Mic'd Up Pool Match: Players Explaining Their Shots Live (9 Ball) 

I love this format and you definitely should keep this up. I love knowing what's inside the mind of a great pool player and I really think you've accomplished this pretty good

Wow, thanks!

Thank you so much! Glad that the hard work is appreciated.

Thank you!

Thank you so much!

Even when he shot with negative thoughts, that 5-ball was full of positive energy 😅

Glad you enjoy it!

Thanks! I agree, but this is not my practice table. It's the RU-vid table. I practice at my local pool hall at the same table where Ralf Souquet practices, with brutal pockets. Also, depending on the situation it sometimes make sense to practice on wider pockets, for example to gain confidence before a big match.

Thanks! I've developed the software for this video over the last few months.

Noted. Thanks for your feedback!

😂❤️

Thank you! I love how they look aswell, especially the table light reflection. I thinl this time I'll don't use the Diamond Slicer, because I want to play matches against pros.

@@Sharivari you're welcome. And ah alright

I've developed this on my own to have matches here at my base. Unfortunately, it's not publicly available.

Because that's the way every tournament in Germany is played. And I am mostly playing in German tournaments and league. When I am participating internationally, I practice the break box break though.

Thanks for the reply! I am learning new things every day 😃

I actually noticed this breathing pattern while editing the video. It might be due to the positioning of the microphone which changes slightly with my posture. However, I definitely take deeper, more intense breaths while I'm standing. Then, as I get down for the shot, I calm my breathing. I wasn't aware I did this until I heard it in the playback.

Unfortunately, it's not available for download. I developed it for this channel.

I hope it will fit!

I'm using a custom-built app that I developed specifically for this channel over the past few months. There is no official app available.

@@SharivariWaiting for official Sharivari app 👍

My own. Worked on it for a couple of months.

That does not help me!

@@Sharivari Mind sharing this ? :-)

Billiard is about practice. The more you play n practice, the more you get better n lucky. While cue is important (for me) because every player have their own recipes. Try the cheapest you can get in the market and master it and you will get consistent play. If you can rent billiard table, impossible if you cant buy cheapest cue (saving up will be necessary). Kalo deket, main sini saya di cibubur.

A "Push" happens after the break. The next player up, either the "breaker" if he sunk a ball or the opponent if nothing was sunk has the option to "push" the ball. A "push" is a hit on the cue ball in which the player can move the ball anywhere on the table (even hitting another ball or pocketing one) without penalty. The opposing player then has the option to take the next shot or pass it back to the "pusher". The idea is to move the cue ball into a position where it would be difficult to pocket the next ball in rotation. I try to "push" into a position where I think my opponent will have difficulty sinking the ball and where my chances are better

I believe you have seen Carlo Biado doing it more often than others... I'm not certain but I have a theory behind this however... the finger tappings are probably done for adjustments.. mainly because if you want to reposition your bridge then moving your whole palm might cause you to miscalculate your aim that you were already set on (because mostly we only get down to a shot when everything is set and only fixing the aim is left) Again, if you want to use sidespin then you could use either your shooting hand or your bridge hand..and if you choose the latter option then those finger tappings is a good way to adjust your measurement of sidespin while ensuring the stability of your cue and shooting hand

Interestingly, I use my pinky finger for this. It's something I wasn’t even aware of until someone mentioned it in the comments on my videos. If you check out some of my GoPro footage, you might catch it happening. For me, there’s no specific purpose behind it-it seems to just be a reaction from the nerves in my hand while forming the bridge. It’s not something I actively decide to do. From what I know, it’s the same for Florian; it’s not a conscious choice but more of an involuntary action that occurs under intense concentration.

I tap sometimes, it helps me feel a balanced and stable bridge hand. If you're too far forward with your arm, hand or general body weight, it feels uncomfortable to tap like that.

Thanks for the answers everyone, that makes sense. It seems to just be a subconscious type of movement from the responses. Makes me wonder if I do anything myself when I'm shooting that I'm not aware of?

No, every tournament here in Germany is using the one you see in the video. So at this point it doesn't make sense to practice the one Matchroom is using.

@@Sharivari oh i see. Good run outs btw 😁

They also caught us in Inglourious Basterds because of that. Well spotted :D

Here's a simplified explanation of english and how it's used: Determine where you need the cue ball to end up when contacting a rail after a shot. If it needs to go the right, you'll put right english on it, if it needs to come straight back off the rail you use a bit of inside (left if the object ball is to the left of the cue ball, vice versa if it's to the right), and if it needs to come back left then put left on it. Everything else about hitting the cue ball applies. Center ball for a tangent line shot, bottom for draw, and top for follow. Obviously there's some nuance and a bit of refining to this, but with that knowledge I could determine exactly where they were going to hit the cue ball before the icon appeared in the corner and knew how they would hit it on shots that it wasn't there for. The rest is hitting the object ball correctly with the english and good speed control.

The way we did it was more for advanced players. But I can imagine doing another match, purely focusing on spin and cue ball path.

@@procrastinator6902 now I’m really confused- what is a tangent line, inside, outside, object ball???- I just hold my stick over the ball and the pocket and smash the cue ball into where my stick pointed and and kaboom! A trick I learned is to hit them really really hard so that if it doesn’t go into that pocket it can bounce off of the rails 7-8 times and go into another pocket and then you can shoot again. It only works if you hit them almost as hard as you can though

@@jwowen7538 Sounds like what you're doing is working then, stick with it.

@@jwowen7538 Sounds like what youre doing works then, stick with that.

A couple of people found it offputting. Going to remove it in the next one.

Yes, the table seemed to have settled, already hired a table fitter to fix the problem.

Noted. The next one will be with no applause and a longer shotclock.