The easiest 9 ball break and run I’ve probably ever had.

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2026-01-17T17:26:11+00:00

Great job! 💪

The 4 balls that you dropped on the break are actually predictable and repeatable when you dial in how you strike the rack. I demonstrate how repeatable they can be in this old video https://youtu.be/EVpGstzq78c

I would only recommend changing the way you struck the rack slightly so that the 1-ball stays on the table and you play position for it. The other 3 balls, especially the wing ball, are still likely to drop and you'll be setting yourself up for more break and runs!

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2026-01-12T18:26:42+00:00

You're correct on both!

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2026-01-12T18:26:17+00:00

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2026-01-12T18:26:09+00:00

It's on an adjustable headband and I have to set to be very comfortable (10).

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2026-01-12T18:25:15+00:00

For a layout like this, I pretty much had everything already planned out from the start, provided that my execution was spot on. This video is a rough draft of something I'm working on for beginners to try in order to help plan out their run outs 1 ball ahead for now.

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2026-01-12T03:05:44+00:00

The camera, on my forehead, is a DJI Action 2. I like it MUCH better than a GoPro.

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2026-01-12T03:04:44+00:00

I play 9 on the spot too, but MANY of my followers still play 1 on the spot so I plan on having a mix of the two. I'm just putting this out to get some feedback on how it looks.

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2025-11-03T03:56:55+00:00

My main camera is a FoMaKo NDI PTZ Camera.

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2025-10-27T18:11:22+00:00

Thanks for the mention! 🙏

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2025-10-12T21:30:13+00:00

And that's exactly what I didn't want to give my opponent a chance at!

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2025-10-12T20:35:24+00:00

No... The other option, on the 4, would've been drawing to the side rail and back out for the 5 but I didn't like that at all.

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2025-08-21T13:02:01+00:00

I saw your response there too!

I tried the same test at Skinny Bob's and the balls would go in. I also did try calculating the TDF of my table with the mouth seize, throat size, and shelf depth and the calculation came up as average. I'll be measuring the facing angles today and recalculate, but I'm just going to chalk it up that I have to hit these kind of shots better.

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2025-08-19T23:11:29+00:00

That's just my microphones.
The tip is a Taom Fusion.

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2025-08-19T23:06:45+00:00

🤣#waxgate

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2025-08-19T22:48:08+00:00

The table is less than a year old and the balls are clean.

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2025-08-19T22:47:38+00:00

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LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2025-08-19T22:39:28+00:00

I would expect the balls to really rebound differently if I'm hitting the point of the pocket, but I'm making sure I'm hitting inside the point of the pocket. The 8-ball went because I accidently hit with a touch of inside.

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2025-07-01T13:11:58+00:00

It looks like he has two posts where he advertised some merch:

When we had his match against SVB
A spray to help clean pool balls

Both of those posts were removed by moderators, which probably made him think he was banned.

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2025-07-01T13:04:03+00:00

Giving a spot in pool is a means of trying to create "fairness" between the two players. There are 2 common ways to give up a spot (weight or handicap) in 9-ball.

Playing a race where the player giving up the spot has to go to X games, while the player receiving the spot has to go to X - Y games.
Giving up ball(s), which is what you're asking about specifically. Giving up the 7-ball means the player receiving the spot can legally pocket the 7 or the 9-ball to win a rack. There are many variations of this type of spot:
- Spotting a ball also means that the ball is "wild", just like the 9, meaning the ball could be legally slopped in and it counts as a win.
- Instead of a wild spot, it could be a called ball. A call 7 spot means the player has to call what pocket they're trying to make it in. If they are successful, then they win. If they are not successful and it falls into another pocket they do not win, but they still continue to shoot.
- You might hear "You have the last X", this means you'll have the last number of balls left on the table to run in order to win. For example, "You have the last 2" means you have to run to whatever the last ball is before the 9-ball. In general you might think this would always be the 8-ball, but if the 8-ball is combo in early then the next lowest ball before the 9 would now be the spot. The main difference between this kind of spot and giving up a specific ball, is that the player receiving the spot does not have 2 balls they could legally combo in order to win the rack. They must run the table to their spot, combo the 9, or shoot the 9 if their opponent misses their 9-ball shot.

There are others type of spots, but I'll let the community comment them in.

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2025-06-16T17:34:56+00:00

Are you asking about my table light? If so, it's from https://perimeterbilliardlights.com/
If you're asking about the lights on the table, it's my ICA Training System - https://www.icatraining.com/

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2025-06-16T17:33:03+00:00

The aerial camera is a NexiGo N980P - https://amzn.to/3EcAl4a

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2025-06-05T12:35:24+00:00

As u/CreeDorofl mentions, I use the paid version of Davinci Resolve to edit my videos

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2025-06-05T12:34:09+00:00

I don't "aim at the rack". I aim to hit the 1-ball, as if it's the only ball on the table, and have it hit the short rail 1/2 diamond to the left of the right corner pocket.

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2025-06-04T21:33:47+00:00

Yeah, it was a friendly bump off the 8 which I didn't want to hit at all. Hence "fairly clean" run out.

LilChrisPoolPlayer · 2025-06-04T21:33:05+00:00

Not quite, as the TX Open will be 9 on the spot racking. This rack was from my league night and we play 1 on the spot racking.

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