What are the Mother Drills?

Flex

Flex

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I've seen these drills referenced numerous times on the forum, but have yet to see a description of them. Are they similar to Kinister's "60 Minute Workout" shots? Are they progressive drills? Are they pattern drills?

Can someone list them here?

Flex
 
Flex said:
I've seen these drills referenced numerous times on the forum, but have yet to see a description of them. Are they similar to Kinister's "60 Minute Workout" shots? Are they progressive drills? Are they pattern drills?

Can someone list them here?

Flex
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I've wondered the same thing and my guess is that you have to pay for a lesson to find out.:D

Steve
 
TannerPruess said:
Drills that I learned from RandyG. They get my stroke aligned and ready to roll.
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So if it's primarily about alignment and stroke, I guess what Mark Wilson showed me in about 10 minutes will likely fit the bill. Based on what he showed me and corrected in my way of stroking has brought my game up very markedly. I'm not there yet, but it's definitely coming along. At this point, I KNOW why I miss a shot, blew position, and so on. Comes down to stroke, stroke speed, aiming, english, throw, distance from cue ball to object ball, power of stroke for a specific shot to be pulled off, and so on. Whew!

Tell me, Tanner, do you think these Mother Drills are somehow a secret, and can't be divulged here?

Flex
 
Hi Guys: In Pool School we break a student's pool game down into about 10 easy parts. Through our tech with video and our Report Card system, our students can identify the good/poor parts of their game. Much easier to learn this way.

MOTHER DRILLS are specific Training Drills that are designated to repair, restore or maintain individualy each of those 10 parts. We have seven Mother Drills aimed at those 10 parts. As part of their home work a student is required to spend the first two weeks after school on their Mother Drills.

Before each Practice session: cueball control, ball pocketing, banking, kicking or speed drills it is essential to warm-up with the Mother Drills.

Soon your Perfect Practice follows you into game time....SPF=randyg
 
Thanks, Randy, that was quite helpful. I have a fertile imagination.

Some time ago, another pro player/instructor told me how he warms up. Slightly different from your listing, yet very effective too.

Flex
 
Mother Drills

Mother Drills aren't a secret, but they are Pool Schools drills to getting your mechanics in line.

Not only do they straighten your stroke, but they improve your eye pattern, your ability to adjust to speed, your ability to adjust to table conditions (rails), the ability to park the cue ball, the ability to determine the tangent line, etc, etc.

There are about 7 mother drills given out in the advanced class, and then about 3 or 4 more given out in the expert class.

They are not a secret, but it benefits you to take a lesson from RandyG. and learn them from him.

Maybe Randy will publish them in a book or DVD that he can sell, but right now I don't know that he does this. So the only way to really get them is to learn them from Randy's school.

All the other books and instructional stuff you get you pay for, so what is the big deal in paying for Randy's school?

I can have one bad night at pool, and come home and do my mother drills and know exactly what I was doing wrong that night. I fix it and then move on with my game.

It is just simply an excellent set of drills that allow you to gauge exactly what you are doing, and be able to correct it or fix it yourself!

I absolutely love these drills because of that reason!
 
txplshrk said:
Mother Drills aren't a secret, but they are Pool Schools drills to getting your mechanics in line.

Not only do they straighten your stroke, but they improve your eye pattern, your ability to adjust to speed, your ability to adjust to table conditions (rails), the ability to park the cue ball, the ability to determine the tangent line, etc, etc.

There are about 7 mother drills given out in the advanced class, and then about 3 or 4 more given out in the expert class.

They are not a secret, but it benefits you to take a lesson from RandyG. and learn them from him.

Maybe Randy will publish them in a book or DVD that he can sell, but right now I don't know that he does this. So the only way to really get them is to learn them from Randy's school.

All the other books and instructional stuff you get you pay for, so what is the big deal in paying for Randy's school?

I can have one bad night at pool, and come home and do my mother drills and know exactly what I was doing wrong that night. I fix it and then move on with my game.

It is just simply an excellent set of drills that allow you to gauge exactly what you are doing, and be able to correct it or fix it yourself!

I absolutely love these drills because of that reason!
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I already have a series of drills I've made for myself that replicate certain kinds of situations that come up in pool. They may seem boring to others, but are very challenging and have helped me a lot. Suffice it to say that if you work on speed control only on one kind of table you are in for trouble when you change tables. There has to be a way to know how to vary how one hits the cue ball on a slow, regular or fast table. Some of this stuff I've not read anywhere; however it works pretty well for me. A friend who learned all about laying down certain kinds of safeties taught me a fair amount of stuff, that can simply exasperate an unprepared opponent.

One of these days I may find or make the time to visit with Mark Wilson again and take a more formal lesson from him. Gotta say his ten minutes with me has worked wonders.

Flex
 
Flex said:
I already have a series of drills I've made for myself that replicate certain kinds of situations that come up in pool. They may seem boring to others, but are very challenging and have helped me a lot. Suffice it to say that if you work on speed control only on one kind of table you are in for trouble when you change tables. There has to be a way to know how to vary how one hits the cue ball on a slow, regular or fast table. Some of this stuff I've not read anywhere; however it works pretty well for me. A friend who learned all about laying down certain kinds of safeties taught me a fair amount of stuff, that can simply exasperate an unprepared opponent.

One of these days I may find or make the time to visit with Mark Wilson again and take a more formal lesson from him. Gotta say his ten minutes with me has worked wonders.

Flex
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FLEX: Performing Mother Drills and Practicing are two different things....SPF=randyg
 
Flex said:
I already have a series of drills I've made for myself that replicate certain kinds of situations that come up in pool. They may seem boring to others, but are very challenging and have helped me a lot. Suffice it to say that if you work on speed control only on one kind of table you are in for trouble when you change tables. There has to be a way to know how to vary how one hits the cue ball on a slow, regular or fast table. Some of this stuff I've not read anywhere; however it works pretty well for me. A friend who learned all about laying down certain kinds of safeties taught me a fair amount of stuff, that can simply exasperate an unprepared opponent.

One of these days I may find or make the time to visit with Mark Wilson again and take a more formal lesson from him. Gotta say his ten minutes with me has worked wonders.

Flex
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The speed drills and rail drills will help you adjust to any table!!!!!

Trust me I have been doing the mother drills for a year now. I can adjust to any speed of table without problems!
 
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randyg said:
FLEX: Performing Mother Drills and Practicing are two different things....SPF=randyg
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I agree. What I'm referring to are drills though. Not just practicing. Drills with a specific area to work on, whether speed control, throw, english, potting and moving the cue ball to a specific target on the table, and so on.

Also a drill Mark Wilson gave me to fine tune my stroke.

I think if I take any formal lessons in the future it will be with Mark.

Flex
 
Flex said:
I agree. What I'm referring to are drills though. Not just practicing. Drills with a specific area to work on, whether speed control, throw, english, potting and moving the cue ball to a specific target on the table, and so on.

Also a drill Mark Wilson gave me to fine tune my stroke.

I think if I take any formal lessons in the future it will be with Mark.

Flex
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I agree, stick with one of the best....SPF=randyg
 
Mother Drills...

After purchasing Kinister's 60 Workout...and going through it 5 days a week...my game skyrocketed!!! Enough to placed in the top 20 @ the Houston Open. Where the competition will run over you if not careful. They make postion play and shot making extremely easy.

***HIGHLY RECOMMENDED***

-West
 
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