Pool Billiard Workout PAT Level 2 E-Book

Ralph Eckert

• Herausgeber: Litho
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 54

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

This workbook includes the official World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) Playing Ability Test (PAT) for intermediate players. At 72 pages this is more advanced than the first POOL BILLIARD WORKOUT and very well organized and designed. The second half is devoted to Technique Training and will help you put together effective short, mid, and long term training programs. There are additional exercises and training games to record your personal performances and help prepare you to take the Playing Ability Test for LEVEL 2. How do you really rank!

Leseprobe

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Print: ISBN 978-3-981040-06-6

PDF: ISBN 978-3-941484-65-8

Epub: ISBN 978-3-946128-05-2

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Preface...........................................................................................................3

What is PAT?.................................................................................................3

How to use this book?..................................................................................3

Playing Ability Test.......................................................................................5

General conditions for a PAT event:...........................................................6

Procedure:.....................................................................................................6

The PAT Principle:.........................................................................................7

Highest possible score for PAT 2:...............................................................8

Playing Ability Test (PAT - 2/3).....................................................................9

1. Speed Drill...............................................................................................10

2. Stroke Straightness................................................................................11

3. Follow Shot Drill......................................................................................12

4. Draw Shot Drill........................................................................................13

5a. Small Area Position Drill 3...................................................................14

5b. Small Area Position Drill 4...................................................................15

6a. Large Area Position Drill 3...................................................................16

6b. Large Area Position Drill 4...................................................................17

7a. Frozen Rail Drill 3..................................................................................18

7b. Frozen Rail Drill 4..................................................................................19

8. Endless Position Drill 3..........................................................................20

9. Standard Position Shots........................................................................22

10. 9-Ball Situation Drill..............................................................................24

TECHNIQUE.................................................................................................25

Training........................................................................................................25

Speed...........................................................................................................26

Straight and Focus 1...................................................................................27

Angle and Focus Drill 1..............................................................................27

Direction Drill 2............................................................................................29

Direction Drill 1 (from “modern Pool” diagram no. 76)...........................29

Standard Position for Intermediates as Workout.....................................30

2 x 12 Units Training Plan with 5 and 3 Innings (for own Exercises).....32

TRAINING.....................................................................................................33

Games..........................................................................................................33

Equal Offense..............................................................................................34

Rules:...........................................................................................................34

Bowlliard......................................................................................................35

Progressive X-Ball......................................................................................36

15 Units 14.1 Penalty Play .........................................................................37

12 Units Straight 8-Ball...............................................................................38

4 Table Blanks for Personal Notes............................................................40

Contents

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Preface

What is PAT?

PAT stands for “Playing Ability Test“. and is much more than just a method to test the playing abilities of billiard players.

It is, in fact, a system to assess the skills that one needs to play good pool on the basis of exercises evaluated. Those skills are defined in ten sectors - ten aspects of the game.

Additionally, this system may always be applied as a model to plan short, mid and long term training programmes.

In this notebook, printed material for further exercises and training games to record personal performances in training may be found along with the PAT exercises.

Besides being helpful for preparing for the PAT, the whole purpose of this notebook is to assist him in training - that this cannot replace a (good) trainer is to be understood!

How to use this book?

Proficient players start with a workout on the complete PAT - picking out the first exercises comes by itself: those exercises with the worst results (least points) are dealt with primarily.

According to the time available for training, a 3-months-target should be set (e.g., 50% progress) and pursued till the predetermined result has been reach three times in succession (or, at least, 80% of the PAT target value).

2 x 12 attempts for each exercise (5 and 3 innings each) are designed on most of the score sheets, which makes reaching the set target average easier (5 innings excuses a “blooper” with less conorders). Since the tests actually consist of 3 innings, the second 12 attempts are presented with only 3 innings.

The purpose of the training is to reach the set target three times in a row in 3 innings at the end of the 3-months period.

With weekly training rounds, a single sheet could last up to 6 months if one or two exercise are absolved.

An exercise may, can and should be repeated as often as desired - however, only two recorded attempts should be performed to emphasise the “not-to-be-repeated character” of these innings. It is, in fact, recommended that this be executed under witnesses (e.g., during a club training).

It is, additionally, proposed that one or two of the included training games be delved with.

Should the set target be reached earlier than planned, the exercises and games may naturally be replaced by others.

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The PAT-System was rubber-stamped and exclusively recognised by the WPA (World Pool-Billiard Association) in the fall of 2004. It is hence possible to be listed together with the results of the tests among an official rankings or to acquire a corresponding performance emblem (as pictured on the right).

Through the recognition of the PATs by the WPA, national, international and even intercontinental comparisons are only now made possible (everyone does the same tests).

The grading of the above-mentioned performance emblems are classified as follows:

PAT 1 600 - 799 points

1. Light green

PAT 1 800 - 999 points

2. Dark green

PAT 1 1000 onwards

plus certificate

PAT 2 600 - 799 points

3. Light blue

PAT 2 800 - 999 points

4. Dark blue

PAT 2 1000 onwards

plus certificate

PAT 3 550 - 699 points

5. Black

PAT 3 700 - 849 points

6. Red

PAT 3 850 - 999 points:

7. Gold

PAT 3 1000 onwards

8. Pink

Further information on the tests and colour emblems as well as dates for the PAT and the latest rankings will be found under:

http://www.pat-billiard.com

Wishing you lots of luck and success

and with many thanks

Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Huber, Dachau

Jorgen Sandman, Malmö

Ralph Eckert, Mannheim

National Head Coach Germany

EPBF Coach Europe

National Head Coach Austria

EPBF Coach Europe

Head Coach Baden-Württemberg

EPBF Coach Europe

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Playing Ability Test

“There is nothing that cannot be achieved

through patience and self control”

- Mahatma Gandhi-

This part includes information on the conditions, the procedure

and the PAT - Principle.

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General conditions for a PAT event:

To be recommended are two players to a table. Duration is