HOW TO SHOOT BANKS SHOTS, IN THE REAL WORLD (POOL LESSONS) 

I use the parallel shift to check around obstacles. I used all the lining up for years. After time I didn't need it.

I need to start going to the pool hall solo to do these drills, but it’s tough when your friends are always asking for a game. Thanks as always, Bryan. 👏

I love someone being honest with players. Most players want a simple system that don't involve the P word. Watching this video and shooting 50 a day in practice, and applying what you learned is key. If you practice these every day you will become a good banker in a month. Johnny Henson

If you have the cut shot, and you can get position, take the cut shot. If you don't have it, bank that thing. Many top players would play a safe before playing a bank shot, but this video illustrates a good example of where there is no safe, and the bank is the only way to win. Have fun guys.

awesome ...this is the pool version of learning music; study and practice scales, chords, arpeggio's, harmony, theory until memorized. Then forget it. You know, you know, now play

I love banking more than anything...feel like I make 75% on my home table over the last year in normal play, regardless of length or difficulty. Love your vids man.

I built a beautiful pool table room in part of our shop. Complete with new carpet under a 8ft slate table. Practicing daily, and my game is getting better and better and better. Also, thanks to Brian, I don’t mind practicing anymore, because, I see the game of pool getting more fun due to making more shots and being able to move that cue ball around the table like never before. Practice and play makes perfection. Love the FX billiards videos ! Amazing ! Thank u !

Coach, You Da Man!!!! I knew there had to be an easier way, than drawing perpendicular lines all over the table. Thanks Again!!! Another lesson learned.

Awesome! I'm amazed at how my "sight" has developed using your methods. I can (almost) look at a shot while standing, then settle in and without looking at the pocket put that puppy in. So I'm starting to "believe" in the instinct thing. We play weekly with another couple, and he is (in my opinion) quite good; far better than we are, and his banks are just that; instinct. You can see it. Adding this to my daily practice list! Can't wait! Thanks, Brian! KEEP GOING!!!!!

My God thank you who's at the bar and going to take time to put three pool cues down draw seven lines and put a piece of chalk on the opposite rail just to miscue the ball

Bryan I really love how you call a spade a spade. You tell it like it is. I have found the way to make any shot is by consistently practicing the shot. It is amazing how after consistently practicing my bank shot it seems some days I can just look at the table and just bank the shot with no problem.

THANK YOU! I've seen the videos Brian mentioned and ALMOST started second guessing myself by thinking that's not what I do, I pretty much do it instinctively. Thank you for letting me know that my thinking was not way off base.

Back to the basics is good for all of us!! Iam a 5 in the APA working hard to advance and I play every day. Great job Bryan!!

HAH I’ve been playing pool for 25 years and I’ve never watched a how to video for pool. Funny that this is the first one I watch! Everything I learned about this game has been based off concepts/instinct minus the few cue holding positions I use, those came from pros.

Thank you for teaching this!! Too many people on all the channels believing that a mathematical solution is going to save them im these situations. Not going to happen. It is about practice, practice and practice of the same thing over and over and over. Repetition...that's the secret to pool. Think of Tiger Woods repeating the same shot over and over and over. Or Micheal Jordan !! Everyone wants the easy way to everything. And the elite players never bank anyway. They shape is bang on. They do it only once and awhile .

Second video I have watched today with this man and apologise for not knowing the guys name. I was always a instinctive player when it came to bank shots with likely better than average success, however that was most likely due to natural angle. I play in an Asian pool league 8 Ball on Diamond or Brunswick and then down to ratty table level each week and not knowing just listening I think I would be an AP 4 level perhaps a good one borderline 5. I have watched countless videos using Diamond system and parallel for example but some clear and some confusing. Like spoke about in real world you dont have time for that BS and want get down and play the shot..................Good video thumbs and subscribe..................

Brain thank you for the way you teach. I am an older guy with sports background. I know without the basics you will never be good at any sport. I am just learning pool and want to be as good as I can. Thanks for sharing the basics.

I love banks. This is a perfect video for my friend who asked me how to bank. He dont believe me when I said exactly what you said. I'm glad i get to show him that I'm not the only person who believes the lines dont matter

Brian you always have a great common sense approach to your tutorial. Good stuff man. I use to shoot hundreds and even thousands of those shots back in the day. I would not stop until I could make an 80% mark. That sometimes took a while. 😆

I have a note book small one for when I play to write down what I did wrong so when I practice I work on it. I haven't played in a league since 1997 and watching your videos and watching others play helps me learn or reset myself mentally

For me as I was starting out banks frustrated me,so I simplified it even more,i took the cue ball off the table.For me I learned to kick and bank at the same time.

Makes sense to me.ive learned alot about banking in the last month and im having a blast .i use natural angle when possible but am getting really good at adding english to widen or shorten bank.im making 2 3 4 and 5 raill banks here and there.best way to learn like u said is repetition.good vid

You are a very talented pool player. And you have learned pool a certain way over time. The truth is that the mathematical way is a very good way to get that instinct you are talking about. Well when a person who doesn't have the knack you have or a natural at this game. They receive a good starting point. I really have found that the mathematical way has launched me way ahead of others who have taken advantage of this method. I have started to play pool 5yrs ago I'm over 40 years of age. Now those players my age are very good players who like you rely more on instincts. They have told me that I have excelled fast and can actually beat most of them on a regular basis. We usually play to 5. They have told me the same as you have. When they seen me practicing the mathematical way they would laugh and said that when in a game will the balls line up!!! Well more than you think and when they are not based upon what I've learned I can make adjustments and make the shots 50 percent of the time. Now as my instincts are getting better I'm making more off line shots. But IMO the mathematical way is a great foundation to become a great back shot maker without taking decades to aquire the instincts necessary to become proficient. Having played with individuals who haven't used the mathematical way of one rail banks I understand and actually hope that they don't because they would be extremely hard to compete with. Lol so I think that you are not having an open mind as it pertains to the mathematical way. I practice a lot as a result of trying to understand the mathematical way the residual is instincts to handle speed and rail conditions also dirty balls with cling and other factors. The mathematical way has been a way for me to catch up to the more experienced people who started playing decades before myself. Just a thought. Have a great day

It's about time someone said that.I don't know anyone who parallel shifts

Man I love that he said it's bullshit in the real world 😂 mad me subscribe to his channel i love people who are honest

Excellent way to describe the way to do things. No BS, straight talk. I've looked and can't find your other 3 videos on banking and the other 5 important episodes or whatever you called it. My age and forgetfulness is showing. If you have links , I'd like them. Thanks alot.

I already like this man from the first minute 😂

Great video. I dont follow no diamond system, no m&m method, I naturally know where it is going by repetition and a simple guide line where its going

Please teach more about Bank Pool Shot I never seen somebody that keep it so real that I can relate to and also a great teacher great job on the video

Greatest teacher on the web..for pool lessons. Look like a bit Denzel Wh.. 😁👍🙏🎆

Fx. I watched this video and heard. Just do it. And for some reason, it worked. 😀 Sometimes, you just need someone to say.... You're already doing it. You just don't know, I guess. Haha.

TY, I hit more bank shots instinctively already...I recently saw some videos with the parallel shift and it's messing me up. I am happy to go back to the instinct and practice method.

Liked ur practical approach. That's how I learned to shoot banks. Recently studied kick and diamond systems that helped with the geometric creativity. Played in my apa match then would find me running math formulas instead of feel and instinct. Mentally will break through this as I get closer to my goal as a horrible player evolving to bad. Lol

I use the diamond system on side rail bank shots and do very well. If my shot is out of line from the diamonds, whether it's going to the corner pocket or side pocket, I use the diamond system while paralleling my stick and hitting english based upon the shot presented. In the most awkward angles and all scenarios, I hit about 90% of my banks. I'm by no means close to where I want to be, but I hit banks consistently that are considered top level banks using what I've been taught by what some may call "my pool mentor". I am a great banker doing what you call bullshit hahaha 😂 Again, I love your videos, love your game and the way you present all of this help is great. Just wanted to say that diamonds and parallel shifting within the diamonds has worked very very well for me and people who thought they banked well have gotten better.

excellent job. please continue posting. i learned a lot. thank u so much

Thanks! Have a good day too! My new instructor hehe 👍

Thank you Brian

This is so logical. Very helpful.

Hi Brian. Love your videos and your teaching style and you are way better than I am, but I would like to say something about "intuitive" banking. Yes this comes after thousands of bank attempts but I find that no matter where my OB is or my cut angle, the first thing I do is find the natural angle for the bank using the diamonds. I then go about intuitively adjusting my angle, speed, spin, follow or draw to whatever varying degree necessary to complete the bank, but I always find the natural bank angle first, or as close as I can to it. I believe using this routine can save beginners hundreds of hours of bank practice while still building an intuitive nature when it comes to fine tuning your banking game.

Looks like me and wifey going to have fun doing drills at pool hall:-) as for embarrassed or embarrassing it's all good cause win or lose I am going to get respect on the table :-) great great video Brian thank u amigo 🍺🍺🍺🍺

Thank you Brian once again

Extremely helpful, Thank You

Excellent advice and information!

Great video mydude

I'm gonna comment before I watch just 2 minutes of your video. I've seen YT videos with the math etc. but I have good success with visualizing the angle of the object ball plus sometime with English AND a big part of banking is SPEED of the shot. Now I'm gonna finish watching & listening. Instinct is where it's at.

Another thought provoking video on increasing my skill level. I look forward to my notification subscription on your vids & am usually one of your 1st views & always well received Thank you for what you do

I doubt anyone will get the connection, but Brian is the Scott Grove of the pool channels. 👍 Scott was one of the original guitar channels. Gave in depth guitar reviews and went on to lessons. He wasn't afraid to mix it up and tell it like it is even if it didn't go along with the conventional. Anyone that actually knows him will think there's a huge difference, because Brian isn't gonna call y'all "retards" and isn't gonna get arrogant haha, but the real world approach is what I'm getting across. Brian, here's a touchy topic that came up one night during a tournament. I'm nervous to say it because people lose their shit when you talk about it (for or against) but Chinese knock off/counterfeit Predator cues. Someone told me to look into the "cool predator knock offs break cues on ebay" because I told them a company has got to be on major drugs if they think I'm spending $500-600 on a break cue.as you would say, that's just a topic to put in your bag and you have it if you need it.

Did you end up making a five part series on this? If you did, links in description would help. Love the content

You’re awesome. How did you learn you started with easy and worked your way up. It’s why I subscribed to you channel. I love the term layup. It hooked me.

I like your style. I couldnt imagine somebody in a bar sitting there trying to measure diamonds and doing math! 😂

i like the way you take and obviously what in it and it helpful to me. Thanks you so much for doing this

Bring on the next lessons looking forward to this series so can put some hours into it. cheers

Thank you so much for this video

My favorite game is always been one pocket. I never grew up learning any kind of system. Just I hand coordination.

You are the best

He is So True !!

When banking, I tend to imagine a straight line between the natural bank and the pocket, and pick a spot along that line in my peripheral vision, and aim for that spot, not the pocket itself. Sometimes the whole table is too much to take in. 95% of the time, it works every time. At the very least it will hit an inch shy, and cheat or rattle the pocket.

Best thing I ever done was buy myself an 8ft custom made table from a local place who has been building pool tables since the 1920s family owned business passed down through generations.

Good stuff as usual. Practice- practice-practice!!

Keep on Banin' in the Real World!

Amazing everything we learn from you,it's something new all the time you are a hustler😉

Definitely gonna try that!

Great video as usual buddy.

We don't have diamonds tables in our country. That's why I'm here.

Very helpful tips and lessons, well explained. However, as a suggestion, since down in PR, where I live, 99% of 8 ball games is "Last Pocket 8 Ball" where your last ball goes, the 8 ball must too. Do you have tips and/or suggestion whre bank shots would help setup and win such game?

I'm subscribed to your channel with notifications. I look forward to watching & learning from your videos. Thank you for what you do!

You keep it real, I’m looking forward to watching your videos! Ty

great advice - thank you! I'm on my way to the basement!

like it ,,i always never understood any math,, i never will,, so this is great

Love it! Thanks so much

Awesome video! Thank you for taking the time to make it and share with us, its appreciated. I would like to ask you a question if I may,... Would you say that your bank game got better by using a carbon fiber shaft? Im asking because Im shooting with regular Jacoby shaft, it's NOT a low deflection shat and I'm wondering if by going to a carbon fiber my game would get better. Spending close to $500.00 on a shaft hoping and not knowing if it will improve is very concerning. Thanks in advance 👍🏽.

How about long rail banks? I just haven't been able to "see" them.

Bryan, your video's are great, but this one didn't really tell me something I already know which is serious table time is needed to get the "natural" feel on banks (and kicks). When your showing the 3 ball bank at 2:25, you still have know HOW your hitting the CB with right English? and how your hitting object ball with the thinking that Nobody out there understands anything you say.....

Heyy man, I was wondering if you can make a video on "SPEED CONTROL" ? And maybe put in some drills as well, I do know some drills but I just want to know what kind of drills would you have, because I want to try something new and it may be better than what I do.

Banks are a mystery, no way to teach them. It's all feel and intuition. But once you get the feel down, your deadly. It really can scare or at least worry your opponent. Banks are awesome for eight ball where you can play one pocket shots. Plug a pocket and hide the cue ball. I know you say plugging a pocket is no good against the better players but if you can hide the cue ball well enough, it works.

Gonna give this series a try, however I play on a British table and the pockets are tight and the rails around the pockets don't filter the ball towards the pocket....most of the shots wouldn't go in if i hit the rail first. American tables leave MUCH more room for error. Nice vid though.

I used to play 'British' pool and we didn't have diamonds, as you say was just instinct...

This should tell you something Brian...im at my daughter's softball practice not much juice left on my phone AND I'm waiting on an important phone call. I went to delete alerts and other stuff running in the back ground. I see an alert for your video. Hope my phone doesn't die before I get the phone call.

Beautiful cue. What kind is it?

I'm tempted to buy a shitty folding 6 foot table just to have something to practice with.

Do you have any tips on bank shots on object balls frozen on the rail. (Other than don’t try)?

BRIAN I SURE LIKED THIS VIDEO, BUT THE PROBLEM I AM HAVEING IS THE LENGTHY OF THE TABLE BANKS ,THEY SEEM TO BE A LOT HARDER TO MAKE . YOU HAVE A GOOD WAY TO INCREASE MY SHOT MAKEING PERSENTAGES ON LONG BANKS?

You do great lessons...

When you hit the cue ball with top right on that bank shot to get to the 8 do you move the butt of the cue over as well or do you pivot the cue tip to the top right of the cue ball? Thanks for your time

I have a table. 🤣

One pocket is like chess on pool table

So .. play more pool got it

How do I find all episodes

How are you liking that shaft?

Most banks r instinctive by most pros, the monkey business is a starting spot. I learned by playing golf and last pocket 8 ball

sir, i always hear the phrase "pocket speed" what is pocket speed?

When did you go to the revo? Or carbon fiber??

😢 😢 😢 poor me! I practiced 1/2 hour this morning. I only could make 2 bank shots. I have NO instinct!

How do you bank in the fake world?