8-Ball Runout Inside the mind of a professional | Ralph Eckert

We asked Kamui Brand partner player Ralph Eckert to play a game of 8-ball while describing in detail his thought process and decision making throughout the game. Rather than shooting and hoping to find a clear path, Ralph takes care to think his way 2-3 shots ahead.

[udyudy]

Thats show us even professional sometimes didn't run plan A smoothly, but they able to recover and back in line more often than average player. I want more video like this...

[Sharivari]

Ralph G. Eckert is a great coach. I would recommend his books :)

[davidlarson]

You can tell that Ralph has a great respect for the game - he lacks cockiness and overconfidence in his approach. He embraced his "imperfect" placements and adapted to them very well. Great video!

[javyg]

Real game I see, you made a plan it didn’t go as planned but found another way and still managed to make a run out. I love it specially that 4 shot on the corner. Good job 👍

[robertbyington]

The 4 in the corner was the must make shot of the run out but it also shows you how inadvertently hitting the 11 raised the difficulty of the entire run by a factor of 2.

[Zigarius]

I really like the way he breaks stuff down and recovers and thinks out his possibilities. What a great guy to learn from!

[Cityshamaani]

I love Ralph Eckert!! Never been a fan of his cue action, but man the knowledge he has... taught me a lot during my years! A true inspiration to my own game and the way I personally coach other people that want to improve in pool.

[MJH]

Awesome video. Im bored w videos where everything just goes exactly as planned. I like that hes scrambling and using plans B, C, and D

[theosprague]

I didn't know who you were and I still don't know who you are but I will tell you this much I respect you you are very educated with table knowledge and you demonstrated that sometimes actually a lot of times plans don't go accordingly but you're able to adapt and continue. I feel like this is a problem a lot of amateur pool players face today, we get a plan and then we fall out of position and then we lose composure because we're afraid to change the plan you handled your mapping as graciously as any of us could ask I'd like to see more material from this channel from this gentleman right here I honestly think as a dedicated pool player I can learn something from him

[MrKinghuman]

That’s one hell of a loft. Pool in Germany must be more lucrative

[drjay]

Great video! That shot on the 4 was smooth as silk! I like how things didn't go the way he initially planned but he still found ways to make it work. Also nice to see that even the pro's aren't always perfect! Most run out video's seem like everything lines up perfectly and it looks so of course it's not

[stevenmoss]

I like how he keeps himself calm and collected

[oilman]

Liked listening to your thoughts as you played, please do more! Thanks!!

[lakmeister]

Always hard to do a live video commentary....but like all good players he finds a way by being positive..great shot on split and long purple

[razzi]

That shot at the 3-ball(5:44) was so amazing

[AcessDBpro]

Another psychological tool is to watch snooker on youtube for about 20 minutes before playing, particularly those with tricky breaks that are executed. Ronnie O'Sullivan videos are the best in this regard. After watching one of those videos, playing on a tavern pool league table is like playing golf with one-foot-wide holes.

[robertschaeffer]

Nice break and run...Kamui makes fantastic tips...

[farfromluzin]

for me, I would have played coming off the five ball to get shape on the 4 or 7 from the bottom rail. shooting the 4 or 7 up table. He just didn't go down that end of the table to look at it. But hey...theres plan b, c, d, or e. I like 8 ball, lots of plans.

[kristopherabshire]

Damn you beat me and I wasn't even over there 😂

[jacobgil]

Some great tips keep posting these awesome videos