How to hit A Ball In Pool
Pool Lesson | How to Shoot Every Ball - Step by Step
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shooting balls is what cool obviously is
all about but it's not as simple as just
going down and pulling the trigger today
I will show you my personal step-by-step
process that you can do on every shot no
matter how easy or difficult it is today
I will show you my 10 steps did I do
before every shot the steps are divided
into three categories
thinking preparing and executing and yes
10 steps seem to be a lot but don't be
afraid your personal skill level and the
difficulty of the shot will change the
time you need to spend for every shot by
quite a lot so you could either spend a
whole minute for a very difficult shot
to go through every step but also just
five seconds on a simplest shot okay I
will do all the 10 steps one time very
slowly and explain everything very
detailed and then we're going to do it
faster and my usual rhythm check the
angle we're not checking the angle to
already know where to aim but you know
what is possible with the cue ball with
a straight in shot for example we can
move the cue ball only on this line
without cheating the pocket however with
an angle like this we can basically get
the cue ball everywhere on the table
check where the next two balls are on a
table here we want to know where the
seven ball and also the eight ball is
because we want a nice angle to get from
the 7 to the 8th if the cue ball would
end here we would have an easy shot on
the 7 ball that's true but the 9 ball is
a blocker and we would really have a
hard time getting down table 48 pick
your point on the table
considering the position of the 7mt 8
ball we're picking this point on a table
so that we can easily go to what's the 8
ball look for the best path to get there
if we check the tangent line we will see
that the cue ball will almost travel
towards our point on the table so we
know that it's possible to go to this
path of the cue ball and this leads to
the next step figure out where you have
to hit the cue ball we know the path we
want to go now we need to figure out
where we have to hit the cue ball by
adding low on the cue ball we can change
the path like this and if we then just
add a tip of left and English
the angle will open on the first drill
and bring us to what's our point okay
now we did all the thinking that means
we know where we want to end with the
cue ball which path it should travel and
where we need to hit the cue ball now we
start to prepare the shot the first
thing we do is step behind the aiming
line or a so called baseline this is
already part of the gaming process we
ain't while standing not fall down at
the shot so we're stepping behind the
aiming line and put our left foot
because I'm a lefty on the baseline now
our arm our head the cue and foot are
already on the right line visualize and
feel the shot our brain doesn't
understand words but images that's why
we have to visualize how the object ball
drops and also the cue balls path this
is a very important step because our
muscle memory brain and body will try to
reproduce those pictures we just
visualized preparing and feeling the
shot is something I do simultaneously
valve visualizing I do my priest rogue's
in the air until I feel ready for the
shot it sounds very abstract but it's
very important one part of feeling the
shot is for example to figure out at
what speed we will hit the cue ball and
this is not something theoretical like I
have to hit at speed 1.5 to exactly get
there now it's to already feel the speed
in your arm and how the whole shot will
look and feel okay
after we prepared the shot that means
we're feeling ready we're finally going
to execute the shot first we step into
the shot remember my left foot my left
arm my head and cue are still on the
baseline and now we just step into the
shot and never leave that line and now
we're locking in before doing any pre
strokes we will stay down for a short
time this is one part of checking that
everything is aligned correctly so far
it helps to see if we're on the right
point on the cue ball if our body
position stands armed and so on is
feeling right if you're doing the pre
strokes while going down we can check
this properly of course it works as well
but I really improved by
walking in first ok we are still locked
in and now we do the priest croaks we do
those to check if we're moving the queue
straight and if the contact point aiming
and the whole setup is still correct
it's like warming up and if everything
feels right move your queue backwards
pass and shoot it's not necessary to do
a pass but what is important that we
have a smooth and controlled backswing
because the backswing has nothing to do
with the shooting motion all the energy
comes from the forward stroke if we're
pulling our arm back really fast the
muscles tend to tighten up and we will
lose accuracy as you see here even my
thumb moves uncontrolled the cue jumps
up and Wiggles if I do it really fast if
I'm doing a smooth backswing however
everything is very more controlled and
now let's put the GoPro on and try to
clear this wreck ok here I'm preparing
the shot
I have visualized everything I did
everything that we just talked about and
I'm trying to get the cue ball into our
desired position as you see I'm staying
down for a very long time this is
something I do because I want to show
you the cue ball as long as possible
with the GoPro but it's also important
to not jump up on shots here we got the
perfect angle on the 7 ball and we're
trying to go two rails as you see the
path that I'm pointing on the table so
we visualized our path I already know
where I have to hit the cue ball here
I'm preparing I'm going down you see I'm
locking in if I'm feeling ready I'm
doing my priests rogues then I'm pushing
the cue back yeah was a little fast but
still ok and we get a nice position on
the eight ball and here it's the same
process again I know where I want to end
them for the nine ball I know already
what angle I have on the eight ball and
the path that I'm going is this path one
rail or maybe even two rails now I'm
preparing I know where I have to hit the
cue ball
yeah hive of a touch of right in English
and then I'm preparing stepping into the
shots I'm locking in I'm doing the same
on every shot and as you see it is
really fast and my usual rhythm is even
faster
yeah I'm just slowing down a little bit
here but you can do as I said all those
10 steps in a very very short time here
we didn't end up perfectly on a 9 ball
we're a little close to the rail so a
little less write in English would have
been perfect but yes still very doable
and rent this wreck okay those were my
personal 10 steps did I do before every
shot and as mentioned I'm doing every
step but the time I need for each step
depends a lot and a difficulty of the
shot and I'll see a personal skill level
experience and you quick-wittedness I
for example know really fast where I
have to be in an exponent how I get
there but beginners for example will
need more time and it's just fine with
experience you will get faster on my
last video where I was showing you how
to run a wreck of 8-ball with my GoPro
Andria's ask in the comments why are you
putting left spin on the 8-ball first of
all there is no need to do this at all
it's just a habit I have to add a tiny
bit of outside English on those shots I
just feel more comfortable and you will
also see a lot of pro players using a
tiny bit of outside English and cut
shots even if it's not necessary it
helps to compensate for cutting use
drill but as I said it wasn't necessary
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