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welshtwitcher
Just popping in
Joined: 25-Dec-2011
Posts: 6
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Posted: 2011-12-25 02:24
Hi everyone, merry christas and a hapy new year.
just posting to see if anyone can give me advice on different routines i could do in practice as i am new to the game preiviously playing 8 ball and snooker.
when practicing on my own atm i am playing around 20 racks of 9 ball, straight pool / rotation and then going back to 9 ball till end of practice.
just atm geting ust to angles and take of side ect...
realy just wondering if there is any different ways of lining and setting balls up for improving my game.
thanks
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Cueboy88
Home away from home
Joined: 13-Nov-2007
Posts: 588
From: Doncaster.
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Posted: 2011-12-25 09:55
Download the Shot pad app if you have an iPhone there's loads on there
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www.matthew-lester.com
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Riggers
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Joined: 30-Mar-2006
Posts: 4454
From: Barnsley (centre of the universe)
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Posted: 2011-12-25 12:54
There's loads but here's one I've been practicing recently to try and sort out my cueing under pressure. It's called 'Spot and Back' and I think Alex Lely devised it as a hybrid from the more simple spot shot based drills. Put a ball on the head spot (where the 1 ball goes in 9 ball) then put a ball behind it on the middle diamond of the top rail, just one cm away from the rail. Then put another 3 balls above that ball just one cm away from the last. Grab another 5 balls and repeat this pattern at the other end of the table. So you have 2 'Spot' balls and 8 'scoring balls'. Take the cue ball from anywhere behind the 3rd diamond (just before middle bag) to pot the 'spot' ball at the opposite end of the table and get position on one of the 4 scoring balls beneath it (Respot the spot ball each time it's potted). Pot the scoring ball and get position with the cue ball just behind the 3rd diamond from where you can go at the spot ball at the other end. Repeat this and see how many scoring balls you can make. Game over if you a) contact another ball except the one you are potting b) miss a pot) or c) let the cue ball go beyond the 3rd diamond when getting position on the next spot ball. [ This message was edited by: Riggers on 2011-12-25 13:18 ]
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Riggers
Home away from home
Joined: 30-Mar-2006
Posts: 4454
From: Barnsley (centre of the universe)
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Posted: 2011-12-25 13:01
Another one I like is a hard 9 ball clearance where all balls are just one cm away from the rail.
As I don't have a picture I'll try and describe where each ball goes. As you stand behind the table looking up this is where you would put the balls.
1 ball: Bottom (nearest to you) right side rail between 2nd and 3rd diamond up.
2 ball: Top left side rail between 2nd and 3rd diamond up.
3 ball: Top right side rail between 2nd and 3rd diamond up.
4 ball: Bottom left side rail between 2nd and 3rd diamond up.
5 ball: Middle of the top rail
6 ball: Middle of bottom rail
7 ball: head spot
8 ball: foot spot
9 ball: centre spot.
Simply take ball in hand and run the rack out.
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