Thank you for the great video. It's edited very well and full of great advice. If you keep releasing videos this quality your channel will pop off for sure!
This is VERY useful. The mindset during drills is NOT pocketing but working on specific skills. I was missing this aspect of drills and this is a bit of an aha moment for me. The mindset of my drills going forward will change and I'm sure it'll help a lot. Thanks!
This is really helpful. I've tried to complete the L drill for a very long time and I could honestly never figure out what the true point of the drill was (probably why I could never finish it). Maybe it would be nice to make a series where you break down the point of every drill is?
Excellent video. Great info. I've always felt that a combination of some drills, followed by some ghost practice was a good strategy. You have shown me something to get more value out of the drills. Thank you! 👊🏼
Purpose, intent, mindset, very good advice. There are other goals when doing the L drill. Have you tried them? I remember first seeing this drill with draw stroke only, almost no rails.
This video is so very true. My own personal journey of taking pool seriously originally started in 2017 as a SL 2/3. I would do drills religiously and never seemed to advance like a lot of other people would. To make a long story short, it wasn’t until the Covid shutdown and started playing ghost tournaments on Zoom that I started to see real progress. I learned more in 3 months than I did in 3 years of drills. I always rolled my eyes when top players would tell me to play the ghost. Now I see why they were saying it. I took a lot of breaks due to health issues when the pool halls started to reopen. I lost my passion as well along the way. Then, back in May 2023, I decided to give competition another real shot again. I was a SL 4/5 then, and now I’m a SL 7/8 less than a year later with a lot of tournament winnings in between. Honestly, I really don’t practice that much. I changed a couple of minor fundamental things like my strengthening my bridge hand and head position over the cue, started paying attention more to the top players as far as pattern play and using the rails for position, but mostly it’s my mental game that has taken me the furthest. I listen and take to heart sports motivational videos/music on repeat. The words are so ingrained into me that I can hear them without actually listening to them. And at the end of the day, that’s what keeps me going and growing.
Drills are great if they serve a purpose for your game and YOU as the player are getting something out of it. Not all drills are created equal so be careful on which ones you apply yourself too. I do drills and setup particular shots (with particular English applied to it.) I also believe that you have to analyze the drill and understand what your developing out of it is important.
Great video. Doesn't matter what sport or game you're playing, if you're doing drills mindlessly without intent, you're not going to get a much value from the time you invest. If you only train running balls, you'll have difficulty improving consistent positional play, even if your develop the confidence to play random table layouts.
Great advice. Just doing a drill is punching the clock. I coached volleyball and one of my coaching thoughts was, "Execute the sklill, not the drill" 😁
@@PoolProblems Its growing fast actually, As Vafaei did his jobs in Crucible and Opens. I think we have talented players here. how about you. your work is absolute great! honestly your content is my cure!
Awesome. So people are playing pool too? I'm born in Esfahan you know. Thanks for the compliment, buddy. I have some very interesting ideas for upcoming videos.
@@PoolProblems Yeah always! at least there are always fake versions of Alex Higgins and Efren Reyes around tables with 80's style 😁. Its great to hear that bro ( دادا ). i hope to see your videos and learn from u. btw tnx for your kind responses
Love the info, super useful thanks. Would love it even more without the stock video every 0.5 seconds, maybe I've got a longer attention span than the target audience though :-)
The point of the drill is to practice speed control, cheating the pocket to create position. It isn't to practice making balls in an L layout on a table after a break. Playing two balls intio the same pocket does occur often enough that it's worth practicing using a rail to reposition for a follow up shot into the same pocket.
Well said, @MattyGaylord. Spot on. However, I might be wrong, but I actually think @nvpoolshooter agrees by saying that there are no (complete) L-patterns in real games.
@MattyGaylord I totally get that and don't disagree. For a beginner type player, I think it's best first to develop sound mechanics then pocketing ability by breaking and running balls before moving onto structured drills of any type that can really frustrate a player and wreck their confidence.
Thank you for the great video. It's edited very well and full of great advice. If you keep releasing videos this quality your channel will pop off for sure!
Thanks, man. I'll try my best posting quality content!
You just exposed the major secret of drills that everyone ignores
Man this is great, it's mental ,the big picture is what I'm trying to see, THANK YOU!!!
This is VERY useful. The mindset during drills is NOT pocketing but working on specific skills. I was missing this aspect of drills and this is a bit of an aha moment for me. The mindset of my drills going forward will change and I'm sure it'll help a lot.
Thanks!
Perhaps I should give billiards/pool a try!
I never thought about this mindset. This blew my mind! Thank you!
Thanks. That's awesome to hear!
Nice video ! Really well done !
A nice example of what you said is the many videos on draw shot drills and how to power draw.
Interesting. Could you elaborate a bit about that? Because I'm planning to make some draw shot advice stuff, so any input will be valuable!
This is really helpful. I've tried to complete the L drill for a very long time and I could honestly never figure out what the true point of the drill was (probably why I could never finish it). Maybe it would be nice to make a series where you break down the point of every drill is?
Right! It shows that you are progress oriented when you don't just do stuff, but you actually reflect on the reasons behind things. Good luck!
Excellent video. Great info. I've always felt that a combination of some drills, followed by some ghost practice was a good strategy. You have shown me something to get more value out of the drills. Thank you! 👊🏼
Awesome, man. Glad you liked it!
Purpose, intent, mindset, very good advice. There are other goals when doing the L drill. Have you tried them? I remember first seeing this drill with draw stroke only, almost no rails.
This video is so very true. My own personal journey of taking pool seriously originally started in 2017 as a SL 2/3. I would do drills religiously and never seemed to advance like a lot of other people would. To make a long story short, it wasn’t until the Covid shutdown and started playing ghost tournaments on Zoom that I started to see real progress. I learned more in 3 months than I did in 3 years of drills. I always rolled my eyes when top players would tell me to play the ghost. Now I see why they were saying it. I took a lot of breaks due to health issues when the pool halls started to reopen. I lost my passion as well along the way. Then, back in May 2023, I decided to give competition another real shot again. I was a SL 4/5 then, and now I’m a SL 7/8 less than a year later with a lot of tournament winnings in between. Honestly, I really don’t practice that much. I changed a couple of minor fundamental things like my strengthening my bridge hand and head position over the cue, started paying attention more to the top players as far as pattern play and using the rails for position, but mostly it’s my mental game that has taken me the furthest. I listen and take to heart sports motivational videos/music on repeat. The words are so ingrained into me that I can hear them without actually listening to them. And at the end of the day, that’s what keeps me going and growing.
That's some improvement. Great job. Did you see my "drills are overrated" video also? Anyway: Thanks for the comment!
Thanks coach! Absolutely brilliant
Always a pleasure!
Drills are great if they serve a purpose for your game and YOU as the player are getting something out of it. Not all drills are created equal so be careful on which ones you apply yourself too.
I do drills and setup particular shots (with particular English applied to it.) I also believe that you have to analyze the drill and understand what your developing out of it is important.
Great video. Doesn't matter what sport or game you're playing, if you're doing drills mindlessly without intent, you're not going to get a much value from the time you invest. If you only train running balls, you'll have difficulty improving consistent positional play, even if your develop the confidence to play random table layouts.
Great advice. Just doing a drill is punching the clock. I coached volleyball and one of my coaching thoughts was, "Execute the sklill, not the drill" 😁
That's a great quote! I might use that. Thanks.
great help on the drills!
Glad you liked it!
your channel is what i was looking for
Thanks, brother! How's the pool community in Iran?
@@PoolProblems Its growing fast actually, As Vafaei did his jobs in Crucible and Opens. I think we have talented players here.
how about you. your work is absolute great! honestly your content is my cure!
Awesome. So people are playing pool too? I'm born in Esfahan you know. Thanks for the compliment, buddy. I have some very interesting ideas for upcoming videos.
@@PoolProblems Yeah always! at least there are always fake versions of Alex Higgins and Efren Reyes around tables with 80's style 😁.
Its great to hear that bro ( دادا ). i hope to see your videos and learn from u.
btw tnx for your kind responses
Love the info, super useful thanks.
Would love it even more without the stock video every 0.5 seconds, maybe I've got a longer attention span than the target audience though :-)
Thanks for the comment! Glad you liked (most of) it :D You're right about the reason behind the gifs. I'll keep it in mind for the future.
Thanks mate. Hopefully I got it across that I wasn't being negative and found it really helpful. People could rip my videos apart if they wanted to
2:15 "...but using fewer balls..."
Ah, thanks!
Break a rack of 8, 9, 10 ball or 14:1. See any "L" patterns? No? There you go.
The point of the drill is to practice speed control, cheating the pocket to create position. It isn't to practice making balls in an L layout on a table after a break. Playing two balls intio the same pocket does occur often enough that it's worth practicing using a rail to reposition for a follow up shot into the same pocket.
Well said, @MattyGaylord. Spot on. However, I might be wrong, but I actually think @nvpoolshooter agrees by saying that there are no (complete) L-patterns in real games.
@MattyGaylord I totally get that and don't disagree. For a beginner type player, I think it's best first to develop sound mechanics then pocketing ability by breaking and running balls before moving onto structured drills of any type that can really frustrate a player and wreck their confidence.
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