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Great video. One doesn’t expect a professional to admit it took several tries but I appreciate your honesty. Can’t wait to work on this drill. Thank you Niels
I realize this is an old video. But agree completely... Thanks for sharing the real challenge and that you, as a pro, are still working on your game. Thanks for all the tutorials
You read my mind with this video! I already made leaps of progress with your other stroke videos, and this was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks! 💪
@@NielsTheTerminatorFeijen Yeah, I used to think "that shot isn't really THAT hard" when the announcers sometimes pointed some of the easier hard ones out. Then I realized you guys often need to convert at 90+ levels to succeed. At that point I FULLY understood the assessment. When you have to shoot off rails or over balls I never had that problem though. I HATE those shots. Usually talk myself out of them beforehand...bad idea. And compared to you guys my game sucks beyond belief.
Chris Habgood Sent Me Here! Great Content!!! I can't believe I've never seen this video. Yall Fked Up. Im playing everyone even after this video hahah!!!
Such a powerful tool to have in the armory! Thank you, Niels! You will always be my favorite player! I have those cue balls displayed right there by my table.
Niels had an outstanding instructor. Bert Kinister live lessons are phenomenal. Between that knowledge and Niels incredible talent & skills you get the Terminator. I remember Bert brought Niels through a Chgo pool room 20+ years ago and he literally played a perfect set. Unreal.
Niels The Terminator Feijen If u ever get in the St Louis area and want a nice laid back place to shoot hit me up. I have connections with Justin Bergman and Nick Varner and other great shooters and could arrange some fun games.
@@bwhite429 Yeah, he shoots pretty sporty for a one eyed guy from Holland! 😁 He is seriously a beast his mechanics are the best in the game, in my opinion at least.
Another Great video Niels! I can't wait to put this into practice on my table later, after my munchkins lesson. I can't wait to work on my power draw, i just need to understand the difference between power and speed!
i Love to watch your channel boss niel the terminator,cuz you explain well and i understand what you mean in drill practice.. practice is the best.. sorry cuz I'm pilipino.in my grammar.. hahaha.. thank you boss Neil the terminator..
Sometimes it is discouraging, a bit. I could play full time and I would almost certainly never reach 30% of your level of play, Accustats wise. I try to keep in mind that there is no reason I should be able to, and try to judge my play entirely against my previous play, for advancement. There, channels like yours really help. Pro tourneys are sure fun to watch, though. Many of them, one mistake spells disaster, from what I've seen. Ridiculous level of skills and heart. I really enjoy your stories, too. Sad to see Efren tailing off, but still some one pocket, where he is still VERY competitive at a pro level. One, if not the, contemporary true 'heroes' of the sport. That Filler and Ko are really something, too. And obviously all the top pros, yourself most certainly included. Pag's a riot, too, at times. And I think J Hall is one serious up and comer to watch, on the skills/results side. He seems to be a natural, and can assess a table accurately, almost literally at a glance, even one pocket. I saw him freewheeling at my local hall, zero pressure, and initially I thought the shots he was picking were absurd, until I saw him execute time after time after time ... difficult kick caroms and combos and the like. Jason was my last personal pick, for starter pros rising. I got that one right, for sure. I was sad to see the current Mosconi cup. The rolls and beatings on the US side were often brutal, it seemed. Some days you are the bug and some days you are the windshield, I guess. I'm fairly sure you saw that differently. :-) I felt bad for Jeremy, too. One of my favorite announcers. Hard to put that much work in and have so few results. Maybe next year.
Just so you know I did win that match and 2 of those shots came up and I pulled them both off successfully and I won my bracket and I'm in the final bracket for the tourney
I give the spin shot at 7:00 a try and it is way harder than it looks. I can get to the side pocket consistently. But that is it so far ,,after a about 10 tries. The cue does not bend back right away,,it goes straight across the table after contact ,,and then the spin grabs the rail. I see in your shot the cue bends back immediately after contact.
@@NielsTheTerminatorFeijen Yes after the cue stops it is near the side pocket after hitting 1 rail,,, I did it so consistent each time the cue never made 2 rails. Had the cue kept going it may have scratched every time. I re shaped my tip and Ill try again
Yes but it you hit it harder the angle will Chance. You won’t scratch in the side because the cue will move forward a bit more before the draw kicks in👍🏼🔥
@@NielsTheTerminatorFeijen I just give this another try. Itts harder than it seems and does give a idea of cue power. I cannot make it happen,,no matter what I do. Im hitting hard and even tried all bottom and the best I can get is straight across and back to 2nd rail. I can how ever make it happen if I move the cue up 1 diamond. I am going to change my tip ,,maybe that is the issue??? It ticks me off a little that I cant do it. lol
Great video Niels. You've been playing the game for some time now. With your years of experience can you name some players which you think have the most powerful strokes.
Another great video....Thanks Niels. Quick question. What are your thoughts on wrist action when accelerating through these shots? Some players like the Pilipino players use a very lose wrist while others prefer a stiffer wrist. Interested in hearing your thoughts specific to wrist action and getting more action on the ball.....and if that is a topic for another video, just reply ...."Coming soon" :)
Hi Rick!! Yes some players use extra wrist action. I personally don’t pay attention to this myself but a stiff worst will not help the acceleration I believe so try to keep things loose😄👍🏼
Very great lesson. I have trouble with draw shots. They are iffy at best. But I noticed when you exhibit the stroke your arm almost fully goes straight. Thus meaning more cue shaft sticking out from your bridge hand. This makes sense because I see a lot of pros use this bridge. Is this correct . I have been using a closeup for control .
Someone disliked this video!!? He must be so good, that he can jump the cue ball back through the Backspin, after hitting the object ball 🤣🤣🤣 so he doesn't need this video.
Love the video. For the draw drill that starts at about 11:20 on the video, is the object ball in the dead center middle of the table between the side pockets?
First lesson I took with Tony Robles I wanted to improve my draw shot, first thing he said was "speed is power" in this game, if your having trouble, move closer to the ball...all great pro's think alike.
at 2:55 i notice you drop your elbow. idk if thats because youre doing a power shot, or if thats something you do consistently. Im not doubting you as im sure a champ like u knows the rights and wrongs of pool lol. But im just confused. Ive heard dropping your elbow while shooting, or moving it at all, is wrong because it can change where you actually hit the ball. So would you say its more of a personal preference thing? or maybe it should only be done on certain shots like power shots for ex? id really appreciate it if you can clear that up for me Niel. Love the content, always so helfpful!
When I go to the 6 o'clock position for a power draw shot I send the cue ball flying off the table. There must be a fine line between too low and just right. My tip is a medium hardness and it is well chalked.
I noticed you were not as left or right as i thought you would play it, maybe a tip at most. I tend to overdo left and right. I did think you were 2 to 2.5 tips down, however. Are you trying to minimise squirt or deflection? Are you using a LD shaft?
I tend to use more heavy spin when I’m more in the stun/middle ball area. For draw it’s more like 1-2 tips also because there’s less meat on the cue ball there. I use the Luna nera low deflection shaft from longoni 🔥🔥👍🏼👍🏼
How far is the tip from cue ball on your final stroke of the first drill? I have been told a longer bridge is needed for "power strokes". I usually have a bridge length if about 6-8 inches for most shots, other than the break.
Thank you!! ✌️ Please feel free to check out my other videos on how to practice your pool stroke: ru-vid.com?search_query=niels+the+terminator+feijen++stroke
Yeah maybe its alot harder than it looks. Imma try it later i wish i can post video here too muhahah. Btw, those long power draw shots i miscue most of the time, its one of my weaknesses. Any tips for that bro
Hi, I feel a good quality cue makes a big difference on getting good and solid action on shots. I play with a longoni flames with a Luna nera shaft and Kamui soft brown tip 👍🏼👍🏼🔥😄
Do you have any videos on vision? Even when I'm straight on the mighty X I seem to cut left and right a bit diffrent. I feel it's my vision but I can't seem to figure it out.
Hi Niels. Thank you for sharing this great video! Probably a basic question here, but hopefully you can shed some light. 🕯️ For shots like the Corey Duel one, and assuming we are hitting on the desired spot on the cue ball (6 o'clock), is it then true that with more speed, the cue ball will tend to follow the tangent line for longer period of time, versus using less speed; thus, not allowing the cue ball to bend back enough before hitting the side rail? If so, then how do you account for the RIGHT speed needed on these types of shots? In my humble experience (not much lol), I find that I get better action on the cue ball when I use less speed, but obviously this is not ideal when I need the cue ball to travel longer distances. Thanks again!
Exactly. Softer speed makes the cue ball Grab faster but it will travel not so far so if you have to travel you have to bring more speed and then extra spin 😄💪🏼🔥
One question. Is it true that throwing the cue (Stroke technique that Jeffrey Ignacio & De Luna use) can increase the speed and power of the stroke ? By the way thank you for the amazing lessons Mr. Feijen !!! 😁😁
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I always thought I could at least do any stroke that any Pro could do ,,well at least once for me. But after trying this spin shot @ 7:00 with the cue at its hardest distance,,I cannot get it to happen. I can make it happen if I move the cue 1 diamond closer. It is making me think I need a new tip or a different cue. Im using a Predator Z shaft 2 pro. The cue ball goes straight across table every time and does not bend back,when the cue ball hits the 1st rail,,its spin sends it toward the other side pocket but does not reach the 2nd rail. I can do this exactly everytime. It is amazing how accurate every try is. lol What tip/shaft are you using??? Can you do this with about any cue???
@@NielsTheTerminatorFeijen The object ball is going into the pocket so fast I am not sure? Ill give it a few more tries but I feel I am maxed out on my ability of draw and spin on each attempt.
Hmmm I think you would Have to try this out. I use 12,4mm now. I got a lot of action out of the Luna Nera but with my old S2 shaft I could Also do it. Keep working on it!
Hi Terminator, i have a question for you. You mentioned that you took 3 tries to do a full table draw shot from the 1st diamond. Seeing how it is definitely a tough shot, would you do the same when the same scenario happens in a tournament match? Or would you opt to play it differently and how?
@@DeeMoback these stroke shots aren’t my issue. I can power the cueball fairly easily which actually hindered my progression because I didn’t play for correct angles. I’m now trying to play w bigger angles to move the rock easier and with more control. Love Niels series cuz he’s so analytical about everything. I’d also love to see his opinions on tip diameter, hardness, cue weight and cue balance points.
@@MJH211 yup..... Niels knows..... yup ..... the old champion that I traveled with back in the 1970's told me "hit 3 million balls and you will know what they are gonna do" ...... I would imagine Niels has hit 3 million and he is indeed a champion...... yup
I'm very good at miscueing when aiming that low...even at slow speeds it happens. I keep my elbow still, the cue as flat as possible and chalk up the tip. But still I'd say 50% of the time I miscue at slow speeds with a short bridge. I don't know the reason...my first instinct was that the tip was not curved enough but hey...blaming the equipment is always the easiest excuse. I'm sure that I'm the problem and not my cue. I just don't know what to focus on in order to work on that.
Maybe you’re dipping your stroke right before impact? Try to aim with stun(one tip under middle ball) and see if the ball draws back. If yes then you dip and hit lower at last second. Otherwise the cue ball should stop with medium firm pace and stun
@@NielsTheTerminatorFeijen Damn...my elbow WAS fine but since I focused so much on following through the ball over the past weeks my elbow started to go down... And I also noticed that by focusing so much on loosening my grip in the backswing (I pretty much let go with 3 fingers) I tend to regrip the queue in my stroke and I do that by tightening up my back fingers. So when hitting the cue ball my back fingers were tighter than my index finger and thumb. That made the tip dip. Now I focus on my elbow (again) and try not to loosen my grip too much on my backswing. That hepls me not to tighten up with the wrong fingers during the stroke. A loose is important but since mine was too loose I was struggling keeping it loose...my cue is pretty light aswell.
