Pool Drill | The Shotmaking Drill I Do Before Every Tournament! (Cue Ball On The Rail)
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- In this Episode I have a great shotmaking drill for you. It contains 30 single shots, where the cue ball is placed on the rail or very close to it. You can vary around with this depending on your own level.
You will improve:
- Your feel for these long tough shots with difficult angles
- Better alignment
- Straight cueing
- Focus
Join me for: Pool Drill | The Shotmaking Drill I Do Before Every Tournament! (Cue Ball On The Rail)
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Your the only honest person I know about missing shots. It's a boost in confidence in my opinion when you see a pro player needing more than one shot. Thanks for all the great content.
Glad to hear you see it that way Ed! Nobody never misses - including the pros. Important to remember for all of us 👍👍
I was thinking the very same thing.
Really appreciate your honesty when making these videos, Niels! Even the seemingly easy shots can be tricky. Great practice!
Correct DJ! Happy you like the workout 👌😎
Truly you are one of the most influential players in late to modern history of this sport! I’m sure the day will come when you become a Hall Of Fame member and a household name.
My favorite player by far. Thank you again for the over the top cool signed cue balls for my son and I. Nothing but love brother, hope to get to meet you one day! 🇺🇸 🇳🇱
Haul of fame😂
Really appreciate it pal!! 🙏👊Cheers. Happy you like the cueballs
@@joulupukki1607 Hahahah thank you for pointing that out 😂🤙
Keep these kinds of videos coming! Great drill to test your fundamentals and make any other shot on the table seem easy. I appreciate the time and effort you put into these videos to help the pool community excel
Thanks a lot Chris Glad you like my videos and the channel! 😀👍 Sharing is much appreciated 🤗
Absolutely phenomenal Niels ... Super power drill.... Shot making is key even with alot of knowledge .... Thank Niels
Glad you like the exercise! It never gets easy or boring!! Keep that practice going 💪🏻😊😊
After finding this channel a couple weeks ago, I just started doing a similar drill and a variation of your yo-yo drill for warmups before each match at an amateur tournament in vegas last week. ( I never really knew how to drill properly or even care to, due to lack of goals) Just 20 minutes and I can't believe how much better my play and focus was. As an average/natural B to B+ player, I was easily playing at mid A level. It's completely changed my outlook of the game and I'm developing some goals for the next year. How I wish I would've found mentors or partners like you in my early 20's. Now I have a teenager that's interested in learning the game and your channel will become so valuable. Keep up the great work!!!!
Have to appreciate a man that's not willing to lie to himself or his viewers
Nice of you to say that Josh! Thank you 🙏🏻
Infinite humble gratitude Niels!!! Your presence in the pool sport arena has been a great instruction for all your fans! My admiration and respect extended. You are and always have been a phenomenal shot maker and pool champion. I salute you!
Thank you very much Segundo! 😀👍 Thanks for all cool words
Heys Niels.... This drill is so powerful.... I immediately went on the practice table just moments ago and completed in 51 mins ..... Great feeling and repetitive shots ....
Nice drill to get your head straight and into game mode. Thank you!
Sounds super!! Glad you got motivated and congrats on the nice workout 🔥🔥
Greatly appreciate your time to make the videos!!!
What a cool variation of a drill I already did before. Those rail shots win many games!
Absolutely pal!! You got it 👏😃
excellent drill for all games. Old guy that is getting back into the game after a 12 year layoff(65 in Nov.). This drill will help my straight pool on opening shots & safes!! Thank you for your honesty on the shots made & missed!! well done!
Excellent drill thank you Niels.
Glad you like it! It's a monster 🔥😃
Rack wining shots!!!
Exactly Alejandro!! You got it 🔥
Awesome drill bro. Shot making drills are definitely the fun ones. I already do alot of these on the daily routine. But I will also add the others you recommended in the video. Appreciate the quality CZcams content. Have a good one.
Good to hear you are aware of these kind of shots Raymond! Tnx for your feedback! 😀👍
I like how some mention his honesty.. and then see at 5:25 ... "here we go" (ball in the middle... cough miraculously cough moving an inch haha) seriously though, I think it's great to see such an incredible player share so much valuable information here on youtube.. and demonstrate it!
Infinite humble gratitude !!
Thanks a lot! 😀👍
My man still one of my favorite people to watch them cues are amazing
Good to hear!! Thanks a lot.🙏😃 If you're interested in the cues please take a look at my webshop: nielsfeijen.shop/
A lot of dedication and hard work goes into having a solid, dependable stroke you can count on when your playing for more than funsies. My stroke has improved 75 percent in smoothness and accuracy since I subscribed to your channel a few weeks ago. I'm playing at a higher, much more consistent level and having ten times more fun. Thanks for showing me how to hone my pool stroke.
Excellent drill thank you.
You're welcome! Happy to hear you liked the video 👊🏻🎱😊
Niels, I am in Vegas right now watching you play pool at the Predator 10 ball championships. I just wanted to say that you look very intimidating in person and nice job staying calm and focused. You almost had the comeback! I hope you have better luck tomorrow. I will be there along with many of your other fans chearing you on!
Hi Debi! Thanks a lot. It was a lot of fun being in Vegas. I know that many of my viewers are from the US, so it was great to meet some of them 👌😎
Super good drill and a GREAT warm up drill. I do a number of these shots from about one ball off the rail before I play. I will now move the ball to the rail or maybe finger tip off the rail. Makes the shots even tougher. These are real shots that need to be made in almost any game.
True that James! Cool that you are working with the drill and even developed it. Nice job 👍👍
Great job Niels, your a awesome person and have a great attitude!!
I appreciate that Chelsea! Thank you 🙏🏻☺️☺️
World class. 👍🏼
It's really a great drill!! Glad you also like it Vincent ✌️😃
@@NielsTheTerminatorFeijen big fan of your tenacity & focus since your early appearances in the Mosconi Cup & World 9-ball tournaments. Thanks for making a channel like this for rabid pool fans (like myself). I’m absorbing all this knowledge like a sponge.
Good tune-up drill. Tried this Niels and did surprisingly well with 4” pockets albeit with 0.75 ball distance from rail. A third of shots I got the two sides in 3 total shots, 1/3 perfect, 1/3 4 or 5. I will try again 1/2 inch from the cushion. Reinforces my believe that I am a good shot maker who really needs a lot of position and pattern practice so I am still spending alot of my time on Eckert’s PAT 3 drills. I actually make less errors on long shots than when doing closer work!
Thank you for honestly sharing that it takes numerous tries for you on some of these shots. Thats reassuring for me because sometimes it is easy to get frustrated when practicing and i don't make the shot on the first or second attempt. Its reassuring that even a world champion needs 5 tries at times on difficult shots. thanks for being transparent and honest. that will help me stay encouraged and focused.. sincerely
This is an excellent shot making drill!
I was going through the shots today For 2 hours..
Repeating them over & over really gives you a good feel & familiarity for when they come up in a game.
I am definitely adding most of these Shots to my practice sessions
Perfect Mike!! Great job 👌😃 Thanks for your feedback
Dankjewel Niels! Your videos are the best, I really appreciate you doing this, great inspiration to practice! Practice makes perfect (almost) and hard work in the end always pays off in any area of life ... unfortunately here in the US I feel pretty much only Shane puts the work in and the results can confirm. Again THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Some more young guns on the way in the states 👍🏼💪🏼
Thank you! I will memorize this drill. Very useful positions. I eventually learned the secret and I can use it effectively adjusting when needed.
Nice Jonathan!! Thank you for your positive feedback. Glad the exercise is helping you in your game 🔥 🔥
Very nice drills as always :D
Good to hear! Thank you! 😀👍
CZcams needs a love button! Thank you!
Great lesson. I am a cut guy. Do them over any bank. Only thing about this video. Not one time do you give any tips or advice on your approach, what not to do, or how to fix your misses.
Noted Gabriel! Thank you for your feedback. 👊
I have actually made a video about aiming - well a complete series called "Back to The Basics". In one of these videos I take you through my aiming vision. Please feel free to have a look at it here:
czcams.com/video/kbs6OCt_yMo/video.html
I believe that this exercise and these kind of shots is a mix of using the right stroke (don't force it and don't roll it) and aiming! It's not a 'thing' you just master because you have had a nice practice session one time. These shots is something you have to keep in touch with and that's why I keep practicing them EVERY time before going to a tournament! 🔥
Hope this explains it a bit.
Take care! 😊
Niels
What an excellent drill. Thank you Niels
Glad you like it Junus! It keep my aiming sharp 🌪️
Great video as usual Niels. The mental part of my game gets me the most. When I am focused and in the zone I run a lot of tables but its easy for me to get frustrated and fall apart mentally. I will try this drill but keep the vids coming. Hopefully more mental oriented vids.
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Greetz,
Niels
Thank you so much.
You're welcome Bob! 😀👍
I love this one Niels..these shots actually come up a lot..sometimes I practice long shots with the cue ball in the middle of the pocket so when it comes up, I'm not that intimidated anymore.
Killer drill Niels! I really like this one, worked my through half of it on my lunch break, going to try the second half later. Cheers!
That's the spirit Ian!! Nice job. Keep it going 🦈🦈
Justo lo que buscaba
Es bueno escuchar! Gracias por ver 👍👍
Now I see how you pro guys make these type of shots,love this drill i really need this one ,I need all them but this is really going to be more consistent thx terminator
Thank you for this drill, and you honesty as to tries.... i will surely put this to my normal practice sessions. newcomer but learning.... vince
Hi Vince! Thanks for getting back to me. We never stop learning, pool is not a game you master. It will always challenge us. It's up to us how we deal with that challenge! 💪💪
Nice. I do similar drills pretty regularly. Critical! Nice work on the ET!
Good for you Robert! Keep it going ✊✊
Very impressive! Excellent drill! I love how still your body is. Board of nails above the head...Thanks Neils
Glad you like it Darren! No 1 rule: STAY the .... down on your shots!! 🕶️👍
@@NielsTheTerminatorFeijen Thanks 👍 Worth Gold!
Great Drill!
Haha beating all the Finns in the examples. Cheers from Finland!
Hahaha nice!! Thanks pal ☺👍 Visited Lapland in January, amazing!!
A really excellent channel, great content Niels.
Thanks 👍
Appreciate it John!! Thanks 👌
Did you already try this one?
czcams.com/video/LW8QTj4kW2M/video.html
@NielsTheTerminatorFeijen Yes, I have Neils, find myself rewatching them all multiple times👍
Appreciate the reply and suggestion 🙏
Thanks!! Appreciate it 💪😀
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Great video Niels… I do a similar workout but not with all these same shots… appreciate the add to my workout! Tip sent buddy.
Awesome Rick! Much appreciated!!🙏🏻🙏🏻
awesome array of shots to practice... noticed all were center ball.... assuming because they were close to rail.... but thanks again for great content//// Vince
Niels you have the best pool channel on CZcams in my own opinion and you are the most down to earth player man. I have a question for you. In one of your videos you mentioned Bert Kinister. I Where you actually one of his students?
Yes Sir, you pick some very tough shots for drills there my man! Good practice for sure! Part of practice is learning "smart" shots ---- and making the right choice. The more familiar you are with a shot, your percentages increase tremendously. It will also "gauge" you on your focus and feel at the time ... thing to pay closer attention to when "play" starts. One thing I did notice --- you are very comfortable going to your left!!! :) These drills will tune you up and help zero you in when it comes time to play --- freshen-up will ya!?! Be Safe
Hi Rod! You're right about that and these long cut shots often comes up during a match and sometimes they appears at the most important moments. Then it feels extra good to make them!! 😎🔥
Great video and lesson. I love your accent as well lol
Haha 😄😃
Despite the outcome, you played a great, strong match against Sky! Keep the faith!
H Chuck! 😀
Thanks for your message. Appreciate it! 👍
As always, great tips. Dank u 👌
Good to hear! Tnx Kolam! 😀👍
I love your mental examples of why you’re shooting them. I wish I had more time to play. Curious to how you edited the film for the “2nd attempts”
I actually would practice a bit of these from the kitchen on my own to make sure I’m feeling good and in-line. But not this thorough but it does bring up your %
I would love a video on how to appropriate English on shots. The length of the table makes the shot 10x harder using English ( inside outside )
The #1 problem for amateurs is they don't realize that when the cueball is backed against a rail it is then an optical illusion..... because they cannot see the whole cueball they are cueing up OFF CENTER.....when shooting to the right, the right side of cueball is hidden by the cushion and they cue up getting off-center hit and cueball squirts offline.....illusion also effects their aiming..... great drill and advice from you
Thanks for your feedback. I have a video about aiming, please feel free to watch that one Jay. Might be handy. Have fun! 😃😎
czcams.com/video/kbs6OCt_yMo/video.html
My gratitude goes to you for another informative tutorial Niels!
When I shoot a cue ball frozen to or very near the rail, I choke up on my grip and hold the cue a touch firmer than I do with my regular grip.
Aim along the vertical axis of the cue ball.
Shorter backswing and a "punch" stroke like how the snooker player shoots.
Do you recommend these techniques? What should we look for in our technique when we practise this drill?
Thank you so much! From HKG
Thanks a lot for watching Lewis!! 🙏
I can recommend you to take a look at my video about aiming. Please check out if it answers your questions?
Greetz,
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Haha. I do the same thing! But I make it a little harder cut. People stop and watch. Lol
Nice, thanks for watching TJ!! 😀😀
Maybe you will also like this drill:
czcams.com/video/LW8QTj4kW2M/video.html
@@NielsTheTerminatorFeijen for sure brother. Hope to play you one day.
Draining a long distance shots are fulfulling and yet leaves your opponent in fear.
I just had to laugh when one of your shots came up in a match. And of course I missed it. But ever since I've been practicing it more. 9ball 1 diamond away from the corner on the end rail after player missed, cue ball half Diamond away from other end corner pocket. Definitely wasn't a favorite to make it cause eye sight is going but I did end up winning that Monday Night weekly tournament collected $580 us for first place at Steinway Billiards 🤫
One suggestion Niels would be that sometimes it might be nice for us to see you miss. Not only might it make us feel better about ourselves, but it might be intersesting to see how you are missing and you could even talk about your misses.
Hi Buster!
Thanks for your input 👍
I leave it out because I think the videos might be quite long sometimes then 😆😆 But! I always try to let you guys know how many tries I needed to make the ball/complete the exercise. This is an exercise that never gets easy and that I always practice before my tournaments. Hope that helps.
All the best!
Niels
I think the best pool players in the world practice drills religiously. Just like the best guitar players are constantly practicing scales and chord progressions. Stop playing pool with just anyone that comes around and devote your pool time to at least 1 hour of drills whenever possible 🎱
These shots cause me panic attacks in a match so I guess doing them in this drill a hundred times should relax me. Some of those are so tough that I don't if going for them is the right shot, that's a question I've always had but never heard any pro mention when to play safe and when to go for it. I always try to pot everything and it costs me a lot of games.
Boom
nice training content, not fancy stuff , but winning stuff !
Good to hear! Tnx Valente! 😀👍
Good . But. Like to see where you strike the object balls
what’s the main source that transfer energy to cue (stroke). Elbow ? Shoulder ? Biceps? Gravity? Etc.
It will help me a lot if I know
Wrist, biceps and elbow drop on occasion. 👍🏼👍🏼
Great exercise. How are you aiming these cuts? Any 'method' in particular?
Hi there!
Thanks for you question 👍 😊
I can recommend you to have a look at this video, where I go through exactly that subject:
czcams.com/video/kbs6OCt_yMo/video.html
Hope it answers your question! 🤞
Greetz,
Niels
@@NielsTheTerminatorFeijen Thanks Niels, I appreciate your reply. Always enjoy your videos! The vid in the link confirms my thinking too. The ghost ball has it's challenges too I guess. Trying to visualize something that isn't really there and aim at a tiny spot on a sphere and strike it with with another sphere takes a lot imagination sometimes😊😊. I have worked some with Stan Shuffett's CTE and benefited from it on a lot of shots, it's a bit more objective but like anything else it takes a lot of time and practice to "get it right". I think you're right about our unique equipment and the individual 'feel' we have to develop over time, always lots of variables to consider.
Do you have a drill for akward brigdes? F.ex. over balls etc.?
Would this one help you out..? 🎱😃
czcams.com/video/z8Ycm3ZPoO0/video.html
Ooit eens een clinic van Rienus Gennissen gehad en die kwam met een oefening van de witte aan de band ( vast ) en de te potten bal op de voetspot ..
De witte schuift na elke succesvolle pot een diamant op en dan een rondje tafel.
De te potten bal blijft op de voetspot he hele rondje en je hebt de keuze welke pocket je neemt....
Ik vond deze oefening goed lastig...maar heb hem daarna nog vaak gedaan...
Hello Niels, how often should a beginner practice shotmaking drills ?
Not very often. Because the cue ball control is not developed so well yet, a beginner will do a lot of shotmaking all the time already. The better the cue ball control will become, then the shotmaking has to stay on track 😄💪🏼
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Nice video Niels!
Do you have any tips on the addressing/aiming/stroking these types shots outside of just running this exercise?
Mostly just 12 o’clock spin so high ball no left no right 😄👍🏼
@@NielsTheTerminatorFeijen Thanks man!
Nice work at the Las Vegas Open btw. Rooting for you at the championship! Get it!
Hello Neil can you give some tips to improve non-dominant arm?
You mean practicing with left - when you normally play with your right hand? (or the other way around 😅) Well, a good start is to have some fun with all 15 balls on the table and just go ahead and make them all 💪😎
Where did you include this video in your channel?
Under the drills playlist 👍🏼😄
Lurv me some niels 🎉
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El primero en verlo y darle like 😍😍😍
Gracias!! 😃😃
These are very difficult shots and I understand why its a great drill. However in competition would it be better to play a safe on some of these shots to increase your chances of winning?
It is a great drill. Imagine that this is the last ball in the match - playing safety here from the rail is almost impossible. It is better to give yourself a chance of winning than giving your opponent a shot. Simple.
Awesome Niels!
I'd say if you're down to the money ball, go for it on most occasions. Consider ducking if you're current confidence level isn't great or you're realistic about your skill level and pretty sure you'll be unable to run out. It's situational.
Any body trying to get better in the pool room that ask me anything i tell them to watch your videos..
That's great Jason! I'm glad to hear that. Thank you very much Sir!! 😎
Hi idol im filipino there is a possible the secret of tomb finger as a control bridge just a simple guy elmer
Clearly, this drill is way too easy for you.
I'm glad it might look that way haha but it never gets easy, trust me 😉
I do warm up with shots like these before my matches, maybe 3-4 of them. And I do them mostly to guage where I'm at that day with my fundamentals -is my body position in line with the shot, am I staying down, is my action smooth The truth is I learn way more from the shots I miss than the ones I make. This is a very effective and powerful drilll. Thank you.