8-Ball & 10-Ball Defensive Strategies | Master Your Defensive Game Quickly
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- www.zerox-bill... Take your 8-ball and 10-ball game to the next level with these essential defensive strategies! 🎱 Learn how to control the table, leave your opponents without a shot, and make smarter decisions that will win you more games. Perfect for players looking to improve their safety play and overall pool strategy. Watch now and dominate the competition!
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Best defensive video I've ever seen, hands down.
I've played pool for 30 years, and still learn a lot from Tor. Thanks for all your good work, Tor!
I won a rack of 8 Ball tonight, using one of the safeties you mentioned (thinning off my ball and sending the CB around the table behind blockers, using some english). Thanks, Tor!
Great video of pool defensive strategies. Love your videos 😍
This video is a literal wealth of knowledge.. I've played pool for 15 years and I got more out of this then 1000s of matches played. It's insane you give this away 💪💪💪
I never seen pool videos like you're tor amazing camera color, amazing stranges, amazing defense shot you put on it, you give us best pool knowledge that was cool and cool.
Thanx Doc.....all these suggestions and ideas are great. I just felt my APA rating go up a point!
That was an awesome hour of defensive shot instruction!
This is one of my favorite tutorials on defense.
WoW AMAZING video for defensive player , thanks lovely instructor mr. tor lowry
Several of us have been playing a lot of kick safe lately. That game really helps to fine tune your defense. Plus it's nice to have a game to practice safeties that's fun.
Thanks for sharing it with us. :)
Cool! That's a great game - makes playing defense fun. It's also a great ring game.
@@ZeroXBilliards Can you tell me how you handle the ball in hand rule, in a ring game? It makes sense one on one but not so much with a group.
@@ajschroetlin2196 www.zerox-billiards.com/support Basically, the player who played the safety gets ball in hand. The player who fouls gets a point - if they get to 5 or 7 points (or whatever number is decided) then they are out of the ring game.
thanks for your hard work Mr lowry and for keeping motivating the world to play pool
Wow. Thank you. The hour just flew by.
I use to say, "when in Doubt, Spread them out!" Basically, get distance between the object ball and the cue ball. This theory has worked for me many times.
Many of the 10-ball examples here are good two way shots. I think you should've mentioned the importance of calling the object ball in case it goes and you have a shot on the next ball.
At 49:52 , I think it would improve your video to point out that these two shots are "fouling-on-purpose" and result in giving the opponent ball-in-hand. This is truly a desperation strategy that I heartily endorse. (Hence the accompanying strategy of "Don't pocket a ball if it leaves you down to one target that can't be pocketed.") Also, such a shot does not require preventing another foul on the shot, so no balls have to touch cushions, etc.
00:29:00 - 9-Ball Defensive Strategies
00:39:27 - 8-Ball Defensive Strategies
hi @Zero-x, i'm wondering if Pool Table Size affect the real tournament pool table. I would like to have 7ft table but i'm wondering it will harm when i do real tournament in 9ft table. Do you know if 7ft is good enough for my personal training ?
@TorLowry, I was looking for the ebook mentioned at the beginning of the video, on the website. I cannot find it. How can I get it?
Watching the 8-ball is helpful, but one suggestion would be to tell us if the player is on solids/stripes ans then pause and ask us what we would do first. It's a little passive us just watching and would help us train our own thinking.
Does anyone know where I can get the ebook mentioned at the beginning of the video? It can’t find it on their website. Can someone post a link to it if they know where it is?
1/2 ball hit is a good defense shot. Easy to do and comes up often !
Lol you just made it really hard to beat me now I was having problems with this thanks so much
Is the shot at 17:15 legal. Nothing hit rail after the object ball was struck. If I’m wrong, then sorry for my ignorance.
Hi, yes, the cue ball struck the rail right after the object ball.
33:05 you played defense with the 3 ball but you still have the 2 ball on the table, am I missing something here?
Hi, that is the four ball.
@@ZeroXBilliards oh ok thank for clarifying and thank you for the video, 3rd time watching in detail.
Is this video still available as a free download? I don't see on the website.
do you sell this as ebook ? I cant find it on your website
I can’t find this ebook and video for purchase on your website. Where do I find it?
www.zerox-billiards.com/challenge-series
thank you for this video
as usual priceless wisdom
This is a great drill. Just need to work on my ball speed
Any games to practice sctice these?
Don't you have to hit a rail after the object ball to be a valid hit? I noticed you have a few finesse shots where you came off the rail and hid the que ball but never reached the other rail with the object ball. Great videos!
Hi, yes, you do have to hit a rail. On the soft spin safeties the cue ball is striking the same rail after contact with the object ball.
@@ZeroXBilliards Mr. Lowry in pool how do count in between the diamonds. I know the diamonds are numbered from 0 - 8 how do you count between the diamonds. Please help having trouble making bankshots
@@repentedheart instead of thinking about it as 0-8 think about it as 0-80. Each diamond increases by 10. On 9ft table the distance is 12 inches between diamond. About an inch per number. Between 1st and 2nd diamond is 15. Between second and 3rd is 25 and so on
some of the 8 ball defensive shots won't work with ball- in- hand rules since you have to hit one of your balls first or its a foul.
OK, so how many racks did you have to play to show a two pack? Obviously, you are very good, but EVERYONE has limits, even the pool gods, they don't run everything.
Excellent tips, it is ALL percentages and really understanding an pegging those down accurately is very difficult, especially when several parameters are involved. I am convinced this is one of the main knowledge areas where pros excel over even excellent amateurs. Patterning is another. And obviously, there's that execution. Predatory instinct on the table and heart are other big factors.
Then there's PRACTICE, the elephant in the room, which improves most of the above. Watching vids like yours or Dr Dave's (tips from experts) helps me, a lot, I know that. Watching pros do their thing does too, especially when the commentators are very knowledgeable and forthcoming. Just my silly two cents.
Safe play is necessary yes but to me I believe in aggressive offense run tables and breakouts because you never know you leave a guy a hell of a good safety shot and he'll do a Efren Reyes and pull it out trust me because I am one to do so lol.
I understand some of these shots. But, many of them allow a look at a shot by your opponent, after the safety is completed. I hated to see it. The credibility of this video suffered because of that issue. If your opponent can see his ball, after your safety, is it really a safety?
When there are fewer balls on the table it's not always possible to hide the cue ball. And trying to hide the cue ball behind only one ball sometimes leads to selling out. So the player has to understand the percentage of success for hiding the cue ball and for playing a defensive shot (as in several of the shots in this video) where the opponent is left without a offensive shot even if they can see their ball.
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Thats what you want to do frustrate your opponent
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