Another great video! I'd like to add the importance of simply using basic visual spatial skills also. In other words, instead of thinking about numbers, or math, just look at the diamonds. If a ball is sitting on a line 3 diamonds out from the pocket, and the centerline between cb and ob is lined up to the 1.5 diamond mark, then it's a halfball shot. If the centerline is lined up closer to the pocket than 1.5 then the shot is thicker than a halfball, and it's thinner if the centerline is pointed to a diamond value greater than 1.5. How much thinner or thicker? Well, that can also be figured out by visualizing half of that 1.5 diamond distance. If 1.5 indicates a halfball aim then half of that (0.75) would be a 3/4 ball aim, and 2.25 would be a 1/4 ball aim. By using and practicing spatial skills, the Poolology system can actually be used without doing any math. The beauty of the system is that you can make it your own, do it anyway you can that simplifies aiming and makes it more automatic, more visual. I believe this video (along with your other Poolology practice video) provides an excellent method of learning how to apply the system from a numbers point of view, which also helps program the mind to eventually just recognize shots without any need to think in terms of numbers or system processes.
I bought poolology last weekend. Your approach got me started on how to practice what I found in the book. Thanks for that. I place the object ball somewhere on the 25 yard line (let's say close to the short rail), and shoot each bread crumbs ... then pick another spot (2 to 3 inches farther from the short rail), shoot each bread crumbs, etc. So, it's more than 48 shots when I do it. Now when I play, I can't avoid looking at a ball's position value, the alignment with imagined bread crumbs, and determining what fraction I should use. You (and the author) mention that this is a method to get to the point of seeing all shots sooner than having to shoot the 1,000,000 proverbial balls. I'm somewhat concerned that it becomes a crutch. That I don't eventually internalize the shots and will always need to do these calculations. So, I'm making sure that, after doing the math, I also visualize what the shot looks like and convincing my brain that the shot is correct. Any thoughts on this? Regards, Bertin
Hey Matt! I have been studying Poolology for about a month now, and like it for the shots that are 30 and in. Having trouble with zone A longer shots. Do you have any advice? I live in Cleveland and would be willing to come down and work with you for the day if available? Thanks, Ted.
Im new to poolology but eager to learn. Thankyou for attempting to explain it further. Can i just ask if there is any significance in choosing 25 yard line? Is this a American football reference. Why is it so important? Is 25 a ref to alignment or positional values. Sorry if this is obvious. I watched a few times before posting
No significance. Just challenging enough you can’t do it on the first try and not to challenging to make it impossible. And Yes. It’s an American football reference. I assume most people have heard about the CB landing on the 50 yd line so I assumed viewers knew what coming to rest on the 25 yd line meant. I wasn’t trying to confuse you. I swear.
Could you please explain the drill a little further? Where is the number 48 coming from? Probably obvious, watched the vid several times but still don't get it. So, at each breadcrumb, you are shooting 1 - 7, yes? You've put tons of work into these videos and it shows - very well done!!! Thanks man!!
Yes…it’s my one regret about the video not explaining the drill better. You’re not the only one to complain. The opening sequence shows a small demo of the drill, but the animation didn’t emphasize the fact you should move onto the next breadcrumb after pocketing the ball from the current breadcrumb. So in the video I illustrate #3 breadcrumb from ball-in-hand position and did not show the next breadcrumb in the sequence…#4. Anyway 8x6 = 48. There are six different sets of eight breadcrumbs. Two along the short rails (for the corner pockets) and 4 along the long rails (2 for the side pocket and 1 for each of the corner pockets). Sorry for the confusion.
Had the book for a while and your system of finding the 8ths and working my way up to the shot from there made the whole thing much more workable. If you tell me how to support the cause ($), I'll do my part. But in the name of GOD do you have to talk so damn FAST? I'm available to read your script at South Carolina speed and help stop the drawlers out there from wearing out the mouse trying to hit pause and figure out what the hell you just said before you say three more things. But love the content and hope eventually to get most of it. Thanx.
John...you are not the fist person to comment about the speed of audio, but I promise the MP4 I uploaded to UA-cam I am NOT talking that fast...even for folks for South Carolina :-). I have noticed it plays faster on mobile devices and cell phones than when playing from a computer. I'm curious if you watched it on a mobile device? I think UA-cam is speeding it up somehow, but I can't figure it out how or why. Anyway I can make the MP4 available to you, but it' is HUGE...like 1.1 Gigs so I would have to copy it somewhere. No need to support the cause...I'm good. I'm just glad you like it...just wish you could see it at normal speed.
@@MattyInTheNati Thanx for getting back to me, I've been back through it a couple of times and I'm working on the drills now, think Ive gotten the point(s) of this one. And I watched it on a Mac Air.
I have found your videos really helped make the system click for me. Your description of the drill though leaves me confused. Are the 48 crumbs you refer to the little red dots? Do you cycle through the alignment points or just use one for all the shots? I do find that sometimes when the alignment valueis outside the position value I can still make the shot with a thin cut even though the system seems to tell me that it won’t work.
I cycle through all the alignment points. In the video I only show one example for one point, but you should go though all the points (golf tees) in the drill. You can put the OB anywhere on the 25 yard line for each point, but the less of a pocket you have the harder the drill. Sorry for the confusion.
Hello. I’ve watched all your videos concerning poolology. I have been using the system for three years now and it has been the biggest improvement in my game and the only aiming system that has proven successful in my game anyway. But I must say that your videos make it, in my opinion, incredibly more difficult to understand. It is very simple taken right from the book and spending hours on the table. I only say this for somebody new that may be watching the videos and also finds it complicated and difficult. I suppose peoples brains work differently and to those people I would suggest just buying the book like I did. Again I am not disparaging your videos whatsoever, I just wanted to add the comment for others that may feel the same.
Thanks for the feedback. I think that's a very fair assessment and I can't argue with you more...especially about buying the book. Brian does an excellent job explaining the system in the book in a very easy to understand way. I consider my videos a supplement to the book and how my engineering brain breaks the system down. It's a different take...and I know it's not for everyone. I try encourage everyone to keep Poolology as simple as they can. Pool is already complex enough and I'm certainly not intentionally adding complexity.
I just got the book a few days ago and I think the hardest thing is memorizing the zones and how they’re numbered. With that said I’ve watched both of your videos and the dividing by 8 was a great resource but this video was way over my head. Like you said everyone’s brain works differently, mine is way behind your, lol
@@tonyguerrier2258 just work on zone A and B for starting. They are easy. C is harder to remember but it’s also the least used zone. Personally I have never used the side pocket zones because I’ve always been very good at visualizing those without any system
@@sixwillwin Thanks, good advice Rick. I'm getting good at breaking those numbers down in my head which really helps. Now I need to work on when to break the shot down to the 1/8 shots but I really like Poolology so far.
Another great video!
I'd like to add the importance of simply using basic visual spatial skills also. In other words, instead of thinking about numbers, or math, just look at the diamonds. If a ball is sitting on a line 3 diamonds out from the pocket, and the centerline between cb and ob is lined up to the 1.5 diamond mark, then it's a halfball shot. If the centerline is lined up closer to the pocket than 1.5 then the shot is thicker than a halfball, and it's thinner if the centerline is pointed to a diamond value greater than 1.5. How much thinner or thicker? Well, that can also be figured out by visualizing half of that 1.5 diamond distance. If 1.5 indicates a halfball aim then half of that (0.75) would be a 3/4 ball aim, and 2.25 would be a 1/4 ball aim.
By using and practicing spatial skills, the Poolology system can actually be used without doing any math.
The beauty of the system is that you can make it your own, do it anyway you can that simplifies aiming and makes it more automatic, more visual. I believe this video (along with your other Poolology practice video) provides an excellent method of learning how to apply the system from a numbers point of view, which also helps program the mind to eventually just recognize shots without any need to think in terms of numbers or system processes.
I bought poolology last weekend.
Your approach got me started on how to practice what I found in the book. Thanks for that.
I place the object ball somewhere on the 25 yard line (let's say close to the short rail), and shoot each bread crumbs ... then pick another spot (2 to 3 inches farther from the short rail), shoot each bread crumbs, etc. So, it's more than 48 shots when I do it.
Now when I play, I can't avoid looking at a ball's position value, the alignment with imagined bread crumbs, and determining what fraction I should use.
You (and the author) mention that this is a method to get to the point of seeing all shots sooner than having to shoot the 1,000,000 proverbial balls.
I'm somewhat concerned that it becomes a crutch. That I don't eventually internalize the shots and will always need to do these calculations. So, I'm making sure that, after doing the math, I also visualize what the shot looks like and convincing my brain that the shot is correct.
Any thoughts on this?
Regards,
Bertin
Great video Gordon UK.
Hey Matt! I have been studying Poolology for about a month now, and like it for the shots that are 30 and in. Having trouble with zone A longer shots. Do you have any advice? I live in Cleveland and would be willing to come down and work with you for the day if available? Thanks, Ted.
Im new to poolology but eager to learn. Thankyou for attempting to explain it further. Can i just ask if there is any significance in choosing 25 yard line? Is this a American football reference. Why is it so important? Is 25 a ref to alignment or positional values. Sorry if this is obvious. I watched a few times before posting
No significance. Just challenging enough you can’t do it on the first try and not to challenging to make it impossible. And Yes. It’s an American football reference. I assume most people have heard about the CB landing on the 50 yd line so I assumed viewers knew what coming to rest on the 25 yd line meant. I wasn’t trying to confuse you. I swear.
OK thanks@@MattyInTheNati And my Q re the 25 - is this AV or OBPV?
Appreciate your videos - thanks!
Could you please explain the drill a little further? Where is the number 48 coming from? Probably obvious, watched the vid several times but still don't get it. So, at each breadcrumb, you are shooting 1 - 7, yes? You've put tons of work into these videos and it shows - very well done!!! Thanks man!!
Yes…it’s my one regret about the video not explaining the drill better. You’re not the only one to complain. The opening sequence shows a small demo of the drill, but the animation didn’t emphasize the fact you should move onto the next breadcrumb after pocketing the ball from the current breadcrumb. So in the video I illustrate #3 breadcrumb from ball-in-hand position and did not show the next breadcrumb in the sequence…#4. Anyway 8x6 = 48. There are six different sets of eight breadcrumbs. Two along the short rails (for the corner pockets) and 4 along the long rails (2 for the side pocket and 1 for each of the corner pockets). Sorry for the confusion.
Had the book for a while and your system of finding the 8ths and working my way up to the shot from there made the whole thing much more workable. If you tell me how to support the cause ($), I'll do my part. But in the name of GOD do you have to talk so damn FAST? I'm available to read your script at South Carolina speed and help stop the drawlers out there from wearing out the mouse trying to hit pause and figure out what the hell you just said before you say three more things. But love the content and hope eventually to get most of it. Thanx.
John...you are not the fist person to comment about the speed of audio, but I promise the MP4 I uploaded to UA-cam I am NOT talking that fast...even for folks for South Carolina :-). I have noticed it plays faster on mobile devices and cell phones than when playing from a computer. I'm curious if you watched it on a mobile device? I think UA-cam is speeding it up somehow, but I can't figure it out how or why. Anyway I can make the MP4 available to you, but it' is HUGE...like 1.1 Gigs so I would have to copy it somewhere.
No need to support the cause...I'm good. I'm just glad you like it...just wish you could see it at normal speed.
@@MattyInTheNati Thanx for getting back to me, I've been back through it a couple of times and I'm working on the drills now, think Ive gotten the point(s) of this one. And I watched it on a Mac Air.
I agree John, it's very fast...I slowed it down to 75% speed in the settings and could follow along much better.
I have found your videos really helped make the system click for me. Your description of the drill though leaves me confused. Are the 48 crumbs you refer to the little red dots? Do you cycle through the alignment points or just use one for all the shots?
I do find that sometimes when the alignment valueis outside the position value I can still make the shot with a thin cut even though the system seems to tell me that it won’t work.
I cycle through all the alignment points. In the video I only show one example for one point, but you should go though all the points (golf tees) in the drill. You can put the OB anywhere on the 25 yard line for each point, but the less of a pocket you have the harder the drill. Sorry for the confusion.
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Matty, Howdy; Nice video. Only problem is your choice of a blue that disappears. Perhaps a more solid Blue (darker).
Good feedback! I'm color blind and I was trying to match the color to the golf tees, but I see what you are saying...it's too light!
Hello. I’ve watched all your videos concerning poolology. I have been using the system for three years now and it has been the biggest improvement in my game and the only aiming system that has proven successful in my game anyway.
But I must say that your videos make it, in my opinion, incredibly more difficult to understand. It is very simple taken right from the book and spending hours on the table. I only say this for somebody new that may be watching the videos and also finds it complicated and difficult. I suppose peoples brains work differently and to those people I would suggest just buying the book like I did.
Again I am not disparaging your videos whatsoever, I just wanted to add the comment for others that may feel the same.
Thanks for the feedback. I think that's a very fair assessment and I can't argue with you more...especially about buying the book. Brian does an excellent job explaining the system in the book in a very easy to understand way. I consider my videos a supplement to the book and how my engineering brain breaks the system down. It's a different take...and I know it's not for everyone. I try encourage everyone to keep Poolology as simple as they can. Pool is already complex enough and I'm certainly not intentionally adding complexity.
I just got the book a few days ago and I think the hardest thing is memorizing the zones and how they’re numbered. With that said I’ve watched both of your videos and the dividing by 8 was a great resource but this video was way over my head. Like you said everyone’s brain works differently, mine is way behind your, lol
@@tonyguerrier2258 just work on zone A and B for starting. They are easy. C is harder to remember but it’s also the least used zone. Personally I have never used the side pocket zones because I’ve always been very good at visualizing those without any system
@@sixwillwin Thanks, good advice Rick. I'm getting good at breaking those numbers down in my head which really helps. Now I need to work on when to break the shot down to the 1/8 shots but I really like Poolology so far.
Don't confuse people show on the table onles don't teach
Very aggravating, guy talks and talks. No valid exams for adummy
You not teach