I hate billiards. As soon as I answer one question it begs for two more to be answered and those answers aren’t concrete. However, people like yourself provide enough tools to let you get the job done and reality check you along the way in the short amount of time that they have. Perfect learning environment, that’s reasonable, practical and based in reality rather than click bait. You’re doing the lords work out here. Much love from south east England 👍👍
I'm almost 40 and pool has been my favorite game since I was a kid. I feel like I'm pretty good, but still fall short of my potential because I think I rely too much on intuition alone. I often get frustrated when things don't go the way I "feel" like they should, when really I ought to be studying the principles more and applying that knowledge. I just found your channel by chance and the way you explain all the details in context with various examples is great; you're teaching crucial info that for me is filling in some of the remaining gaps in my understanding - like with the stalling cue ball on force follow shots. That's something that would leave me scratching my head in a game, but when you stop to think about the physics, it makes perfect sense.
Dude I love your channel. 20 years ago my coworkers and I would hit the bar to play pool and have some beers after work, a few times a month... just bar rules, didn't teke it seriously at all but enjoyed it ... About 6 months ago we all decided to hit up the pool hall and have a reunion of sorts. I immediately got HOOKED on pool again. Went out and got a cue and have been playing nearly every day since. The guys that got me back into it no longer want to play me, cuz I've gotten too good and I used to be the one who would rarely beat them. I've got roughly a thousand hours of pool time now, and have become a regular at a few local pool halls, people are constantly asking me to join their league teams, and I've got 4th, 3rd, and second place in some local tournaments. 3 strikes, 8 ball, 10 ball, and 9 ball. I spent 2 hours tonight running some of the drills I learned on here before mopping the floor with every contender that came to the table (including the bar owner haha) P.s. I'm always sharing the things I learn on here with my fellow pool rats, to help keep the company I keep competitive and sharp. Many thanks from us inland Northwest pool hall junkies. For what it's worth I'm not a rated player, but in 6 short months I've gotten to the point where I can hold my own against the guys rated as 6's and 7's in APA. Much of which is credit to what I've learned on your channel.
wow this guy Brian is such a good teacher and player. He demonstrates all these shots in one take without missing. Dr. Dave has good content but even he has to cut in his demonstration shots much of the time.
9:30PM PCT. Brian, you are the best in describing how to make shots in different manners. I’m 75 & disabled now but you have reinvigorated myself in the way you explain different shots. I can’t get down low & over my cue anymore but I do enjoy your instructions and give me more to look forward to, thank you so much. You’re a blessing. Specially, for people like me. I really appreciate how everyone is so positive in their replies. With that said, you know your really helping us little guys. You are truly a blessing!!! Thanks again my friend, sincerely Teddy 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
My follow is fine, but my force follow needs work, I’ll admit. And lately, my draw shot has become weak. I’m afraid of cueing too low on the ball causing the ball to fly up or miscue. It’s happened so many times. Omg I need pool lessons to increase my pool ability. Glad I have your channel to watch! I save all of them and rewatch them over and over again.
Another thing I learned from listening to Mr Strickland is bend your knees more on the force follows. It will allow you to get the cue way closer to level and prevent squirt/miscues on extreme top spin.
Good job Brian just watched you work the 5 circle ball drill you let your stick do the talking for you with your stance an stroke an hand switch off I do the same thing shooting left an right handed . When players see me do that they ask me how to do it an I tell them to just do everything the same no matter which hand has the cue. Well done thanks again.
I just had a lesson with Robin Dodson yesterday. She was teaching me this and so I came to your site to re affirm because I don't vid my lessons. Got it "saved" in my pool lesson place and will practice all the shots you showed today. Thank you!
Thank you for the awesome content. I had a great time practicing the force follow that stops quick by the rail. Very cool little shot and a I look forward to all your videos. Have a good one.
Brian, first thing my one on one instructor emphasizes when trying to put power/energy on a shot? LOOSE grip, I am starting to get a consistent follow shot distance wise still have a little trouble keeping it straight into the pocket. I really appreciate how you demonstrate what you are teaching.
So in this video you mention that you should not be using the center of your tip to contact the cue ball when doing these English shots. I don't know why I'm just now learning how this works?! You saying this has really tightened down my aiming! Now I visualize the cue tip as the face of a cue ball and I'm making contact with opposite side of the English I'm using. So if I'm using low left English then I'm contacting with the top right of my cue tip. If I'm using straight left I'm contacting with right side of my tip. And any variation of English I'm now aiming with the opposite point on my tip. And now that I'm pinpointing better the contact point my line of aim is more accurate. And this knowledge instantly helped me kick some ass last night. My teammate warned me that the guy I was playing named Junkyard was no joke. She told me to put my big boy pants on. First game...Smoked him. Then i broke dry and he had 2 shots after that. When when setting up the 8 ball I misjudged the speed on my position and scratched. He had one ball left. Gave him a win even though I out shot him. 3rd game was the story I just finished on your banking with English video. This league is best out of three. A non sanctioned neighborhood travel league in Detroit. If you ever get up here you should come play a game for us!
Another great video and this one is very relevant to my game. I need to practice the force follow shot. I have a good follow, but the force follow is inconsistent. I probably need to relax my grip, so I will add a little time to practice for this. Been neglecting it for a while now honestly. Thanks for a great video Bryan!
Thank you Brian...your content is great and much appreciated. I didnt realize how quiet the house is at 7a.m. with everyone sleep. I wanted to practice a few rail shots before going to bed. Trying to be quiet or not as loud prevents me from just taking the shot. Also I took a page from your book. I let me daughter come in the loft while I practice and do whatever she wants within reason. That has helped alot. Thanks for all you do.
Good stuff. Would have liked to see the corner shot with some right(or left) on it. I’ll try it myself. Never realized difference between force and how a regular follow will bring those shots back down table, versus force getting stuck. Always worried a regular follow won’t have enough energy to get back down rail, and end up hitting force follow and getting stuck. Thanks.
Learning this shot is great but having control issues with making the ball.when I miss the force follow works still . I count this as a positive thing. Have to remember about deflection of the ball too I guess.
Brian, I've been playing pool for about 10 yrs now. I've developed extreme accuracy in my cut shots, automatically compensation for throw in my instinctive aim. In watching your videos I realize there is benefit to adding English in some hard shots to get more action on the CB. I can't bring myself to try it when I compete because the deflection seems unpredictable and variable depending on the strength of the shot, the cue type, etc. I would need to relearn my instinctive aim to adjust for the deflection. I'm 61 and am guessing that I've "grooved" my lower efficiency system?
Great video!!! Was wondering why many of the pros aim so low on the cueball almost touching their tip on the table, even when they follow the ball? Thanks!!
When you see someone aim low on a follow shot, it’s usually a drag shot. And the reason they aim so low is that’s the correct contact point for most stop shots draw shots, stop shots and drag shots - amateur player hit the ball far too high on those shots because they tend to miscue from not having a good stroke. It’s also why so many amateurs can’t shoot a strong draw shot- they can’t hit the ball low enough consistently. Thanks for watching
Death grip 🤣 I find myself holding the cue too tight sometimes so this is good information. Very informative as always, Bryan. You’re the man. Edit: Went to the billiards hall and lightened up my grip and found myself making shots at least 20% more effectively. 🙏🤟
I put out an entire MasterClass on things like this at nwqpool.com. But the short answer is to ask yourself what is the worst thing that can happen if you lose the match - in most cases nothing changes in your life.
Hi new Sub. I have not used force follow, except on accident & it worked well to get shape. I had no idea what I did. I'm an active intermediate player. Do a lot of watching videos to understand the game better & shoot 3-4 times a week. This was very helpful, I would luv to go to a camp or Billiards Bootcamp, if you know of any?
the problem sometimes is you're aiming higher on the cue ball and when you finally hit the cue ball, you either actually hit middle or lower of the cue ball.
How to get maximum screw without hitting the object ball hard? For example when potting in the center pocket at an angle and still need to get the cue a long distance back.
With force follow, the cue, ball spins in place for just a fraction of a second more before moving forward. It’s simply a follow shot with more force behind it. Think draw stroke versus stop stroke.
@@FXBilliards witch in this video is it P3 or blak? Altso what is the diffrent on gen 1 and gen 2,3,4 of the blak series? Just curius since i have just got my hands on a predator blak 2-1 (-:
I don't remember if I mentioned this before on here: when doing such a force follow, with english, you have to learn how to compensate in the aiming for the spin of the target ball, otherwise, you will get the english you want, but miss the shot...
LOL- any regular viewer of this channel is extremely aware of the simple concept of throw, deflection and curve on shots that involved English. We produce more informed more sophisticated players here. Those who aren’t aware of throw, shouldn’t be using English yet anyway - They’re running before they can walk.
I hate billiards. As soon as I answer one question it begs for two more to be answered and those answers aren’t concrete. However, people like yourself provide enough tools to let you get the job done and reality check you along the way in the short amount of time that they have. Perfect learning environment, that’s reasonable, practical and based in reality rather than click bait.
You’re doing the lords work out here. Much love from south east England 👍👍
I'm almost 40 and pool has been my favorite game since I was a kid. I feel like I'm pretty good, but still fall short of my potential because I think I rely too much on intuition alone. I often get frustrated when things don't go the way I "feel" like they should, when really I ought to be studying the principles more and applying that knowledge. I just found your channel by chance and the way you explain all the details in context with various examples is great; you're teaching crucial info that for me is filling in some of the remaining gaps in my understanding - like with the stalling cue ball on force follow shots. That's something that would leave me scratching my head in a game, but when you stop to think about the physics, it makes perfect sense.
Dude I love your channel. 20 years ago my coworkers and I would hit the bar to play pool and have some beers after work, a few times a month... just bar rules, didn't teke it seriously at all but enjoyed it ...
About 6 months ago we all decided to hit up the pool hall and have a reunion of sorts.
I immediately got HOOKED on pool again. Went out and got a cue and have been playing nearly every day since.
The guys that got me back into it no longer want to play me, cuz I've gotten too good and I used to be the one who would rarely beat them.
I've got roughly a thousand hours of pool time now, and have become a regular at a few local pool halls, people are constantly asking me to join their league teams, and I've got 4th, 3rd, and second place in some local tournaments. 3 strikes, 8 ball, 10 ball, and 9 ball.
I spent 2 hours tonight running some of the drills I learned on here before mopping the floor with every contender that came to the table (including the bar owner haha)
P.s. I'm always sharing the things I learn on here with my fellow pool rats, to help keep the company I keep competitive and sharp.
Many thanks from us inland Northwest pool hall junkies.
For what it's worth I'm not a rated player, but in 6 short months I've gotten to the point where I can hold my own against the guys rated as 6's and 7's in APA.
Much of which is credit to what I've learned on your channel.
Excellent teacher thank you for the lesson your manner of teaching and speaking is very easy for me to comprehend.
Thank you! 😃
Where r u located
wow this guy Brian is such a good teacher and player. He demonstrates all these shots in one take without missing. Dr. Dave has good content but even he has to cut in his demonstration shots much of the time.
Hi there Bryant ,your teaching is very much appreciated.I like the simplicity in which you explain the game. Thank you
You're very welcome!
9:30PM PCT. Brian, you are the best in describing how to make shots in different manners. I’m 75 & disabled now but you have reinvigorated myself in the way you explain different shots. I can’t get down low & over my cue anymore but I do enjoy your instructions and give me more to look forward to, thank you so much. You’re a blessing. Specially, for people like me. I really appreciate how everyone is so positive in their replies. With that said, you know your really helping us little guys. You are truly a blessing!!! Thanks again my friend, sincerely Teddy 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you very much Ted and thanks for sharing.
Enjoy the holidays and be safe
@@FXBilliards Thank you & have a Blessed Holiday as well & stay safe. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
My follow is fine, but my force follow needs work, I’ll admit. And lately, my draw shot has become weak. I’m afraid of cueing too low on the ball causing the ball to fly up or miscue. It’s happened so many times. Omg I need pool lessons to increase my pool ability. Glad I have your channel to watch! I save all of them and rewatch them over and over again.
Best pool instruction channel I've found. And I've watched many many. Really like his approach.
Another thing I learned from listening to Mr Strickland is bend your knees more on the force follows. It will allow you to get the cue way closer to level and prevent squirt/miscues on extreme top spin.
I know the concept but didn’t know how to execute these shots. I now go to work practicing . Thanks
Love your videos and am a long time subscriber. I would like a good video on how to shape a pool tip and fix mushrooming and etc.
Thanks for your time. This shot is a lot more easy to execute than a long draw shot, just not forget to follow through !
Good job Brian just watched you work the 5 circle ball drill you let your stick do the talking for you with your stance an stroke an hand switch off I do the same thing shooting left an right handed . When players see me do that they ask me how to do it an I tell them to just do everything the same no matter which hand has the cue. Well done thanks again.
I just had a lesson with Robin Dodson yesterday. She was teaching me this and so I came to your site to re affirm because I don't vid my lessons. Got it "saved" in my pool lesson place and will practice all the shots you showed today. Thank you!
I love Robin- I met her at the super billions expo about 12 or 13 years ago and she helped me put the polish on my jump shot. Great lady.
Good stuff. The throwaway comment about aiming knowing that it's not the center of the cue tip making contact is so obvious-yet-underappreciated!
Thank you. I already had a follow shot, but I got a lot of value out of your lesson
Gonna start practicing it 🙏
Thank you thank you thank you! 15 minutes of practice and I got it! Great instructions!
Great job!
Thanks again Brian, for another excellent video on the art of pool. I can't tell you how much they have helped my game. thanks again.
Thank you for the awesome content. I had a great time practicing the force follow that stops quick by the rail. Very cool little shot and a I look forward to all your videos. Have a good one.
Thank you master
Excellent tip Bryan. Especially the light grip.
You bet. Thanks
Great stuff, i am amazed at how easy you make it look, and how you always shoot softly.
Brian, first thing my one on one instructor emphasizes when trying to put power/energy on a shot? LOOSE grip, I am starting to get a consistent follow shot distance wise still have a little trouble keeping it straight into the pocket. I really appreciate how you demonstrate what you are teaching.
So in this video you mention that you should not be using the center of your tip to contact the cue ball when doing these English shots. I don't know why I'm just now learning how this works?! You saying this has really tightened down my aiming! Now I visualize the cue tip as the face of a cue ball and I'm making contact with opposite side of the English I'm using. So if I'm using low left English then I'm contacting with the top right of my cue tip. If I'm using straight left I'm contacting with right side of my tip. And any variation of English I'm now aiming with the opposite point on my tip. And now that I'm pinpointing better the contact point my line of aim is more accurate. And this knowledge instantly helped me kick some ass last night. My teammate warned me that the guy I was playing named Junkyard was no joke. She told me to put my big boy pants on. First game...Smoked him. Then i broke dry and he had 2 shots after that. When when setting up the 8 ball I misjudged the speed on my position and scratched. He had one ball left. Gave him a win even though I out shot him. 3rd game was the story I just finished on your banking with English video. This league is best out of three. A non sanctioned neighborhood travel league in Detroit. If you ever get up here you should come play a game for us!
Thank you for all the videos learn something every time
My pleasure!
Thank you sir, i've always been shy of the top half of the cue ball. Btw it was Scooby doo. lol Have a great day.
Thanks for the video 👍🎱👍
Great advice Brian. Thank you👍👍
Very welcome
Excellent Video Easy to Understand Thank You
Glad it was helpful!
Great video thanks Bryan!
Thanks for watching!
Congrats on the 9ft table!
Awesome video! Also like the new picture above the fireplace. Some of us guys who been around remember the old one 🏎 .
Thanks.
My force follow was mostly by accident. Using your tips made a big improvement in my game
Another great video and this one is very relevant to my game. I need to practice the force follow shot. I have a good follow, but the force follow is inconsistent. I probably need to relax my grip, so I will add a little time to practice for this. Been neglecting it for a while now honestly. Thanks for a great video Bryan!
Thank you Brian...your content is great and much appreciated. I didnt realize how quiet the house is at 7a.m. with everyone sleep. I wanted to practice a few rail shots before going to bed. Trying to be quiet or not as loud prevents me from just taking the shot. Also I took a page from your book. I let me daughter come in the loft while I practice and do whatever she wants within reason. That has helped alot. Thanks for all you do.
Good stuff. Would have liked to see the corner shot with some right(or left) on it. I’ll try it myself. Never realized difference between force and how a regular follow will bring those shots back down table, versus force getting stuck. Always worried a regular follow won’t have enough energy to get back down rail, and end up hitting force follow and getting stuck. Thanks.
Learning this shot is great but having control issues with making the ball.when I miss the force follow works still . I count this as a positive thing. Have to remember about deflection of the ball too I guess.
Good work bro
Thanks
Nice!!! Let's Gooooooo!!!! :) Be Safe
Brian, I've been playing pool for about 10 yrs now. I've developed extreme accuracy in my cut shots, automatically compensation for throw in my instinctive aim. In watching your videos I realize there is benefit to adding English in some hard shots to get more action on the CB. I can't bring myself to try it when I compete because the deflection seems unpredictable and variable depending on the strength of the shot, the cue type, etc. I would need to relearn my instinctive aim to adjust for the deflection. I'm 61 and am guessing that I've "grooved" my lower efficiency system?
Ok, you talked me into subscribing
GOTCHA Carlos. Thanks for subscribing.
Very educational... Now i know what to do when i encounter shots like those in the video...watching from the Philippines... Just letting you know 😊
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watchIng.
More "2 minute tips" please-thanks:)
Great video!!! Was wondering why many of the pros aim so low on the cueball almost touching their tip on the table, even when they follow the ball?
Thanks!!
When you see someone aim low on a follow shot, it’s usually a drag shot. And the reason they aim so low is that’s the correct contact point for most stop shots draw shots, stop shots and drag shots - amateur player hit the ball far too high on those shots because they tend to miscue from not having a good stroke. It’s also why so many amateurs can’t shoot a strong draw shot- they can’t hit the ball low enough consistently. Thanks for watching
new subscriber. thanks for sharing your knowledge
Thanks for the sub!
Got it coach!
Death grip 🤣 I find myself holding the cue too tight sometimes so this is good information. Very informative as always, Bryan. You’re the man.
Edit: Went to the billiards hall and lightened up my grip and found myself making shots at least 20% more effectively. 🙏🤟
Hi...Watching from the Philippines...
Hello. You guys know your pool - have a great day.
Hey Brian what’s your advice on bouncing back from a bad game ?.
I put out an entire MasterClass on things like this at nwqpool.com. But the short answer is to ask yourself what is the worst thing that can happen if you lose the match - in most cases nothing changes in your life.
A stun run through would be a good shot to do a video on.
Thanks good stuff
Glad you enjoyed it
thanks
No problem
Hi new Sub. I have not used force follow, except on accident & it worked well to get shape. I had no idea what I did. I'm an active intermediate player. Do a lot of watching videos to understand the game better & shoot 3-4 times a week. This was very helpful, I would luv to go to a camp or Billiards Bootcamp, if you know of any?
There are a couple around the country, but I honestly could not recommend any. Thank you very much for watching and subscribe.
the problem sometimes is you're aiming higher on the cue ball and when you finally hit the cue ball, you either actually hit middle or lower of the cue ball.
Hey what size shaft u play with
12.4. There’s a full description of my equipment in the description of the video- thanks for watching
How to get maximum screw without hitting the object ball hard? For example when potting in the center pocket at an angle and still need to get the cue a long distance back.
ua-cam.com/video/mFLG6Xt3c-w/v-deo.html this might help.
I have the problem of sometimes I hit the cue too high and I follow the object ball right into the pocket.
You may be shooting a follow shot when you should be shooting a stop shot. Thanks for watching.
Mr Brian I can't differenciate a follow shot and a force follow what is the main difference am confused
With force follow, the cue, ball spins in place for just a fraction of a second more before moving forward. It’s simply a follow shot with more force behind it. Think draw stroke versus stop stroke.
Are you from CT?
No I am not. I’m from PA
What cue r u using?
I use Predator cues. Usually with a Revo shaft -there’s a description in the video description.
@@FXBilliards witch in this video is it P3 or blak? Altso what is the diffrent on gen 1 and gen 2,3,4 of the blak series? Just curius since i have just got my hands on a predator blak 2-1 (-:
The cue in this video is a P3 with a Revo 12.9mm shaft. Cue weight is 19 oz with a victory soft tip
The only difference I have seen is in style. My Blak (gen 2) plays the same as my Ikons which are Gen 4.
Good video Brian . Come on people subscribe!!😎
Awww .. Let them now about the " "illegal " Push shot when your cue Ball and The Object ball are touching ...
in APA it isnt illegal anymore, you can shoot right through the object ball
I don't remember if I mentioned this before on here: when doing such a force follow, with english, you have to learn how to compensate in the aiming for the spin of the target ball, otherwise, you will get the english you want, but miss the shot...
LOL- any regular viewer of this channel is extremely aware of the simple concept of throw, deflection and curve on shots that involved English. We produce more informed more sophisticated players here. Those who aren’t aware of throw, shouldn’t be using English yet anyway - They’re running before they can walk.