Many common and useful drills can be found on the drill resource page and in the Video Encyclopedia of Pool Practice (VEPP). Here are some additional useful drill resources:

• aiming
  • aiming drills
  • ghost-ball aiming drill
  • shot-making (potting) drills
• alignment
  • alignment drills
  • MoFUDAT (Most Famous and Useful Drill of All Time) stroke and alignment drill
  • “vision center” drill
• stroke
  • stroke drills
  • stroke drills from Bob Jewett
• speed control
  • speed control drills
  • up-and-down-the-table speed control drill
• CB control
  • stop/follow/draw drill (alternative drill)
  • target practice drills
  • wagon wheel drills
  • cross-line drill
  • Billiard University (BU) playing-ability Exam I drills
  • progressive practice drills
  • spot shot challenge drill
  • see also: “draw” and “pattern play”
• draw
  • draw shot drills
  • Dr. Dave’s Draw Drill (see also: June ’06 BD article)
  • draw shot challenge drill
• pattern play
  • Billiard University (BU) playing-ability Exam II drills
  • Runout Drill System (RDS)
  • Placement Pool Challenge (PPC)
  • position play principles drill
  • position control drills
  • 3-ball runout drill
  • 9-ball run-out pattern drills
  • 8-ball run-out pattern drills
  • line-of-balls drills
• carom and kiss
  • carom and kiss shot drills
  • ScratchBall
• sidespin
  • sidespin drills
  • sidespin shot-example drill
  • “clock” system drill
  • “gearing outside spin” drill
  • sidespin target drill
• safeties
  • safety drills
  • safety shot examples drill
• bank and kick shots
  • bank shot drills
  • kick shot drills
• jump shot
  • jump shot drills

Player Rating Drills

The following drills are useful to assess and rate a player’s overall ability and skill:

• Billiard University playing-ability Exams
• Runout Drill System (RDS)
• “playing the ghost” rating drills
• 15-ball-rotation rating drill
• FARGO “straight pool” / “rotation” rating drill
• Equal Offense
• Hopkins Q Skills Challenge

Useful Drill Collections

The following drill collections are useful for testing and practicing a wide range of skills and abilities:

• Billiard University playing-ability-exams drills
• progressive practice drills
• Video Encyclopedia of Pool Practice (VEPP) online drill resources
• 5-minutes drills from Bob Jewett
• collection of drills from the PBIA

See Also:

• drill resource page
• practicing with no pool table
• Video Encyclopedia of Pool Practice (VEPP)
• how to create custom drills
• why do drills

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