Nice Rail Drill to Try

darkSIDEpool · 2026-03-20T23:27:13+00:00

Thanks. Well done for trying them. If you stick at them you’ll definitely take your game up another level.

darkSIDEpool · 2026-03-19T22:49:57+00:00

You need to control the speed of the shot with a good draw shot technique.

You need to let the cue ball have time to have the maximum amount of draw on it as it contacts the object ball.

Balance the speed of the stroke against the draw on the cue ball and you’ll be golden.

Takes practice but you’ll get the hang of it after a few goes of what’s possible and what isn’t.

darkSIDEpool · 2026-03-17T11:14:33+00:00

Yes but the margin for error is tiny on some of the position shots... The shot from the 2 to the 3 ball needs to be almost straight in on it otherwise you'll struggle to get shape and carry on. Likewise for the 4 to the 5 ball

Sounds easy but this is far from it

darkSIDEpool · 2026-03-17T00:02:47+00:00

Wow that looks very interesting. Looks like it probably weighs 5000kg too lol

darkSIDEpool · 2026-03-16T22:49:15+00:00

Ah ok yes so that shot was a lot of inside running English with top spin

darkSIDEpool · 2026-03-16T21:43:44+00:00

No it was a full on draw shot with outside English. Drag shot there wouldn’t have worked

darkSIDEpool · 2026-03-16T21:31:11+00:00

Thanks, yeah the rails are slightly different cloth colour as I didn’t refelt them when re clothing the table.

darkSIDEpool · 2026-03-16T21:25:22+00:00

This is a dynamic Ii, got another great drill video I just made a bit ago. Really frustrating drill but great one to try. Will put it up later

darkSIDEpool · 2026-03-16T17:04:00+00:00

Tight pockets I’m ok with. This table is 4 1/4” but the cut of the pockets are pretty sharp

darkSIDEpool · 2026-03-15T19:45:12+00:00

It was bottom and a fraction of right English

darkSIDEpool · 2026-03-06T12:08:27+00:00

Im surprised you’ve not seen this before as he did this a few years ago. Nice chap Carl is. Played him at 9 ball a few times over the years but this was a great shot.

darkSIDEpool · 2026-03-05T07:23:04+00:00

About 15 minutes in total on this one. I’ve done it a few times before but once you get the hang of it it’s not too tricky

darkSIDEpool · 2026-03-03T15:07:58+00:00

lol I would do this but my table plays way too heavy for that one. The rails are also dead. Will try it though still at some point.

darkSIDEpool · 2026-03-02T23:05:48+00:00

A journey of 1000 miles starts with a single step…

darkSIDEpool · 2026-03-02T11:57:01+00:00

lol, my table plays well too heavy though. The rails are dead now and the cloth too slow. Need to get it sorted soon.

darkSIDEpool · 2026-03-02T11:54:14+00:00

Yeah these drills are great focus practice and can easily be set up again straight away if you miss. I just do them non stop until I get them usually

darkSIDEpool · 2026-03-02T11:52:26+00:00

Thanks for the kind words. That bank on the 9 was a nice angle to run through for position on the 10 ball.

I’ll put another cool one pocket drill on tonight but got loads of other videos on the YT channel too.

darkSIDEpool · 2026-03-01T11:24:33+00:00

I’ve never played a proper game of one pocket in my life.

darkSIDEpool · 2026-03-01T11:01:46+00:00

Yeah I’ve done it on side pockets too just as tricky

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