8-Ball Runout Inside the mind of a professional | Ralph Eckert

[@udyudy20]

Thats show us even professional sometimes didn't run plan A smoothly, but they able to recover and back in line more often than average player. I want more video like this...

[@mescellaneous]

he's a pro trickshot, not for competitive game. he is still good enough to run out on an 8 foot table, but each shot after the break except the last solid and 8 was lucky...

[@RollieWilliams]

Miscellaneous literally everything you just said is wrong. I am impressed.

[@mescellaneous]

@@RollieWilliams i really respect your channel, but i am just not interested in considering this as pro play

[@zeusdarkgod7727]

To be fair, on that 5 ball shot he could have played top right to get behind the 4 having the side if he falls short off rail for 7, or all the way up with a stun for 7. He did play it a tad wonky imo. But still a good runout 👍 video

[@MrDanty64]

So the 11 was really in the way of the 3?

[@Sharivari]

Ralph G. Eckert is a great coach. I would recommend his books :)

[@jiffypoops]

Sharivari is a great youtuber/coach, would recommend all of his videos ;)

[@timhildebrandt2962]

Is Ralph from Germany?

[@TechnoIsNotMusic]

@@timhildebrandt2962 he is indeed from germany.

[@rebelthreefiftyseven6739]

Sharivari, I have watch your videos over, and over, and over, and they have improve my game greatly. Thank you

[@globallivestreaming20]

Please remove the magic rack while starts breaking all balls. Okay, solid. 2nd and 10th ball potted at left to right side middle pocket.

[@davidlarson3905]

You can tell that Ralph has a great respect for the game - he lacks cockiness and overconfidence in his approach. He embraced his "imperfect" placements and adapted to them very well. Great video!

[@javyg4336]

Real game I see, you made a plan it didn’t go as planned but found another way and still managed to make a run out. I love it specially that 4 shot on the corner. Good job 👍

[@MrDanty64]

JAVY G exactly.

[@robertbyington7715]

The 4 in the corner was the must make shot of the run out but it also shows you how inadvertently hitting the 11 raised the difficulty of the entire run by a factor of 2.

[@MJH211]

Awesome video. Im bored w videos where everything just goes exactly as planned. I like that hes scrambling and using plans B, C, and D

[@breadyegg]

That's a good point.

[@msmith4012]

Great point Mark. That's the reason I've been watching pro tournaments lately. Things don't always go as planned so they need to adjust on the fly.

[@mescellaneous]

pros make minor mistakes all the time. this guy makes normal mistakes on an 8 foot table and runs out for the video though.

[@MrDanty64]

The thing about this is that he is pro but at the same time he gave us some rules of thumb to use when trying to figure out how to do a run after the break. Didn't know sides had the weight he was mentioning? 30%??

[@MrDanty64]

I play APA/Ball-in-hand and it would be killer to see a vid on strategies to use when you have ball in hand and are down 5 balls or so. No guarantees on anything but just what to keep in mind no matter the scenario.

[@MrKinghuman]

That’s one hell of a loft. Pool in Germany must be more lucrative

[@jasonferguson6829]

That's his loft?! I was just thinking to myself that's a nice apartment

[@MrKinghuman]

Jason Ferguson I don’t know what you consider a loft or an apartment to be, but it looks more of a loft ( apartment from a commercial space) to an apartment ( purpose build living area)

[@Matt-jw2yo]

@@MrKinghuman I'm guessing that, like me, Jason is from the UK. A loft in the UK is usually the space under the rafters of your roof!

[@Zigarius1123]

I really like the way he breaks stuff down and recovers and thinks out his possibilities. What a great guy to learn from!

[@Cityshamaani]

I love Ralph Eckert!! Never been a fan of his cue action, but man the knowledge he has... taught me a lot during my years! A true inspiration to my own game and the way I personally coach other people that want to improve in pool.

[@theosprague6686]

I didn't know who you were and I still don't know who you are but I will tell you this much I respect you you are very educated with table knowledge and you demonstrated that sometimes actually a lot of times plans don't go accordingly but you're able to adapt and continue. I feel like this is a problem a lot of amateur pool players face today, we get a plan and then we fall out of position and then we lose composure because we're afraid to change the plan you handled your mapping as graciously as any of us could ask I'd like to see more material from this channel from this gentleman right here I honestly think as a dedicated pool player I can learn something from him

[@stevenmoss6043]

I like how he keeps himself calm and collected

[@lakmeister]

Always hard to do a live video commentary....but like all good players he finds a way by being positive..great shot on split and long purple

[@drjay73]

Great video! That shot on the 4 was smooth as silk! I like how things didn't go the way he initially planned but he still found ways to make it work. Also nice to see that even the pro's aren't always perfect! Most run out video's seem like everything lines up perfectly and it looks so easy......but of course it's not

[@razzi0718]

That shot at the 3-ball(5:44) was so amazing

[@real.lmn.shorts]

PolaroidFreak 600 easy

[@pyyrosito]

PolaroidFreak 600 bruh

[@anon2414]

I think the 12 up in the corner on the next shot was harder

[@AcessDBpro]

Another psychological tool is to watch snooker on youtube for about 20 minutes before playing, particularly those with tricky breaks that are executed. Ronnie O'Sullivan videos are the best in this regard. After watching one of those videos, playing on a tavern pool league table is like playing golf with one-foot-wide holes.

[@oilman400]

Liked listening to your thoughts as you played, please do more! Thanks!!

[@daslynnter9841]

6:02 headshot sound from mw2

[@willi352]

Daslynnter holy shit heard that aswell before reading

[@kristopherabshire3069]

Damn you beat me and I wasn't even over there 😂

[@NetDelMSP]

This is a great video and demonstrates real life situations. I wonder if you could make a video on breaking. You said "if the two second tier balls come up short or long, you just make adjustments" How? Thanks !

[@mescellaneous]

follow/draw and/or speed

[@richijung]

if they come short use more speed or put the cue ball more to the middle

[@farfromluzin]

for me, I would have played coming off the five ball to get shape on the 4 or 7 from the bottom rail. shooting the 4 or 7 up table. He just didn't go down that end of the table to look at it. But hey...theres plan b,c,d,or e. I like 8 ball, lots of plans.

[@VinayPai]

I think that's harder than it looks. To shoot those balls uptable, coming from the five ball, you'd be coming across the line of the shot into a shape zone that's about a ball's width across, and even if you get it, you'll be shooting a long shot with the cue ball on or near the end rail. If you miss your shape, there is no good safety or plan B. The shape zone for the 4 and 7 don't overlap so you'd have to pick one and hope you get a good enough angle on it to make it, not run into any other balls and leave yourself a shot, and still have to come back down later for the other one. That's a lot to ask even for a professional, which is why they rarely play shots like that except as an absolute last resort. It *might* work, but there are a lot ways for things to go wrong, and exactly one way for it to go right.

[@zeusdarkgod7727]

@@VinayPai its a slow roll shot going behind, your almost better off falling shortof the 4 all the way up playing it in the side. Your not hung up by being on the rail and you can play easy shap for the 7 by coming off long rail, but it gave more pockets for the 4 ball playing for behind it and gives no chance of running into another ball risking getting tied up. And he said it himself, he got lucky hitting the 7 from the 3 as cleanly as he did, he definitely could have blown his run out if he hadn't.

[@MegaMilez]

I disagreed with shot selection - but that is the beauty of pool! And, this guy is much better than me anyway :P

[@divshearer]

Me too, I was fully expecting him to play the 5 first shot and cannon the 12 for a clear shot on the 7.

[@theonearmedpoolhustler3116]

Anyone is better than you

[@joulupukki1607]

Thats the beauty indeed there are many ways to run table and no such thing as wrong way

[@sagar6731]

Smooth and clean👍👍

[@billyhorton5779]

Have personally seen Ralph beat Dennis Orcollo at 9 ball at Derby City. He is always well dressed and professional.

[@TrickshotTimeHeiko]

Hallo Ralph, dein Video mit Erklärung hat mir richtig gut gefallen. Freue mich schon auf dein nächstes. Gruß Heiko

[@medureczek]

I admire this type of videos!

[@Faltzerbeast90]

such a classy guy! learned a lot

[@brianlucas1980]

I scrolled thru most of the comments and didn’t see this so if the question is asked sorry. You said “if the second and third balls are coming up short or long you adjust your break accordingly”. Can you explain what adjustments you would make? Thanks.

[@robertschaeffer5861]

Nice break and run...Kamui makes fantastic tips...

[@a0kca1p]

As a very casual pool player (never owned a stick; only play ocassionally at bars and friends' houses), I've been a little self-conscious about certain techniques. Namely, I am not good at breaking off to the side and always prefer to break straight on. Second, I almost never use a closed bridge and 99% of my shots use either an open bridge or rail bridge. It's good to see a pro using those techniques and making it work. I mean, my playing still isn't anything to write home about, but at least I know it's not because of my breaking and bridging preferences. Lol.

[@aleksierola5093]

I have never understood why people use closed bridge so much. My cue will never elevate (even in breaks) so I have found closed bridge only distracting. It also affect in my position in unwanted way.

[@Tidoublemy]

Snooker players are the most accurate cueists in the world and they use an open bridge. I just learned this today. The closed bridge is used in pool because power shots like draws are utilized more frequently. When you're shooting a draw a closed bridge is more optimal because it keeps the cue more locked in place and not jumping when delivering the required power. Breaking from the center is fine in 8 ball. Side rail breaking is more often utilized in 9 ball.

[@wombra8314]

so cool so real so good THANKS! 👋🏻🎱👄🎱🤚🏻

[@davidparker781]

Thanks for showing honest play instead of setups.

[@mightymolefe5871]

Not the cleanest run.... But I've learned the importance of planning. Thanks Grootman👊

[@jacobgil2452]

Some great tips keep posting these awesome videos

[@eminatopcic6081]

💩 ihijithp

[@RajeshJustaguy]

So basically you have to be an expert shot maker lol

[@nicholaswilliams8470]

Yes and that's only the FIRSTstep. After that you must master English and spin and learn how to break out clusters of balls by thinking ahead. And then basically be smart enough to always choose the right path and smart enough to think 7 shots ahead. Also there's alot of decisions on whether to shoot a safety shot or go for the offensive shot. All depending on how easy the safety shot is versus how easy the offensive shot is and how good you are statistically at potting the offensive shot versus how good you are statistically at executing the safety shot properly. And in 8 ball there is always a big decision towards the beginning of the rack that is made by one of the players. A decision on whether or not they are capable of fully running out that particular layout because in 8 ball if you get all your balls out of the way for the other player but you don't finish off the rack, the other player will most likely win that game once you get to a certain level. Pool can be frustrating.

[@nicholaswilliams8470]

@Robert Muhoro as far as learning English and spin...... well after you get decent at making balls you usually learn the stop shot on straight in shots first. Which is shooting just a little below the center of the cue ball at the correct speed for that particular shot so The cue ball stops dead right at The contact point. The speed Depends on the distance between the cue ball and object ball to perform the stop shot....... And then from there you usually learn how to draw the cue ball straight back at you on straight shots again. This is done by shooting even a bit lower on the cue ball than the stop shot and following through with a smooth stroke. Sometimes a player will first learn how to do this during practice after they get really warmed up and it just kind of happens a few times by accident and then over time the player catches on and really starts to have fun perfecting their new skill of drawing the cue ball straight back at them. And from there you usually learn top follow which is the opposite of drawing the cue ball straight back. You just hit a little bit above the center of the cue ball. And by this time the player is usually also on their way to learning side spin and all the nuances of it. Also, top right spin and top left spin is often important to get back out to the center of the table when shooting a ball in a corner pocket. For a beginner to get better at pool It's important to play with skilled players that are better than you and who also have good fundamentals. It's important to watch these players closely and try to see what they are doing. It's also good to play on an amateur leauge team to put pressure on yourself to get used to being under pressure. Sometimes that alone can make you rise to the occasion and make you a better player when you have a team depending on you. So yeah it's all about practice, good fundamentals, watching good players closely, playing with good players, asking those good players questions, and last but not least, have the desire, confidence, and willpower to keep progressing and getting better. I hope that answers your question. I don't know.

[@Zigarius1123]

@Robert Muhoro Dr Dave billiards. Rollie does an episode with him. I first learned how to properly do all English from Dr dave. It made everything so much easier understanding how it all works. I'm able to play like Ralph here with my screw ups. I'm not saying um as anywhere near Ralph's level, but I think similarity because I learned from Dr dave.

[@alaskasfinest726]

Well done to clean up the rest of the rack. 👌🏽

[@eminatopcic6081]

Gfydyduweigsiwuro

[@KingStibroz]

At 4:37 you can see the natural angle to the sweet area is about 90 degrees implying that stun (a hit just below center ball) is needed. Instead Ralph adds a tiny bit of top spin causing the cue ball to hit the 11-ball and messing his plans. He does make some great recovery shots to get back in control of the rack.

[@bassinbilliards6279]

This looks like my average day of play. Not always smooth but can recover from tough shots unlike most bar players.

[@davidlane147]

Such higher accuracy and positional play required for snooker.

[@goodfellazbushcraft8301]

im here to learn some good moves, nice way i enjoyed the moves really professional thanks

[@sjang816]

nice recovery and nice out

[@danielsouza1824]

You must interview Baianinho de Mauá in Brazil

[@robstamper332]

He's got the 7/8 for life..

[@916RULES]

Nice place 😳 Very stylish..

[@robinnicholas9042]

Im just sat here thinking yep i could miss all them shots he makes it look easy even when they dont go to plan

[@lawrencewithers5504]

Very nice 👍

[@Zenthex]

i think i would have taken high balls. the 15 looked like it goes if you're comfortable shooting long, which he ended up doing anyway. you can get there from the 13 and it'll leave you good for the 12. you can use the 9 to go up table.

[@theosprague6686]

By the way I got to say this guy acts like he's a pool player but we all know that he's a badass on them rock band drums behind him we just haven't seen the videos of him schooling us young'uns

[@kevinmaroney8471]

LOL, would have been funnier if those were indeed rock band drums. FYI, those are legit electric drums.

[@zombieman395]

at 5:24 I personally would have gon for the 3 roll that in to have an angle on the 5 to free the 7 up by moving the purple stripe ball out the way then with the 4 i could take that to the middle roll up to the 8 to put that in the corner pocket or take the two to the corner pocket to leave 3 pokets open incase i over shot it. But still though that was a very awesome lesson.

[@PeterTranPrime]

Very surprised he bumped the 11 ball on the 1 ball

[@Seeka-re6lg]

not easy playing perfect while explaining the thought process. still looking good tho ralph. nice ring btw. xoxo god mode

[@haroonsultan1312]

Nice but would have been better if you described each shot in terms of what English you were using. I did have my doubts when you were playing 1 ball aiming high up and wanting the ball to stop at the desired place. It would have been possible had you played bottom left English (I think, I'm no expert).

[@SonOfTheSoil834]

That’s real 👏🏿👏🏿

[@andykurka312]

5:25 Ralph, whats wrong with your cueing?

[@PeterTranPrime]

Old school

[@shiwoshiwofr]

It's not about good or bad cueing, I've seen great players with weird techniques who can play very well

[@albernererhelge]

"I like that...!"

[@shafakatbinzahid9233]

Rollie start blogging

[@RollieWilliams]

Soon!

[@ascarydude]

Beautiful great video

[@CoolguyBT]

More like this!

[@xdmemes5821]

Damn nice apartment

[@robertcooper96]

And that's why I hate playing 8 ball. Because someone can have no idea what you're doing and still run out 😂😂😂

[@sagar6731]

I usually end up with plan x,y and z😀

[@ohioan7536]

Solid

[@jamesmillar8047]

If u play most of those shots on an English 8 ball pool table there no way he is potting them. Look at the last shot he plays and look at the pockets, they are huge in comparison. No being funny but the room for error on this table is massive

[@mikejohn0088]

If he talked thru every game while playing his opponent he would have no one to play against. Look at the pool playing books he has read. The biggest and most useful playing ploy is to talk your way thru each shot wearing your opponent down who just wants to lose and leave.

[@lvzee]

I wonder what kind of books the shelves are filled with?

[@robertmeadows1657]

He’s pretty swoopy for a pro.

[@logic368]

robert meadows lol yeah I was like “am I dreaming or did he swoop the crap outta that shot?”

[@pappa6085]

Professional my ass

[@kevinteston4451]

Hey sir. ! for me your remarkably amazing !!!

[@boomerbagwell6182]

I need LOTS of practice

[@theonearmedpoolhustler3116]

Boomer Bagwell I bet

[@johnet22]

This video demonstrates perfectly why 8 ball is mostly an amateur game. You can completely miss shapes multiple times and still get out. In 9 or 10 ball you'd likely give up the table with those misses.

[@mechmat12345]

For a professional level shotmaker, 8 Ball is easier on a 9' table than a 7' table, and 9/10 ball is the opposite. That's what you're actually seeing in this video, not why 8 ball is a "amateur" game.

[@johnet22]

@@mechmat12345 No, I'm seeing missed shapes allow for a run out that wouldn't be afforded to a 9 ball or 10 ball player -- whether you're playing on a 7' bar table or a soccer field. I'm not saying that your point is wrong, because it's not, table size does have a different impact on different games, but that point damn sure doesnt negate my point of shapes being easier in 8 ball and it would take a know it all ass to assert that it does.

[@dannyeldergolf]

This guy can't possibly be a professional with a cue action like that, unless it's on tables like this all the time. You'd never be able to play on an english 8 ball table with a cue action like that

[@altonalex1235]

He is not a professional

[@MikeBilliardsFun78]

u should see his trick shot , i didn't want the fellow from him on Instagram because i know how it work they fellow and unfollow

[@ktosdad]

The man is a legend, one of only a handful of players to ever run 350 balls in straight pool.

[@williamslatter3129]

not very good lesson

[@CanalLivreZ]

Your pool have the larggest holes that I see on my life. Sorry. You are great, but this is really easy.

[@Hustlemaldo]

he's nowhere near to a professional. look at his stance...

[@mrsloth_8820]

MaldoMate hush you

[@piloolip7782]

Pro? Nah

[@batayolajarrenjoses.5242]

I can play better than that old gay

[@MikeBilliardsFun78]

i like to see a match race to 7 to 13 people should try meet up at poolhall

[@batayolajarrenjoses.5242]

Even you little piece of shit cant beat

[@MrDanty64]

He's a silver daddy not an old gay, dude!!!

[@b3ckky999]

A professional?! Terrible table,Cue and chalk! Did nothing special in my opinion.

[@bigcpimpdaddy7217]

That that skill. Go hustle everybar in the usa

[@socalcraigster]

Big fan of Ralph!