Where ya'll at?
- Thread starter hillbilly
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hey charlie........great to see a pro checkin in like this. I have a question, what is your basic pool workout.....like do you do something pool related every day and if so what? Is there something you do all the time......like do you run thru certain drills always, then when youre done maybe you play people or gamble?
hillbilly
Pro Player
scottycoyote said:
It depends on what type of player you are. For me, I don't focus too much on drills. I mostly run 15-ball rotation when I practice alone and if I find some shot that I'm having trouble with that day, I'll stop and address it.
I practice shooting a lot of straight in balls. The reason is that it makes it easy to tell if my stroke is straight at that time. An important variable to pay attention to is stroke speed. I shoot a lot of these long shots off the rail or really close to it.
Now for an aspiring player, you do need good quality stroke drills first if the stroke hasn't been mastered. A lot of amateurs think they have a straight stroke, but really don't understand the hows and the whys about the stroke. This is very important.
Speed drills come next and the development of systems for angles and speed. I know this sounds a little vague, but it is very difficult to be concise over the internet. There are just too many variables in pool to boil it down too much. I could talk all day.
Hopefully, I'll be able to get my book out soon. I've got 185 pages and 5 chapters done already. My whole first book is all about the fundementals in detail answering many of the hows and the whys about stroke quality, aim accuracy, speed control, etc.
hillbilly
Pro Player
JayBates said:
It all started with me living on a farm eating a lot of beans and taters.
One of the reasons I break so hard and accurately is that I truly understand and execute the mechanics needed to deliver the cue ball and hit the rack squarely and hard consistently. I feel that I can help ANYONE with their break.
So many players, who don't break hard, are only breaking with arms and/or their mechanics are so bad that it's impossible to break hard and squarely.
Unfortunately, there is no way to teach and show you without being there with you. I need to see what you are and are not doing already to evaluate your situation.
I practice breaking at least weekly. With the IPT being my focus lately, my break has become the focus of a lot of my practice.
Charlie ...
I am not an advocate of people breaking off the rail on a FRONT break, as I think they are really doing themselves a disservice in the long run, especially when the cue ball is 14-15" out from the rail. What are your thoughts concerning this?
I am not an advocate of people breaking off the rail on a FRONT break, as I think they are really doing themselves a disservice in the long run, especially when the cue ball is 14-15" out from the rail. What are your thoughts concerning this?
Charlie,hillbilly said:
I would love to have a break like yours. Is there any one thing that you concentrate on, to keep it all under control. When I am stroking the cue ball, I tell my self to push the cue ball. I know it is impossible to push the cue ball with a cue, but trying to seems to smooth my stroke and I get better follow through.
How long is your bridge when you break? What do you use besides your arms? I noticed it looks like you are hitting down on the cue ball when you break. Are you taking advatage of gravity in some way?
Tracy