what you need to work on .
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The findings certainly surprised me!!
 
Mensabum said:
Tough nuts to crack.
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Force yourself to stay down on the CB as you pop it. This was one of the miracles of CBL for me. I even backwards engineered the theory from it. (I don't actually remember but it's gotta be 50/50 right? :ROFLMAO:)
The theory is the shot is usually so iffy there's built in doubt as you shoot it. Lo and behold, I might be close to 100% on 'em. Proving to me I know the shot, I just don't like the looks of it. lol
 
I record video of myself at least once a week. Then I try my best to focus on what I perceive as myself doing wrong. Between watching my own errors, and help from a terrific teacher on this forum to whom I've sent the video for help, I've gone from regularly losing to 420s to having won my last three chip tournaments, and beaten 3 straight mid to upper 500s in our in-house 9 ball league.

One step at a time...
 
straightline said:
Force yourself to stay down on the CB as you pop it. This was one of the miracles of CBL for me. I even backwards engineered the theory from it. (I don't actually remember but it's gotta be 50/50 right? :ROFLMAO:)
The theory is the shot is usually so iffy there's built in doubt as you shoot it. Lo and behold, I might be close to 100% on 'em. Proving to me I know the shot, I just don't like the looks of it. lol
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Absolutely!!
The hardest part for me was getting rid of that immediate negative connotation in my head when left with one of those shots, either from a bad roll or just blowing shape.
Once I learned how to do that, the balls fell.
Good insight my friend. 👊🏻
 
dtroup64 said:
I record video of myself at least once a week. Then I try my best to focus on what I perceive as myself doing wrong. Between watching my own errors, and help from a terrific teacher on this forum to whom I've sent the video for help, I've gone from regularly losing to 420s to having won my last three chip tournaments, and beaten 3 straight mid to upper 500s in our in-house 9 ball league.

One step at a time...
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Good luck with your progression!! 👍🏻
 
Tennesseejoe said:
Video please. I am trying to visualize the original position and various results.
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Imagine a long, damn near straight in that you need to put a ton of spin on to get shape. Idk many players who don't dread those shots. I work on them. Along with super thin cross table cuts. Sharpens my eye for contact points.
B4 low deflection shafts came out, shots like those straightline proposed were a crap shoot. If you didn't know your wand well, pocketing % was low.
 
straightline said:
Force yourself to stay down on the CB as you pop it. This was one of the miracles of CBL for me. I even backwards engineered the theory from it. (I don't actually remember but it's gotta be 50/50 right? :ROFLMAO:)
The theory is the shot is usually so iffy there's built in doubt as you shoot it. Lo and behold, I might be close to 100% on 'em. Proving to me I know the shot, I just don't like the looks of it. lol
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Compliments to the Chef!! 👊🏻
 
dtroup64 said:
I record video of myself at least once a week. Then I try my best to focus on what I perceive as myself doing wrong. Between watching my own errors, and help from a terrific teacher on this forum to whom I've sent the video for help, I've gone from regularly losing to 420s to having won my last three chip tournaments, and beaten 3 straight mid to upper 500s in our in-house 9 ball league.

One step at a time...
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Care to divulge said instructor?
 
straightline said:
If I stumble across one I'll be sure and post it! :ROFLMAO:

Basic scenario:

8 ball frozen to bottom rail. 9 ball frozen right in the middle of head rail.
You land two feet from the 8 ball, 1.5" off the rail.
How do you get to the 9 ball.

That one.
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My mistake.
I thot you were referring to those shots where the CB was locked up on the rail and you had to shoot down table, pocket the OB and get shape on a ball there.
Learning how to hit shots with CB on the rail or jacked up over another ball, what have you, were always the hardest for me, until I started to practice them.
14:1 helped with the 'over another ball' shot. That happens frequently while playing. To me anyway. 😗 Some days I can't keep whitey off the rail. Figured I'd better get good at hitting the top of the CB or else. I rarely hit one badly now. Haven't miscued on those shots in a long time.
Adjusting my bridge hand worked wonders for on the rail shots.
A solid, consistent rail bridge may seem elementary to most, but I still see high level fargo's struggling to get set on a rail shot. That should be automatic. No thot involved.
 
Mensabum said:
My mistake.
I thot you were referring to those shots where the CB was locked up on the rail and you had to shoot down table, pocket the OB and get shape on a ball there.
Learning how to hit shots with CB on the rail or jacked up over another ball, what have you, were always the hardest for me, until I started to practice them.
14:1 helped with the 'over another ball' shot. That happens frequently while playing. To me anyway. 😗 Some days I can't keep whitey off the rail. Figured I'd better get good at hitting the top of the CB or else. I rarely hit one badly now. Haven't miscued on those shots in a long time.
Adjusting my bridge hand worked wonders for on the rail shots.
A solid, consistent rail bridge may seem elementary to most, but I still see high level fargo's struggling to get set on a rail shot. That should be automatic. No thot involved.
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Can throw this in that bag. Switch to the hand that fits. IOW, right handed/left bridge for the rail on your right and left handed/right bridge for the rail on your left.
 
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