How To Get A Good Stroke In Pool 

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That's what I call real multi tasking. Publishing videos and even answering comments while playing a tournament 😄

It’s rare that you see pool instructional videos recognize that this game isn’t one size fits all. Most of them don’t touch on variable techniques and this is refreshing, as it directly tackles this and mentions how everyone does it differently, but helpful to have certain elements. Great vid Niels.

I’ve started playing again after a 40 year hiatus. Invested in a Pechauer cue and searched you tube for help. Your videos are clearly the best for me. Simple instructions, concise and effective. Really builds my confidence and belief that I can really improve my skill. Thank you Niels.

Bro, this is a crazy! I can't thank you enough! After nearly 20 years of not playing pool which was my only hobby and my level 20 years back as a very casual player was very good as per our standard and understanding of pool. Recently I started playing pool with passion but I found that to enjoy playing pool with the current standard I need to work hard to improve my performance as the level of the players nowadays is scary even within the casual players. I watched dozen of videos on RU-vid and I must say I learnt something from each video and I'm very thankful to the channel owners for the effort they put to share their experience in pool in public to help people to improve their perofrmance in pool. I bought a very good CF shaft and started playing with passion, changed the cue tip 4 times in very short period, however I found myself cannot improve anything, and it looks I even forgot how to lay down on the table (which is somehow true) as I feel like I am laying on the table blindly and missing very easy shots. I was sure that I can do better or at least to have same performance I have 20 years ago, but there was something is missing but I wasn't aware about it. Honestly speaking, I watched this video before but not paying enough attention to the contents. Today I watched this video again with high attention and I stopped the video several times to take screen shot of each shot. Bro, I went to the pool club without a plan to apply what I saw in your video but your impact is beyond my plan, when I reach the pool club I remember everything I saw in this video and applied it on the table. I found big improvement in my stroke in term of feeling when I hit the CB, accuracy of my shots as I was able to pocket the ball much better than before and also I noticed that my speed control is better. I must admit that this video caused a massive impact on my performance especially these moments 03:24 + 08:37 Again and again and forever, thank you so much for your effort in sharing this valuable contents with others and sorry for my long comment 🙏🏻

This is brilliant. Talking about letting the peace happening prior to pulling the trigger.

Your teaching is so honest, simple and yet educated. I am loving your instructions. You are not just a pure shooter but also a thinker which translates into very understandable teaching.

Finally got my 9 foot table set up. I’m going through all my basics with your drills. Thanks so much! I don’t want to be the worst on my team anymore.

Thanks Mr. Feijen... It's nice to see a pro teaching that dropping the elbow is useful. It's a part of my natural stroke, even on softer shots. I also break my wrist when I putt. I do what works for me.

At the eleven minute mark till about the 12:30 minute mark this is the best secretin play pool. I started doing what he said and on a 5 foot shot I was drawing the cue back 5 feet.

I love you explanation of the stroke length, It's something I've struggled intermittently.

Niels, this is by far the strongest instructional video I've ever seen. You seem really comfortable and the content flows. I've always said you had OCD like mechanics lol because you're so disciplined. I'm really glad to see you doing these videos and I hope people realize the value the are getting here

This is just an excellent lesson. Helped my pool game almost immediately. Especially use the pre-strokes for speed. You're the best. Can't thank you enough.

我是台灣人，我經常看你的影片。非常感謝你的教學，並且你有中文繁體字幕。這是我一直可以觀看下去。

The best part is feeling yourself get better over a few back to back sessions. Like from the beginning of the week to the end. Its 99 percent practice at the end of the day Id say. Tough game, but fun as hell.

This video was a big help. My stroke has been erratic lately because I haven't been playing as much as before. Focusing on the length of the back swing and the follow through, getting back to basics, really made a difference last night in league. A side bonus: focusing on my stroke also kept me from jumping up. Great video, Niels. Thank you.

I use a snooker stroke but you have inspired me to finally try out the longer follow through/elbow drop on power draws because my full table draws always have to be struck so hard to get any great distance. Thank you for the insight. I'll try it in my drills tomorrow.

I have improved my game immensely by watching your videos. Thanks a lot. I owe you

You are a beyond excellent communicator… clear, concise and complete with a very engaging verbal style!!!!.. thank you so much for sharing your expertise

Niels, I must say, your videos are better than any others I've seen. You deliver the content very well. Thank you!

Once again a video just filled with common sense. I took a lesson with a SPF teacher and the concept just never made any sense to me. The stroke is dependent on the shot. It is what Jay Sawnson told me many years ago and great to hear it confirmed by another elite player.

Great lesson on speed control, not stroke necessarily. I’m an amateur who’s done 3 packs but stroke mechanics hold me back. There was no knew info in this vid to me to be honest but I feel like I’m missing major key info when it comes to stroke mechanics. I’ve taken lessons from world champs and all of them don’t even seem to be aware of their mechanics in a great detail. It’s all feel. Looking forward to your next stroke accuracy video.

I have to watch your video 2 or 3x so as not miss any good points that you said. Now I have an idea how to make different strokes by using the ribs as a reference point. I always ask myself how could they make a cue ball run 2,3,4 rails with no effort and you gave me the answer. Thank you.

You know what! Your a great teacher. That bending of the wrist really keeps her tip down

Best instructional videos I’ve seen yet, thanks!

I can honestly say you're videos have been helping me over the past few weeks. I've been playing about 8 hours a day and focusing a lot on your technique. Thanks!

what!? you have been exposing this kind of strokes.!, that stokes are one of the secrets of an advanced players (good/great players)., you're so unselfish Champ! Long Live Champ.. Thanks

these lessons are gold--ive been playing poorly to my standards and this gets me back to fundamentals--especially the pause and bringing the tip back to the fingers--good stuff Niels---you are a great teacher!!

My cue ball speed is my problem during the game , Your tutorial will elevate my game. Thank you Terminator

Mr. Nils always mention "Filipino players" in His Videos And I am proud to be one! But I am learning a lot from his tutorials 😅

Best explanation on the stroke, and the various forms of it, I’ve seen online! And I’ve seen a lot by now... 😀 Thanks a bunch, this helps me improve.

I’m a pool fan from Japan. Thanks for sharing this “ back to basic” series videos. It’s really helpful. 👍👍👍

This was very helpful. I only watched one of Niels' videos before this. In that video, with the cue ball and object ball on both spots, he was pocketing the object ball and getting the cue ball back behind the center line 10 times in a row. Well, when I went out to the Pool Table Shed to try it myself, I could not do it even ONCE. So I just figured Niels' videos were too advanced for me. But this is what I'm working on right now and I think this video will be helpful to me when I go try these ideas for myself. It's very impressive to be able to get a lesson from such a top-level pro! Many teachers are better teachers than players, which is okay, but not the case here. UPDATE: I tried this, and it really helped! I discovered I had been using sort of a weak "Stroke 3" for all my shots--meaning I was stroking too long for short shots but not strongly enough for long shots. Thanks Niels!

Niels to you have a video on gripping the cue. So many different opinions on the grip and I am even hearing more people using a fist grip. Thanks

Absolutely love your instructional ability. Thank you. Watching your videos had truly improved my game.

One of the better explanations on the stroke, follow-through, and varying draw-back lengths I've seen on RU-vid. Very instructional @Niels The Terminator Feijen, thank you. I will be sharing this with my son. This will help him tremendously, as you explain much better than I can.

Good to know the pull the cue all way back ,this also got in a long draw shot . The way I’d tried all strokes that you showed in the video just mindblow . Tks for very good video hope you all the best

I just watched this and realized something really critical - I adopted a traditional snooker stroke after being inspired by snooker, but I noticed that my spin shots don't work as well. When you said pool balls are heavier and more of the upper arm needs to be incorporated in the pool stroke, it finally clicked. Thanks Niels!

Than you so much sir when you said about the pause before pulling trigger that really brought me back to when I shot at a high level I always naturally aimed just like that thank you so much for reminding me I was out of pool for 5yrs and I've been play like shit again I want to thank you

Liked your explanation of the full stroke. I’m just learning it and to see your video, I now know what to do. Thank you

Niels - THANK YOU! I’ve been putting the learnings from this lesson into practice for 3 weeks, and it has made a step change improvement in my game! I’ve played on and off for over 40 years and I never realized until this video that I had the same backswing for nearly every shot, and I just varied the stroke speed, with pretty much the same follow through. I somehow learned that way and repeated it thousands of times so it was burned into muscle memory. 3 weeks of using the stroke tips in this video have given me a clearly better, smoother, more natural and accurate stroke. Next, I’ll move on to the accuracy drills in your next video to really hone that element. Your teaching style is fantastic and going back to the basics is working wonders for me - thanks again Niels! Mike.

Hey Niels writing to you from Chicago. Been playing for 30 years. Remember watching you play Marco Marquez at Chris's billiards 15 years ago and beating him. Anyway, great instructional videos. Your comparisons to golf, baseball and other sports are spot on. Also your attention to detail is unparalleled. Keep up the great work.

It's called Speed control for a reason. So it means how fast or slow your cue tip delivery is to the cue ball. Cue ball to object ball impact also plays a major factor in speed of cue ball after contact. You can actually have the same length bridge hand but use different length follow-throughs along with different ranges of velocity with minimal muscle energy used.

Seriously enjoy these ... Always something to inject to my game...

Neil’s, Thank You The Best Stroke video ever thanks

The thing that has really helped me recently is moving the cue more "slowly and deliberately" THROUGH the cue ball. I realized I was "striking" or "hitting" the cue ball with the cue and that was adversely affecting the straightness of my stroke. On short and medium shots you can actually move the cue quite slowly and achieve a good accurate hit. As I watch Neils, he is actually moving the cue smoothly THROUGH the cue ball even on hard shots. When I got this into my mind and stopped "hitting" at the cue ball, my accuracy immediately went way up. Now I work on grooving it. I work on my stroke every day; I have to, or otherwise, it starts to break down. I grooved a very bad stroke when I was younger, and it's still "in there" and ready to come out if I get tired, lazy, or careless.

Wow, so clearly explained. I consider myself an advanced player and still i see this video so valuable to me.

Great advice Niels. Getting more out of the cue without having to hit it harder is really an essential skill. A larger stroke gives that action while still keeping the cue under control.

I tend to absorb your coaching much more than most Niels- 🙏😉 tx for da helps. Ill see ya soon I hope - Todd Robert

Danke Niels für deine tollen Tips. Du Erklärst sie sehr gut. Alles gut e und weiter viel Gesundheit, sowie gut Stoss.

Bravo! Excellent explanation. I never knew with the short and medium to use more wrist action and not follow all the way through. Other instructors keep telling me to follow every shot to the middle of my chest. And the bended wrist with the hard shots, I never knew that. Now I see the light. My game has improved alot ever since I discovered your channel. You deserve more subscribers. Thanks alot.. keep them coming.

Got a like from Taiwan😂 Awesome！

A very good instructional video. I would definitely recommend this to anyone else. Thanks Niels

This is exactly what I'm struggling with right now, thanks for the tips.

Niels thank you for your channel, demonstrating, tips your stroke tips have really helped me better

Very good explanation of correct thinking and execution in next level playing skills.

Love You from Thailand.

I knew you were an excellent player, but I had no idea how great of a teacher you were too. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.

The terminator one of the best player in the world ... can you please upload your winning tournaments ?

Thank you for these, will use and practice on it.

Thanks for teaching us the to use the follow through to play pool

Love this video - trying to rebuild the stroke and these videos are gold. The reference of the tip back to the thumb/hands and that wrist flex past the ribs were amazing references. Great stuff!

GOLDen. nice one. I used to try to get rid of elbow drop but quit trying years ago.

Very good content. Clear n specific👍

Congrats niels for landing in the winners group... Just watch the finals very clinical excecution.... I made the COME ON !!!! Sound before you did... I am so proud of my YT coach....

Great lesson, Mr. Terminator Sir! New Sub. Edit: After watching a couple of these stroke videos I went over to my friend's house and torched him 7 sets to zip. Guess I'm going to lose my big spot. hahahaha

Sharing on FB so this hits 50K hits soon

THANKS! Great job. Lots of help.

Wow!! The shot at 12:56 made my day!!

Thank you Niels for your RU-vid Content. 👍

Thank you so much sir for the videos! Learning from a great player like you is making me better day by day!

Niels my game has improved so much. Simonis 860 Blue and Aramith Balls in last 2 months really made it a better/different game. Been trying a little hear and there to improve straight pool... You, Alex, Segal ECT... Seems when I practice straight pool for a few hours I have a tentency to get a little sloppy as opposed to 9 ball or simular games. I spend/stress out over key ball and break ball way to much. Anyway just a observation. You don't have to respond. I think straight pool is a monster all of its own. And if I keep doing fundementals correctly I think it will just show up more and more. Thanks

I really enjoy all your videos. They are very educational and easy for me to understand. I really like your attitude as well so thank you!!!

Great technical video lesson Niels. Thanks for the in-depth how-to and pointers!!

The information in this video is really great! I've noticed even a couple snooker pros use the extended follow through on some shots. Guys like Ronnie and Stephen Lee. Thanks, Niels!

Thank u ,,, i am trying learning your stroke

Really helpful as always

Thank you for the info.

Niels great shooting in the intro of the video

Thank you so much for sharing this video it was so useful for me and I learned from you again .thank you so much great master ❤️🌹❤️🌹

This thing is eye opening for me. Badass bassic

While these stroke techniques are super valuable, I’d like to share what I, additionally, have learned from this video. “How to be a pro” versus “A good player”. Hearing Niels “think” and seeing how he breaks down, what seems to be a very simple action into many different parts and motions. All able to be manipulated to produce different or more effective results explains two things. 1) Why pool is so challenging and 2) how to take your game to the next level. Niels is showing us that there are subtleties to the game that make the difference between a 60 degree cut angle and a 30 degree cut angle. Or... a 6 foot shot and a 3 foot shot (sorry Niels... meters) :) Another great video... and keep on grinding on CLP!!!

Another terrific video, Niels! Thanks for sharing and good luck in your tournament! All the best from Dallas, Texas, USA!

NIELS, PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT STROKE TIMING. your stroke timing..thanks

Great one, Thank you Niels.

Great information Niels. Thanks.

Always good! You have recovered well in CLP. Way to hang in there. 👍🏼👊🏼

Awesome video this will help me with my pool game

Of all the billiard videos on RU-vid, you give the best one.

Informative video thanks a lot for this content 👍

Great stuff! I will be working on my stroke at home. Pool halls in Poland are closed right now... all the best in the tournament friend :)

Good stuff, will definitely incorporate the differences between my current stroke and these.

Thank you for passing the torch!

Great demonstration. You have too much energy that we can feel even from video. thx a lot.

So glad to hear these basics from one of the best out there - helps really a lot! Keep it up with the content - if you have some more pre-recorded, that is 😄

Niels Thank You for such great content. I have not witnessed any pool content that breaks down stroke and speed/length this way. Just by having watched this I've already seen significant improvements in how I approach my pre shot routine back stroke and have gained a lot more consistency and better cue ball control. Before I was thinking too much and often using too long of a length on my back stroke( maybe I've watched too much Chris Melling ). I've also noticed that this also helps me to be less "punchy" with the cue ball because now I'm adjusting for the proper type of stroke length per the type of shot. Could you speak more about the Spin to Speed ratio on your stroke in one of your videos? Tyler Styer mentions it in an interview as something Johan put a lot of importance on needing to maximize english/draw etc on big tables.

Thx for another great and insightful lesson Neils!!! I really need to work on number 4 a lot especially that change in hand/wrist position.

Great stuff, thanks for sharing

Good to see you back in a tournament

This was very helpful man... Thanks a lot Terminator. Sometimes i miss very obvious shots and get very frustrated.... But i am holding onto it... Send me wishes.