How to Start Aiming with Side Spin

Start learning how to pocket side spin shots with the 3 step process I present in this video.

Table: Table Min Innovation Club 2

[williamsheppard]

I can't think you enough for telling me about how important straight in shots are it has changed my game completely

[MrAntup]

For folks that don't have hours to practice aim to thin side of the pocket to use inside/check aim to thick side of pocket to use outside/running english. The less english the less adjustment. Basically once you can start throwing balls in your cue ball control will skyrocket and the game will be easier.

[joshuahong]

Hey man, keep up the good work! It was a pleasure playing with you 2 years ago, it's great to see your channel doing well. Solid pieces of advice, keep them going!

[shader]

I revisited this video, and I find I still need the lessons you give here. In this time I did buy a low deflection shaft for my cue. Played with it for months. Was never sure if I should be using parallel or FHE/BHE. Tried going back to non LD, but decided for sure after that that I want to use the LD shaft. So back to square one. Noticed I felt I was getting a little bit of the hang of it when practicing, but in tournaments/matches I would suddenly get a bad feeling when I needed it on longer shots with more power. Watching again, it’s obvious I need to work on longer shots with harder hits…the same shots that intimidate me even though I do better (not great yet) in practice. Your point hit home, I shouldn’t think I am getting there until I can make that shot ten times in a row. Have now downloaded your app and will start using it. Thanks, this video saves tons of time that might have been wasted looking for some magic pill tip or system.
I’m sure now, about the cue I will use, and that all it takes is simply shooting these shots all the time. Hoping to use your app to document progress, or lack of progress so I know what I most need to work on. Thanks!

[smaueluminium]

I think your friend and I have more in common than I'd like to admit, but I think part of the issue for me is that I can always blame bad shots on not knowing some system or technique. The advice you offer is exactly what I needed to hear, thank you!

[robertlomax]

At one pool hall for kids we played at as kids, one of the house rules was that you must bank either the 8 ball or the cue ball and zero slop was allowed. This was to create a level playing field for learning bank shots. Something similar with sidespin might work also.

[VetteWayFast]

Very good video. Entering the world of side spin is a whole different animal. Can be frustrating when normal potted shots are missed but I guess one step back and two forward applies. As others have mentioned, I see a lot of videos that talk on how to use spin, but not many on why or when it’s most advantageous for certain shots or scenarios. Guess it’s pretty common sense of “I need the ball here where it would not go w/o the spin” but definitely a topic for a future video!

[markgilmore]

Beautifully presented and edited vid. Great advice too. Keep creating!

[JoshuaMurangaBauer]

Very concise and informative. No unecrsary information. Good Job on this, got you a new subscriber.

Request: I have purchased a new Pool table at home and I'm willing to start recording videos of me playing and explaining the thought process behind (vo), Would you recommend me some links to better equipements to use for this purpose?

[nuggers]

Great advice! I have actually neglected drills with sidespin a lot, need to focus on them more. Thanks for yet another eye-opener!

[thebilliardnewb]

Like always a very awesome video. Was an enjoyable watch. Hope all is well!

[DarylOngOfficial]

Subscribed!! Great content, very clear and informative!

[shader]

Hey, your points really hit home with me! Great video. I’m 67 and “used to play a lot of pool” when I was younger. I won a lot, but that was bar tables, and a lot of opponents that weren’t that good. My only tools back then were a stop shot that only worked if the object ball was near, follow (clumsy) and how hard I hit.
We didn’t have YouTube back then.
Started playing again and assumed my old “skills” would mostly still be there. They weren’t. Had trouble with all kinds of shots. After getting mostly back to my old level, start watching videos and practicing actively. Wow. My new superpowers amazed me. I worked on follow, stop and draw shots…and still am, but then also English.

A fantastic point you make, my playing suffered because I wasn’t making shots that were sure shots normally if I didn’t care where the cue ball went after. Specially follow shots I overshot and the cue ball would end up way past where I wanted, etc. I persisted, and then suddenly one day and since it clicked a little.

But I LOVE your points about “just shoot them, all the time for a while”. That’s what I’m going to do. I find too, when playing against an opponent I tone it down mostly. I’m not trying for perfect position, unless it seems right. So I see improvement with English and am going to try your drill, seems perfect for aiming with two balls framing where I need to hit.

Thanks!

[JeffMartin]

Downloading the app now.

What would be amazing for the table maker tool but might be insanely hard to do if at all possible would be if you could build the table select the ball you wanted to make and where you wanted the cue ball to end up and it would suggest how to shoot it.

[gordonrobb]

Having a look at the app. I really like the idea of this. Is there anyway we can access the photos we have created, but from inside the app, and perhaps add some text?

[jinkyong]

One said, perfect is simple. Make it nice control, no need side spin

[HillbillyIslandLife]

It's been a while. How is Korea? I was rooting for IM from S. Korea to win the Masters. They would have held a day of honor in his name had he won. Still a great finish

[warrenbaker]

Wow great ideas! Thanks for this fantastic post!

[MickeyOphelan]

This is exactly what I’ve been working on.. it’s been frustrating. I can pocket the balls and I get a bad/less than ideal leave.. or I play the English and get a great leave but I miss the shot completely or rattle it in the pocket. It’s really annoying when it’s relatively easy routine shots 🙄

[callingoutbullshit]

Great video lately my english has been rattling the pocket how do you prevent that?