What pool drill do you reccomend doing?
For amatures?
Advance players?
Bank shots?
Kick shots?
Ect ect...
For amatures?
Advance players?
Bank shots?
Kick shots?
Ect ect...
What pool drill do you recommend?
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Shane van Boening said he doesn't even do drills!!!!!
And Darren Appleton does them every practice so what's your point lol
It just depends on what part of your game your trying to work on
Long corner to corner straight ins to make sure your stroke is straight and consistent. Cue ball by the fist diamond and object ball around or between the side pocket to 2nd diamond area of the other end of the table. As far as banks go, Freddy the Beard's banking with the Beard DVD and book are great. Plenty of stuff on youtube about kicking systems. Darren Appleton's drill dvd is real good. As far as Shane not doing drills, I would say breaking over and over for hours on end weekly is a drill within itself. Pocketing balls aimlessly for hours and hours does not do much if you can not stay focused and adhere to what you are doing wrong.
Practice your weak points.
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For amateurs I recommend placing an object ball about half the distance from a side pocket to center table, then placing the cue ball in the center.
Shoot the object ball into the side pocket and make whitey stop dead in his tracks.
You'd be surprised how many neophytes can't do that. :smile:
Shoot the object ball into the side pocket and make whitey stop dead in his tracks.
You'd be surprised how many neophytes can't do that. :smile:
And draw the CB back into the corner pocket!
I'm afraid I wouldn't know where to begin....:grin:
PAT test (1,2,3) are great for everyone
Rack 9 balls... Break.. Pull the lowest five balls.
Plan your runout.... Ball in hand on the first ball.
Pocket the first ball and plan your runout again.
Pocket the balls trying for position on each following ball.
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"Playing the Ghost" drills (especially 15-ball rotation for advanced players) provide excellent practice, especially if you work on (drill) the shots or positions you miss.
The BU playing-ability exams are also excellent practice for all pool skills (offensive, defensive, kicks, banks, etc.), for all levels of ability.
Good thread,
Dave
FYI, many useful drills, specific to individual skills and shot types, can be found on the drill resources page.
Enjoy,
Dave
Here are some basic drills for most levels of players set up so you can track your level and advance to the level that is right for you:
http://sfbilliards.com/Misc/progpract.pdf
Here are some articles with many different types of drills:
http://sfbilliards.com/articles/BD_articles.html
See also Dr. Dave's site posted just above.
Is there any particular kind of drill that you were looking for?
Thank you all for the responses.
There is no particular drill I'm looking for just figured I'd do a variety of them and change it up.
There is no particular drill I'm looking for just figured I'd do a variety of them and change it up.
Any drill that is going to be challenging for you. No point in doing ones that are easy for you to get through. Preferably ones that force you to work on your weak areas. Your weak areas can easily be found by taking the Billiard University exams.
Good idea !!!!!!!!!!
I was going to add the part about re-shooting the shots where you miss your position. I think this is GREAT practice. Start with clearing 5 balls after the break and keep track of the games you run the table. Once you can run out 7 or 8 times out of 10, only clear 1-4 balls after the break, etc. This is what I do.
I would have suggested Dr. Dave's and Bob Jewett's websites, but they beat me to it.
Anyway, ditto.
pj
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Anyway, ditto.
pj
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