This video was initially just for my Patrons and channel members, but I thought it might be interesting to let everyone see how I am working on things I am struggling with, and where I am very open about my mistakes and mental state. If so, leave a thumbs up, subscribe, or consider supporting me on Patreon for more videos like this! 👊🎱
I am not in a league but I shoot with my older and wiser pool buddy every Friday. Over the last few years, I have improved about 60%, most of which has been in the last year, and coincidentally is about how long I have been watching your videos. Thank you.
It's actually really refreshing to see you just shoot around and miss shots. And this was super helpful. I think the last thing you said was the most important for me. When I'm frustrated on the table I struggle to get out of my head and refocus so I'll try what you said.
How is it possible that I had a horrible game last night in league and you release the perfect video for me to review to help my game? You are awesome on releasing these videos. Keep up the great community work. Your mental game videos for purchase were awesome too
This is exactly the way I start my training sessions - playing around aka run the stripes, then the solids and end the rack with the 8 ball. It's a very good way to get your fundamentals, stroke and vision in gear. Sometimes I mix it up with 15 ball rotation for the extra hard grind. Thanks for your work, Mr. Sharivari.
This is great! I actually was looking for a recent video, to ask if you could show us a typical practice routine you do, and…you already did it! Thanks!
Great reminder, to practice the basics, especially when you have been shooting for a long time and may have forgotten some of the fundamentals. Well , not really forgotten what they are, but forgotten to do them in your every day shooting!
Yeah !! I like this so much as strictly a physical and mental exercise to hone a couple of critical skills. I have been working on my pause and it pays BIG dividends. That split second before starting the forward stroke is time the brain needs to align the shot. I'm working on making it a permanent fixture in my stroke. Great video, that stroke and follow-through reminds me so much of Criss Melling. He seems to implement exactly what you are demonstrating here.
hey! sorry for bad english. i been watching your videos lately and i gotta admit that it really helped alot especially with the the eye dominant, spins, strokes, speed, etc. and most of the other tutorial videos i watched so far more less effective compared to yours because most of them lack knowledge or misinformation mostly. i also realized that there are barely left handed users so im super glad i found your channel because i am lefty as well. i still need to practice more to improve but overall i think that the more i watch your videos the more helpful knowledge that can get me through my game keep doing what you're doing and much love and take care always!
This is pretty much what I learned to do on my own. Seeing you teach this gives me more confidence that I'm practicing effectively. I know what you mean about the mental aspect of following through. It's something I have been working on a lot more lately. That and having a pause on the back swing. I would tend to pull back to fast before I shoot causing me to be inaccurate.
It's so funny this video, as I've started working many of the same things this week myself: not going up and down on the shot 50x, not making 20 practice strikes before hitting the shot and most of all, following through on every shot. Best of all was the reminder to walk away from such practice when you start missing shots and getting frustrated and work on something else. Thanks so much for sharing this 🎱
Glad you covered alignment since I've found out myself that before 8 did not align myself better so I missed some shots that I shouldn't have missed now I tend to make those shots more since my alignment is better
I practice yesterday and played myself and ran the rack and don't always take your ducks, use the ducks as a way to get shape that you normally would not have expected before the break or looking at the layout. I ran out on myself several times on 9 ball.
Suggestion from my experience - I thought i should also take less time like other easy shots. But i kept missing. Better to take time, it is okay to think you will miss. But take even more time then to make sure you know why you are missing, which side of the pocket are you hitting meaning which way your aim is going. Then you can adjust it and eventually stop missing balls in difficult situations.
When you first pooped up in the video I thought "damn I though he had a full head of hair" then half a second later realised it was a snap back with a white part on the front 😂
Hi Sharivari, just wondering what balls you are using on your home table (the ones with the rounded triangles around the numbers). I'm getting a pool table installed at the end of the year, and already ordered an Aramith Black set, but the balls you're using look really nice. Looking forward to going back over all of your vods once I get the table, haven't really played in the last 20 years, so likely to be a bit rusty :)
Hey we've met at the Billardstar in munich after they got the new tables! If you had just 1 exercise you have to do all the time...what would that be? Or maybe even what you show in this video would be your #1 exercise
@@Sharivari Thx but besides "game modes " you also got an exercise? Or would just playing straight pool be your number 1 exercise and I just didn't get it?
@@TheNuggzt3r Yes, Straight Pool is for me the most complete exercise. Mental Game, Shotmaking Consistency, Problem Solving, Combinations, Patterns, and so on. I can't recommend one single drill, because there are many good ones for different areas.
For me I found I have like a wrist problem with my stroke which is making me miss even easy shots so I have a inconsistency. And I've discovered this recently so I hope that I will find the time to really work hard on this and fix it because I thought I fixed but apparently I did not
I notice that you no longer have the Kamui Diamond Slicer on your table... any particular reason? I recently purchased it and I haven't really found a good video on how to use it. I hope I didn't waste $50.
A lot of the time when my friends and I play, we end up with one or two clumps of balls after the break, or just as a result of missing shots. Would you be able to make a video on the strategy behind games like that? Thanks.
Go into them at the earliest opportunity Wait to there's an easy next shot like a ball near a pocket Get an angle ..go into the balls ..then have your easy next shot
1. If you can, make the other guy play those balls, lol. Really though, if the table is open, that is the MAIN thing I'm looking at. Which balls are the problem balls? If one set has an obvious advantage, take the ones that are not tied up, even if you have to make a harder shot. So, I have an easy 3 ball run on solids, but 3 other solids are tied up vs my only shot from this position on a stripe is a full table shot, but stripes only have one ball tied up? I'm probably trying to get stripes. 2. If you see an opportunity to play a defensive shot so that your opponent's easiest option is to break up the cluster just to get a legal hit, take it. 3. If my opponent is better than me or has a lead and one of their balls is in the cluster, I try to make them break it up when they are out of other options, rather than waste one of my shots doing it. 4. If a cluster is all your balls, try to take the first shot you get where the natural path of the cue ball will break up the cluster, even if that means choosing that shot over a small run.
back swing pause is terrible advise. respectfully. too much room for error on the forward swing. dont get me wrong Chris melling is incredible but that back pause is for a few.
I think it depends on how long the pause is. Sure, if you pause for a long time, you lose your rhythm and end up with a terrible stroke. But just like in golf, if your backswing/backstroke is instantly followed by your forward swing/stroke, a lot of people will have an equally bad shot because they're in such a hurry to hit the ball and end up "spazzing out" and poking at it or slamming the ball, or getting way out of line. A pause in the backstroke/backswing keeps the tempo correct and makes sure you aren't rushing your shot, so I'd say it's good advice overall.
This video was initially just for my Patrons and channel members, but I thought it might be interesting to let everyone see how I am working on things I am struggling with, and where I am very open about my mistakes and mental state. If so, leave a thumbs up, subscribe, or consider supporting me on Patreon for more videos like this! 👊🎱
Thank you for putting this on TH-cam its very helpful
I am not in a league but I shoot with my older and wiser pool buddy every Friday. Over the last few years, I have improved about 60%, most of which has been in the last year, and coincidentally is about how long I have been watching your videos. Thank you.
That is awesome, thanks for letting me know, keeps me motivated!
It's actually really refreshing to see you just shoot around and miss shots. And this was super helpful. I think the last thing you said was the most important for me. When I'm frustrated on the table I struggle to get out of my head and refocus so I'll try what you said.
How is it possible that I had a horrible game last night in league and you release the perfect video for me to review to help my game? You are awesome on releasing these videos. Keep up the great community work. Your mental game videos for purchase were awesome too
Because this video goes over the basic fundamentals of stroking in pool and applys to any pool situation.
Just knowing how but can't quite get it executed... He gives you the confidence and the want to practice.
@@skippydippydoo1977 I say to my friends to watch his videos as well. I totally agree
This is exactly the way I start my training sessions - playing around aka run the stripes, then the solids
and end the rack with the 8 ball. It's a very good way to get your fundamentals, stroke and vision in gear.
Sometimes I mix it up with 15 ball rotation for the extra hard grind. Thanks for your work, Mr. Sharivari.
This is great! I actually was looking for a recent video, to ask if you could show us a typical practice routine you do, and…you already did it! Thanks!
Great reminder, to practice the basics, especially when you have been shooting for a long time and may have forgotten some of the fundamentals. Well , not really forgotten what they are, but forgotten to do them in your every day shooting!
Always great descriptions and tips! Keep it up!!
Yeah !! I like this so much as strictly a physical and mental exercise to hone a couple of critical skills. I have been working on my pause and it pays BIG dividends. That split second before starting the forward stroke is time the brain needs to align the shot. I'm working on making it a permanent fixture in my stroke. Great video, that stroke and follow-through reminds me so much of Criss Melling. He seems to implement exactly what you are demonstrating here.
hey! sorry for bad english. i been watching your videos lately and i gotta admit that it really helped alot especially with the the eye dominant, spins, strokes, speed, etc. and most of the other tutorial videos i watched so far more less effective compared to yours because most of them lack knowledge or misinformation mostly. i also realized that there are barely left handed users so im super glad i found your channel because i am lefty as well. i still need to practice more to improve but overall i think that the more i watch your videos the more helpful knowledge that can get me through my game keep doing what you're doing and much love and take care always!
This is pretty much what I learned to do on my own. Seeing you teach this gives me more confidence that I'm practicing effectively. I know what you mean about the mental aspect of following through. It's something I have been working on a lot more lately. That and having a pause on the back swing. I would tend to pull back to fast before I shoot causing me to be inaccurate.
It's so funny this video, as I've started working many of the same things this week myself: not going up and down on the shot 50x, not making 20 practice strikes before hitting the shot and most of all, following through on every shot.
Best of all was the reminder to walk away from such practice when you start missing shots and getting frustrated and work on something else.
Thanks so much for sharing this 🎱
Awesome! 🎱👊
Playing more snooker is an other solution imo helped me big time
@@Mad.Haessig Oh yes. Used to practice with regular pool balls on a Snooker table. Felt like a cheat code whenever I went back to the pool table.
Great content, as always. Ko Pin Yi seems to have the same habit - where most times he stands up after first getting down on the shot.
Glad you covered alignment since I've found out myself that before 8 did not align myself better so I missed some shots that I shouldn't have missed now I tend to make those shots more since my alignment is better
Excellent video 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼
Thanks!
Real helpful!
Happy to help!
The snooker technique with chin and chest contact points is the best way for cue action.
I practice yesterday and played myself and ran the rack and don't always take your ducks, use the ducks as a way to get shape that you normally would not have expected before the break or looking at the layout. I ran out on myself several times on 9 ball.
Can you make a video about when your cueball a ball or half a ball from the rail and you have to elevate
Thank youu
Suggestion from my experience - I thought i should also take less time like other easy shots. But i kept missing. Better to take time, it is okay to think you will miss. But take even more time then to make sure you know why you are missing, which side of the pocket are you hitting meaning which way your aim is going. Then you can adjust it and eventually stop missing balls in difficult situations.
These 5 things are so important I've notice when practicing. The other thing is speed of the stroke.
This channel is great. This guy a pro?
Maybe semi.
@Sharivari Well your channel is definitely professional. I started mine a few months ago, I'd be honoured if you could give me any advice 🎱🙂👍
When you first pooped up in the video I thought "damn I though he had a full head of hair" then half a second later realised it was a snap back with a white part on the front 😂
😂
If there's anyone whose pre shot routine and stroke we need to learn from, it has to be Fedor Ghost, his cue action is so incredibly smooth.
Yes indeed, it's lovely to just watch his stroke.
Hi Sharivari, just wondering what balls you are using on your home table (the ones with the rounded triangles around the numbers). I'm getting a pool table installed at the end of the year, and already ordered an Aramith Black set, but the balls you're using look really nice.
Looking forward to going back over all of your vods once I get the table, haven't really played in the last 20 years, so likely to be a bit rusty :)
Dude tell me where in the world can I live where I can afford a place like that on a pool players salary?!
531k subs...
Haha, you need to move to a small village in Bavaria.
Hey we've met at the Billardstar in munich after they got the new tables! If you had just 1 exercise you have to do all the time...what would that be?
Or maybe even what you show in this video would be your #1 exercise
Straight Pool without a doubt.
@@Sharivari Thx but besides "game modes " you also got an exercise?
Or would just playing straight pool be your number 1 exercise and I just didn't get it?
@@TheNuggzt3r Yes, Straight Pool is for me the most complete exercise. Mental Game, Shotmaking Consistency, Problem Solving, Combinations, Patterns, and so on. I can't recommend one single drill, because there are many good ones for different areas.
@@Sharivari Great, thank you!
For me I found I have like a wrist problem with my stroke which is making me miss even easy shots so I have a inconsistency. And I've discovered this recently so I hope that I will find the time to really work hard on this and fix it because I thought I fixed but apparently I did not
Which chalk do u use? And Top 3 chalks in your opinion
When you do a soft shot with a deliberate follow through are you gripping the cue a little shorter?
How many pieces the slate of your Gabriels Gryffon has? I have seen that you can choose 1 or 3 pieces.
I have 3 pieces.
Sharivari, what is your cue stick?
I notice that you no longer have the Kamui Diamond Slicer on your table... any particular reason?
I recently purchased it and I haven't really found a good video on how to use it. I hope I didn't waste $50.
A lot of the time when my friends and I play, we end up with one or two clumps of balls after the break, or just as a result of missing shots. Would you be able to make a video on the strategy behind games like that? Thanks.
Go into them at the earliest opportunity
Wait to there's an easy next shot like a ball near a pocket
Get an angle ..go into the balls ..then have your easy next shot
1. If you can, make the other guy play those balls, lol. Really though, if the table is open, that is the MAIN thing I'm looking at. Which balls are the problem balls? If one set has an obvious advantage, take the ones that are not tied up, even if you have to make a harder shot. So, I have an easy 3 ball run on solids, but 3 other solids are tied up vs my only shot from this position on a stripe is a full table shot, but stripes only have one ball tied up? I'm probably trying to get stripes.
2. If you see an opportunity to play a defensive shot so that your opponent's easiest option is to break up the cluster just to get a legal hit, take it.
3. If my opponent is better than me or has a lead and one of their balls is in the cluster, I try to make them break it up when they are out of other options, rather than waste one of my shots doing it.
4. If a cluster is all your balls, try to take the first shot you get where the natural path of the cue ball will break up the cluster, even if that means choosing that shot over a small run.
Where i can buy your cue. The Link please.
jflowerscues.com/product/cf-606/
why do you up swing on the follow?
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back swing pause is terrible advise. respectfully. too much room for error on the forward swing. dont get me wrong Chris melling is incredible but that back pause is for a few.
I think it depends on how long the pause is. Sure, if you pause for a long time, you lose your rhythm and end up with a terrible stroke. But just like in golf, if your backswing/backstroke is instantly followed by your forward swing/stroke, a lot of people will have an equally bad shot because they're in such a hurry to hit the ball and end up "spazzing out" and poking at it or slamming the ball, or getting way out of line. A pause in the backstroke/backswing keeps the tempo correct and makes sure you aren't rushing your shot, so I'd say it's good advice overall.