My practise routine in picture.

[cyberheater]

I thought it would be fun to take piccies of my practise routine.

Normally start of like this. I always set them up this way. Put a couple of balls near the left and right cushions to practise potting them and screwing up to the blue. A couple of frames to get the cueing arm going. I always ensure I totally clear the table.



I then do this routine. First ball with stun. Second ball with follow through. Third ball with deep screw. Repeat until all balls are potted. This can take me quite a while although I'm getting better at it. I find it a very good routine to improve me cueing.



Then I do the line up. I keep going until everything is potted.



This next one is a great routine for me to improve me positional play. Requires lots of soft stuns and screws with the odd stun run throughs. I find it tough.



This all normally takes me around 2 hours.

[itsnoteasy]

Good routines Cyberheater , on the balls across the table, stun , run ,deep screw, what do you call deep screw? Back to the baulk line, or top Cush , or around that area. A good little routine I do is black and pink on, five reds in a bunch below the pink , two reds round the black (just to give me two chances to get the right angle on the black) pot reds and go into the pack off the black and try and clear, I manage it every now and then, but not that often, well hardly ever to be honest, but I have done it lol.

[cyberheater]

Good routines Cyberheater , on the balls across the table, stun , run ,deep screw, what do you call deep screw? Back to the baulk line, or top Cush , or around that area.

I try to aim back to the baulk line. I'm trying not to hit them too hard because it throws my cue arm off so I'm trying to get a good screwback with timing.

A good little routine I do is black and pink on, five reds in a bunch below the pink , two reds round the black (just to give me two chances to get the right angle on the black) pot reds and go into the pack off the black and try and clear, I manage it every now and then, but not that often, well hardly ever to be honest, but I have done it lol.

I will try that when I get a bit better. I'm still struggling with the basics still.

[kheops]

cyberheater, don't want to be the smartass here, but i don't understand the point of your first picture
for me this could be the way the table is after my first stroke, if all balls are on their "official spots", why losing so much time to place the balls the way they are
what to you have to achieve, potting one ball after another ? no order ?

what have to be done is much simpler to understand in your third picture for example

don't be rude, my questions are real and i'm pretty sure the way i write them down isn't correctly spelled

take care

[ayrshire_top]

Thanks for posting this routine with pics mate, I'll definitely give these a try!

[thelongbomber]

These are great routines. Would also like to see the video

[j6uk]

i see your ambitious cyber, thats a good trait. i see from your profile your highest break is 35 an you say these routines take you or your doing them for two hrs. can you say what your scoring is like? are you keeping notes? so within 2hrs how many reds and colors are you making in routines 1,3,4 and how many long straight balls in 2?

[cyberheater]

cyberheater, don't want to be the smartass here, but i don't understand the point of your first picture
for me this could be the way the table is after my first stroke, if all balls are on their "official spots", why losing so much time to place the balls the way they are
what to you have to achieve, potting one ball after another ? no order ?

what have to be done is much simpler to understand in your third picture for example

don't be rude, my questions are real and i'm pretty sure the way i write them down isn't correctly spelled

take care

It's sort of a quasi line up with a bit of variation. The cluster of 4 reds below the pink can only be potted in order into the black pockets which require good position. The pink pots in all pockets. The two reds on each side cushion are there to help me get better at potting those types of shots and screw up for position on the blue. Those types of shots come up a lot in a normal frame.

These are great routines. Would also like to see the video

I might get around to it but I'm a bit shy. I have posted a vid before.

i see your ambitious cyber, thats a good trait. i see from your profile your highest break is 35 an you say these routines take you or your doing them for two hrs. can you say what your scoring is like? are you keeping notes? so within 2hrs how many reds and colors are you making in routines 1,3,4 and how many long straight balls in 2?

I don't take notes. Maybe I should. I regularly make 20's and 30's with the occasional 40's in practise. Sadly not in a real match but that might be because of the mate I play who smashes the balls all over the place.
In terms of the long straight balls. The best I've managed it 4 in a row.

[ace man]

These routines, while excellent, are far too difficult IMO.
You should set something up where there's a reasonable chance for YOU to clear up without any misses.
I'd start with mini line up. 5 reds between black and pink.

[alabadi]

These routines, while excellent, are far too difficult IMO.
You should set something up where there's a reasonable chance for YOU to clear up without any misses.
I'd start with mini line up. 5 reds between black and pink.

I agree, I thought when the post went up, this guy was a 100 break builder, however after he admitted he's a 20 -30 break player. I see this as too difficult.

its no use playing the routine and continuing with it until its complete if you miss half of the shots. the routine then has no purpose.
surely a routine should be set up where there is a reasonable chance of clearing it. if there is no chance well I just don't see the point.

if there are certain shots that I struggle with , then I just set up that one pot and practice it alone for a couple of hours until I am confident I can make the shot more than I won't.

setting up routines that are too difficult just adds more anxiety frustration, which ultimately affects confidence and this leads to playing badly in matches especially when these types of shots turn up

the bad experiences get stored away in our subconscious and they effect how we play, we need to be confident on the shots we take so setting up routines that are achievable give us positive experiences and this can be taken forward into a match.

[j6uk]

I don't take notes. Maybe I should. I regularly make 20's and 30's with the occasional 40's in practise. Sadly not in a real match but that might be because of the mate I play who smashes the balls all over the place.
In terms of the long straight balls. The best I've managed it 4 in a row.

okay, well i would not play this mate of yours to much, maybe the odd best of three and , play him for the lights so he starts thinking about what he's doing.
and i'd stop doing these difficult routines until you've completed the easier ones. like clocked 15reds 2-3 times then completed the lineup (that would keep you busy for 9 months or so) then move o to the harder stuff that your doing at the moment.

[cyberheater]

These routines, while excellent, are far too difficult IMO.
You should set something up where there's a reasonable chance for YOU to clear up without any misses.
I'd start with mini line up. 5 reds between black and pink.

I agree, I thought when the post went up, this guy was a 100 break builder, however after he admitted he's a 20 -30 break player. I see this as too difficult..

...and i'd stop doing these difficult routines until you've completed the easier ones. like clocked 15reds 2-3 times then completed the lineup (that would keep you busy for 9 months or so) then move o to the harder stuff that your doing at the moment.

Thanks guys for your valuable input. I really appreciate it. I will start doing something a lot easier and build up from there.

[mythman69]

This might be of interest:

Practice blacks.jpg

I have been practicing my cue ball control using this exercise. The idea is to sink the black ball and get the cue ball to then hit a specific red ball (or coloured ball) using top, stun and screw. I then set it up on the opposite side to ensure that I am comfortable on both sides of the table. It has really helped. Give it a try and see if it helps you too.