Monday, February 18, 2008

Two things to mention:

1) Bert Kinister's video - "9-ball video series; 60-minute workout"

This goes over 27 different shots, or variations on shots. The focus is entirely position play, and after drilling it for about 2 hours(I had to figure it out) this morning, I noticed I was seeing things a little bit different, in a good way. Won 3 races in a row when I started playing. The video was lent to me by a friend, so I don't know if there's a companion book, but if it does not, I have 3 complaints. First, the reasonable one: There is no explanation of what kind of english, or how hard/soft he is stroking some of these shots, you have to figure it out yourself. Second: he did this video on a bar table, where the angles are a little off, and the cross the table draw is suddenly much less impressive. Thirdly, and least legitimately: Take the damn lapel mic off if you're not going to explain things. He was breathing so hard I thought I was watching a B-rated pool-table porn or something.

2) www.cuetable.com rocks
Great site for showing examples to people online, but shockwave has problems on intel-macs.

yeah, new video coming on wednesday or some of the shots from that video.

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