Anyone know the Infamous MOTHER DRILLS ?

[peterpackage]

Hi guys

on the azbilliards forum, there is a lot of talk about the Mother drills, a series of drills to help your fundamentals. I have searched high and low, i cannot find details of all of the drills

On the azbilliards forum, it's like some kind of geeky secret society, " if you want the drills, get a lesson from an acredited instructor etc", they are useless without an instructor showing you the reasoning behind them etc Fact is some of us are at an advanced enough stage that we could make use of new drills without an instructor

Whilst i understand instructors wanting to make a living and not wanting to give away all their secrets, i find it all petty and ridiculous considering i'm in a different country and can't get a lesson anyway

Terry Davidson and others are so generous with their knowledge on this forum and this wanky "if you don't know, you don't need to know" attitude is pathetic.

Anyway, if anyone knows these infamous mother drills, please post details

[Terry Davidson]

peter:

Never heard of the 'mother drills' but since we're dealing with Americans it may be just the basics like 'motherhood and apple pie' is used to describe basic Americanism.

I give my coaching advice on here free, however to be honest it's in the hopes I can market myself and get some paying students to come here to my facility since that is the only way I can make some pocket money now that I'm retired and on a fixed pension income.

In order to do that I have to show prospective students that I'm good enough to correct their problems, but the real problem is there's too much good competition in the UK and who can afford to fly over to Canada, even though I have a very good facility here (it's being finished off now and I will post some pictures once the contractor is finished in about 2 weeks).

I will have a snooker table, pool table, movable video camera set-up (which means the lighting is very bright), portable photographic lighting, mirror, 360 training cue, gravity cue and various other training devices although I haven't invested in the SightRite as yet. I also do video analysis using Dartfish and I just downloaded another video analysis software program as Dartfish is not very user-friendly.

Five days here and the student walks away with a good technique plus DVDs to step him through his own individual action program, correcting one fault at a time with narratives.

I also certify IBSF Coaches and Master Coaches but that is more expensive and takes a bit more time.

Terry

[The Doctor]

Never heard of Mother Drills in my time.
I enjoy passing some of my knowledge on to folk as i do believe some coaches charge way too much and are exploiting players. I'm not saying time is not a commodity and good coaches should charge a proper fee but there are some seriously bad coaches out there charging a fortune and it's a shame.
I no longer coach due to ill health but i still like to pass on help if i can and still have pro's asking for my advice. Through the forum is a nice way to help people out. I am lucky to have had a lot out of snooker over the years and i feel if everyone put a little back in then the world would be a better place.
I like the advice Terry gives, he is always thorough and is on a similar wave length to me in terms of his methods.
Try to keep your technique simple and consistent. The less variables, the easier it is to repeat, giving you a more consistent technique. Look at John Higgins, although it could be argued that he is a little long in his backswing(something he has worked on with my help to have more control) he is very consistent in his method, this is also the reason Davis has stayed at the top for so long.
A good technique will also help in giving you a strong mentality, as you become more trusting in your method, you become more confident it will work under pressure.

[johno]

Thanks for your comments. Can you explain a bit more what makes
Higgins technique so successful, he does seem to always keep his
cue on his chin and stay down. Is there anything in particular he does
that is different from other players ?
Just one other point please, do you recommend the cue brushing against the
chest as another point of contact and should you feather more than
say 2 or 3 times

[The Doctor]

His game is simplistic in that there are more constants than variables.
I would urge you to keep the cue on the chest as it not only gives another contact point but also helps keep the cue still.
The amount of feathers are personal, however i would always try to have the same amount regardless of the shot and would try to make the length of them similar to that of my final backswing depending on pace of shot.

[finabb]

is this it

www.totalsnooker.com then click on coaching then on the drill

[ace man]

on the azbilliards forum, there is a lot of talk about the Mother drills, a series of drills to help your fundamentals.

This must be for American pool. I've played the game for years, but fail to see how can anything you do on those tables improve your snooker technique?