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[j6uk]

So that's you me and Les all left eye dominant find it easier from the green side, hmmmm.
It might not matter when you are good but I may as well ask ,J what eye are you? I'm guessing from your comment on the video you prefer the yellow side of the table, so if I have any chance of this being correct ,you should be right eyed.

im left eye and parcially sighted, but i remember when both my eyes were healthy i was more even and had the cue center chin. as a junior i was nervy about playing blacks fromthe yellow side and always felt more comfortable playing from the green side of the table.
but that was a phase, when i finally knuckled down to proper practice all that evaporated

[j6uk]

black routine ton




this is a great routine that works most things technically, and when making targets like 10.20,50,100 it demands good concentration plus gives you that all important feeling of pressure.
i lost focus around 50, felt the pressure in the 70s, loosen up after 90, and was cueing and sighting the shot well after i made the ton.

this is recorded in hd, and i set the camera to give the best angle to try to show all the shots and how it relates to the hight of the cue on the cue ball and where the cue ball comes off the cushions for position.
its a bit long, but a very good workout

[Phil C]

I'll watch that later in work. Looking forward to it!

[itsnoteasy]

im left eye and parcially sighted, but i remember when both my eyes were healthy i was more even and had the cue center chin. as a junior i was nervy about playing blacks fromthe yellow side and always felt more comfortable playing from the green side of the table.
but that was a phase, when i finally knuckled down to proper practice all that evaporated

I must admit I have had two sessions playing from the yellow side only and it hasn't half helped, it's not as natural as the green side but the white is much better than when I started, been a very good routine for me, thanks.

[j6uk]

black routine ton

oh i forgot to say, no side

I'll watch that later in work. Looking forward to it!

don't fall asleep

I must admit I have had two sessions playing from the yellow side only and it hasn't half helped, it's not as natural as the green side but the white is much better than when I started, been a very good routine for me, thanks.

a couple of weeks on one side and youll be flying

[alabadi]

this sounds liike you may have issues with your foot work and balance. a player sould orginise their feet so that the cueing armis always has free movement when down on the shot.
a good example would be my body position when playing the brown on the first essential shots video

i'm sure this is the same with everyone. right handed players are more comfortable on the green side of the table and left handed players on the yellow side of the table.
its just the natural side in terms of body position, when say high on blacks from the green side the right armed players cue arm is towards the middle of the table so its easier leaning over. on the yellow side the right arm is to the outside so when its too high its harder to get the right arm around, sometime i will get the rest (although i hate the damn thing) for comfort.

this is what i mean, body position comfort, not the type of shot

[itsnoteasy]

Still haven't made the ton J, had a twelve red attempt today, but did get my blacks up to 19 from the yellow side and was doing over ten quite regularly, which is a great improvement, bottled it/ got a kick on twenty, it was a bad kick but I'm not sure if it was going in anyway.

[j6uk]

i'm sure this is the same with everyone. right handed players are more comfortable on the green side of the table and left handed players on the yellow side of the table.
its just the natural side in terms of body position, when say high on blacks from the green side the right armed players cue arm is towards the middle of the table so its easier leaning over. on the yellow side the right arm is to the outside so when its too high its harder to get the right arm around, sometime i will get the rest (although i hate the damn thing) for comfort.

this is what i mean, body position comfort, not the type of shot

okay i missunderstood you, yes well we all should develop the weaker sides of our games..

Still haven't made the ton J, had a twelve red attempt today, but did get my blacks up to 19 from the yellow side and was doing over ten quite regularly, which is a great improvement, bottled it/ got a kick on twenty, it was a bad kick but I'm not sure if it was going in anyway.

once you start recognising the patterns its about repetition and concentration. 10,20,50,100

[alabadi]

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once you start recognising the patterns its about repetition and concentration. 10,20,50,100

Yes that's right J6 the black exercise has 2 benefits.

1- recognising angles
2- concentration

I think the concentration in my case is one I need to improve on.
Because of the repetiveness of this exercise its quite easy to lose focus/concentration .

I can't count the amount of times I've landed in an identical position and either missed the pot or lost position.

[j6uk]

before the few times last week ive not done the black routnie seriously for over ten years, im a little surprised i still have the levels needed to hit a ton..i can't recomend this routine strongly enough. you play all the advanced break building shots

[j6uk]

this guy know shis stuff http://fergalobrien.ie/practice2.html

[j6uk]

essential baulk colors to red

a few more shots for the improving player to get comfortable with

[bluenose1940]

I've said it a number of times before, this forum has been of so much help to me with my game. I do have one little wish though as far as the instructional videos are concerned. I've just been watching the link in the post above called "essential baulk colours to red" It would be of great help to me (and others too possibly) if the instructor was to include in his commentary something along the lines of "For this shot I will be striking the cue-ball at 5o/c, or 2o/c or centre ball or just a tip width below centre"
I know that some of you more experienced players will say that it's pretty obvious if the instructor says he is "going to play a stun run-through" but for some of us with less ability, a little more by way of descriptive comments would benefit us.

Just the thoughts of a 75 year old wrinkley who is fairly new to the game!

[j6uk]

thanks for that bluenose, i will expand on where im stricking the cb in future vids, but be aware that there could be differing reations on the white between players, the timing of the shot and playing condition

[Hello, Mr Big Shot]

I've said it a number of times before, this forum has been of so much help to me with my game. I do have one little wish though as far as the instructional videos are concerned. I've just been watching the link in the post above called "essential baulk colours to red" It would be of great help to me (and others too possibly) if the instructor was to include in his commentary something along the lines of "For this shot I will be striking the cue-ball at 5o/c, or 2o/c or centre ball or just a tip width below centre"
I know that some of you more experienced players will say that it's pretty obvious if the instructor says he is "going to play a stun run-through" but for some of us with less ability, a little more by way of descriptive comments would benefit us.

Just the thoughts of a 75 year old wrinkley who is fairly new to the game!

Descriptive comments? On TSF? heresy.