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It's hill hill between Jason Shaw and Alex
Pagulayan.

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Alex has the chance to run the table because
Jason didn't make a ball on the break.

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Alex is in total control, makes a very amazing
shot on the five ball.

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He can play the five into the side pocket,
has a shot on the six which guarantees him

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position on the seven.

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From the seven to the eight is no problem.

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And also from the eight to the nine doesn't
pose a big problem , just a little closet o the rail.

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But guess what...

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As we saw pool can really be a cruel game.

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You can do the all the work and just miss
the last remaining ball on the table

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and everything you did before becomes useless.

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So in this lesson I am going to show you four
simple tips that will help you to make the

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money ball more consistently.

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Before we start I want to introduce you real
quick to a challenge I want to run.

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Your goal in the challenge is to hit as many
rails as possible before contacting a ball

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on the table.

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For example with this shot I made a score
of 4.

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This will test your kicking game and also
creativity.

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The video of the person with the most rails
will be shown in my next video.

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If two players have the same amount of rails,
the one who sent me their attempt first will

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be the winner.

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Send your videos to contact@sharivari.net
or via private message on my Facebook page.

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I am really curious to see your attempts.

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And now let's start with todays lesson!

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The Previous Ball Is The Match-Winner

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What players often do is, they put all the
pressure on the last remaining ball.

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Look at this situation.

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We're on the 8-Ball and have to get position
for the 9.

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We decide to just bring the cueball somewhere
downtable and will probably have a shot on

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the 9-Ball.

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And yes this 9-Ball is very makeable.

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But if you're in a match, maybe even at hill-hill,
this 9-Ball suddenly becomes very misable.

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So let's go back to the 8.

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Usally players start to really feel the pressure
once they're on the moneyball and not that

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much on previous shots.

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So we use this behaviour to make this shot
on the 8 ball already the matchwinner.

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What we have to do is to really commit and
make sure that we get a good position on the 9-Ball.

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If we can achieve this, we remove all the
pressure from the 9-Ball

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because this is a straight in stop shot.

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And here even the 7 ball can already be the
matchwinner.

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If we're able to get straight on the 8-Ball
we just have to play two very simple stop shots.

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So our task is to detect these shots and to
make sure that we have a clear mind where

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we want to be on the last ball.

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But of course this won't work 100% of the
time, so let's jump into the next tip.

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Playing Position

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When we're shooting balls we always try to
get the cueball to a certain position on the

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table so that we can continue our run.

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But of course we're not doing this with only
one ball the table.

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Is it a good thing, because we don't have
to concentrate on getting position anymore?

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In my opinion it isn't.

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One thing about pool is that you always want
to do the same routine on every shot.

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And we usally do that, except for that last
ball on the table.

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So we're doing things differently.

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So my second advice is to also bring the cueball
to a certain position, even when you're shooting

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the moneyball.

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This will have the advantage that you're not
treating any ball differently.

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It will also prevent you from scratching caused
by no awareness of the cueballs path.

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And in some cases you can make life a lot
tougher for your opponent if you miss.

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For example on a shot like that I always try
to bring the cueball three rails towards the

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short rail.

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Don't get me wrong.

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I am not telling you to always force the cueball
towards the short rail or a certain position.

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Do what is natural and don't try anything
that will harm your shotmaking.

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For example here it wouldn't be clever trying
to bring the cueball towards the short rail.

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Never roll the ball in

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Rolling a ball in is always dangerous.

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The cueball and the objectball can both roll
off.

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There is also the danger of a kick or skit.

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This usally happens when you roll a ball and
is caused by dirt on the contact point.

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Here this will cause the cueball to basically
climb up the objectball which will straighten

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the angle of the object ball.

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When playing a ball with outside spin or in
the best case as a stop / stun shot this will

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never happen.

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For example here I am elevating my cue a little
bit to play a stun shot.

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This prevents a kick and I can also play the
shot with more confidence.

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Another advantage is that if you shoot the
ball with more confidence and power, that

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if you miss the chances are higher that the
objectball won't stay in front of the pocket.

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Especially if you're missing on the pro side.

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Don't treat the ball differently

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I already talked about not treating the last
ball differently regarding positional play.

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But what I mean here is to not treat it mentally
differently.

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I often watch players who play pretty fast
and fluent but once they're on the moneyball

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the take more time, even if the shot is easier
than previous ones.

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Look at this for example.

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I played fluently and once I am on the 9-Ball
I stop and take much more time.

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This is a mental mistake and will give your
mind the time to realize the importance of

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the ball which will automatically put more
pressure on you and especially gives your

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mind the time to think about bad things and
therefore will get you out of flow.

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So don't take that extra time if it's not
required.

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Of course if the shot is tough and you need
time to collect, focus and prepare the shot

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it's totally fine.

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But don't do this just because it's the last
remaining ball.

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Because as I said this will give your mind
the time to sabotage yourself.

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Let's summarize it real quick.

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The previous ball is the match winner.

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Take the pressure of the moneyball by commiting
to the previous shot and a perfect position

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on the moneyball.

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Play position.

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Treat every shot equally and eventually bring
the cueball in a tough position for your opponent.

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Never roll the ball in.

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Prevent kicks / skits, play balls with confidence
and increase the chances that if you miss

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the objectball won't stay in front of the
pocket.

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Don't treat the shot differently.

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Don't take more time just because it's the
moneyball.

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It's a shot just as every other shot so don't
let your mind into it.

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Well, that's it for today.

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I hope some of the tips will help you to miss
less moneyballs.

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And if you still miss, to make it tougher
for your opponent.

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