Clearing the Table Pool - With Commentary | Pool School

This video show 3 examples of me breaking and clearing the table in one visit. At the request of several subscribers I've added some commentary to talk through my thought process and how I go about the break and dish. I cover planning the order of shots as well as discussing any spin on the cue ball, positional play and developing difficult balls. Each run out is slightly different with the first being a clean and controlled clearance and then the last showing how a plan can develop and change when things don't go as intended.
The shots are carried out on a 7ft UK 8 ball table
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[@jeevanjhitta6310]

That last clearance was sensational!!

[@aymangharib8999]

This is all we need. I always wanted to learn more about pool but all those youtube pool tutorials are repetitive and boring. Nothing better than an actual game run to keep me interested.

[@wakstar1]

Clearance at the end was special

[@KyleRoyceTheWorld]

This was absolutely brutal. Nice Work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pushinglimits3285]

This is what I did by myself everyday as a 12yr old literally as my dad was working I would do this for maybe 6-7 hours a day Makes me want to get my cue out watching you play I haven't played for a couple of years.! I miss it dearly.

[@ZechMadox]

ok

[@killianb921]

Play for godsakes

[@bavskywalker4216]

That last one was pure class. Absolute professional. Top man

[@iainscott3736]

I like this. Talking thru what you are doing AND saying when you have played a poor shot is refreshing. In tutorials you often feel it’s made to look real easy and consequently it can make you think that you will never master it coz you ain’t perfect. Usually ALL other tutorials show you nothing but perfect shots/outcomes. Like the commentary and ball visual showing spin and telling you why he is using it.10/10

[@dllee5930]

I also like your commentary very helpful. Thanks for all the hard work putting these video's together.

[@malcolmharris5277]

Great video. I'm really enjoying the series and picking up tips from each one. Thank you for taking the time to put them together.

[@PoolSchool]

Cheers, glad they help. And trust me, this one did take some time to put together! I'm not good enough to break and dish every time so took a fair few takes!

[@DaveSpicerUK]

Another awesome commentary, thanks for adding the cue ball tracker :) keep them coming!

[@onniroy4975]

Great stuff. Shows what a range of shots you need to master to clear the balls in one visit. Final clearance was fantastic particularly the penultimate pot - shows what you can do even if position is less than ideal.

[@PoolSchool]

Thank you

[@jaiafindlay4]

Subscribed! Keep making these videos brother they are second to none in education quality and entertainment you'll go very far once people catch on. Many thanks 🙏

[@PoolSchool]

Thank you so much

[@nooper007]

Verry good video + comentary! Thanks a lot!

[@cbing4036]

Love that 8 ball cue holder ! Gonna get one of those !

[@PoolSchool]

C Bing there’s a link in the description

[@gabrieldincao5749]

Perfect video, thank you!

[@pauldriver5772]

Hey Pool School, this video is really interesting and shows me how a bad break (and a good one) can be cleared up. Nice to see you clear them, but what might be also interesting is seeing some of the ones that broke down and why that happened, and what could have been done differently for it to continue. I am enjoying the channel and have learnt a lot. I have just joined a pub team, and yet to have a match, so am trying to practice as much as possible so that I don't look a complete numpty when I play!

[@daveydixon1363]

Fantastic delivery of this tutorial. Pool is a puzzle wrapped up in an art form, in my humble opinion, and you've done it justice, here. I'm an intermediate to advanced player and I've learned a lot from this video, especially watching someone else's cue stroke power. I hope you do more of these tutorials. Deffo subbed. Best of luck with your channel.

[@PoolSchool]

Thank you, great to hear comments like that, really appreciate it.

[@stevejones3180]

Great video. Very impressed with the quality of your content. Real world stuff. The cue ball graphics are incredibly useful and the clarity of the video and your commentary are spot on. Thank you for your work. I hope you continue with this. I rarely subscribe to a channel but I've just done so with yours.

[@PoolSchool]

Cheers, really appreciate that.

[@Binna-ye7le]

Great video as usual, my game has improved so much thanks to you,

[@PoolSchool]

Cheers, that's great to hear.

[@jamesmcdevitt5327]

Enjoyed that thanks great play

[@makgalemarcusmathale1066]

That second last ball on last rack. Wow.

[@PoolSchool]

Cheers

[@benbrook7970]

Great video, I get the odd break dish every now and then but you make the game look so easy, and never have to play with much side, keep up the helpful videos 👍

[@PoolSchool]

Thank you. Yeah if you can keep the cue ball under control then it does make things much easier. I rarely use side unless I have no other option. It's so much easier to move the ball around over small distances, with simple screw back, stun and follow through. Spectacular shots off several cushions with side look amazing but have a far greater chance of failure.

[@benbrook7970]

Oh don’t I know it 😂

[@IrishBengalCat]

Good video

[@davepatrick5980]

Great clearance in that last frame. I would be gutted if you had dished me from that break. I play in the Crawley league and you dont see a dish like that every day. Dave

[@PoolSchool]

Dave Patrick cheers. Yeah I think I’d be pretty pissed myself!

[@christschin3708]

Cracking clearances, on a pool table with normal sized pockets, not one with buckets. Great stuff. 👍🏼

[@leighsimpkins2523]

Watch the black go in 5mins 49 seconds and tell me again that they pockets ain't buckets lol 😂. LOVSIT 🎈

[@christschin3708]

Leigh Simpkins Not an American table though, is it? Looks like a standard U.K pub Pool table to me?

[@peterrichards7387]

@@leighsimpkins2523 - I agree, the black hit two knuckles before dropping in. That would never happen on my local pubs pool table.

[@daveydixon1363]

...also, that Supreme Winner table is wonderful. Do you use the napless speed cloth? Strachan 861 by Simonis ?

[@PoolSchool]

It's a Strachan Superfine. It's a napped cloth but a pretty fine one so still quite fast.

[@jeetunisa6895]

hi great video i was wondering if u can make a video about long distance screw back eg judd trump deep screw back when i do mine it turn into stun instead of screw back thanks mate

[@PoolSchool]

Thanks. I'll see what I can do. It's all about pushing right through on the shot. If it ends up being a stun shot then it means the back spin has run out by the time the cue ball gets to the objects ball. You obviously need to play the shot fairly firmly to maintain the spin but generally people try and play them too hard thinking the emphasis is on the power. The most import parts of generating the spin are to make sure you're hitting low on the cue ball, pushing the cue right through the shot, as straight as possible, and timing is probably more important than power. You cue should be accelerating as you push through the ball.

[@juddtrump2]

Wow fantastic clearance, I'm good when playing normal games in pub but my hand shivers alot when playing in league or tournament. Any tips you can give me?

[@PoolSchool]

Thanks. Try watching this kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4CtpK2cZ7SonKc

[@MitsuoRLCoach]

great commentary , idk how you play on 7 foot tables.... i cant at all lol

[@johntogher7356]

Hi, excellent video. just wondered size of table? baize surface playing area is it 6x3 ft. ta

[@PoolSchool]

Cheers. It’s a 7ft English pool table (Supreme Winner)

[@FellowOfHammer]

New to pool, at 2:42 I was surprised back spin caused that to go sideways!

[@PoolSchool]

It’s because back spin only brings the ball backwards from the tangent line (the line at right angles between the cue ball and object ball). If these balls are in line (i.e a dead straight shot) then the ball comes straight back. As soon as there is any sort of angle then the ball will travel sideways along the tangent line, and back spin will pull it back from this line.

[@FellowOfHammer]

@@PoolSchool Ahh interesting, love your vidoes, thank you for the reply 🙂

[@PoolSchool]

Thank you. This set of videos will hopefully explain it more clearly. Where's the cue ball going? kzbin.info/aero/PLkequvHFHo7F1_Gveva33bIkgK3jh1Zxh

[@Nick-Emery]

In a match… Would you have played the shot you did on the last clearance, where there were 2 reds left and the black was always going near to the bottom corner? That would have been balls of steel. That clearance was unbelievable 😂

[@PoolSchool]

Cheers. Probably not, although depends who I was playing! I do tend to play quite aggressively (and probably lose a lot of games because of it) but I just prefer to play like that, rather than getting bogged down in tactical matches.

[@roguepilkington28]

Thanks a lot for these mate. You should try picking up the black balls rules to try to do some videos on them. You're a good enough player that it should be easy enough and would provide you some good concepts for teaching videos.

[@PoolSchool]

Thanks. Several people have said that. I only play World Rules because that what my local league plays.

[@J5X7]

@@PoolSchool A couple of the attractions of black ball rules (over World) are: no deliberate fouls allowed; and 'skill shots' (combination shots), where you can pot your opponent's colour in the same shot as potting your own - this could also include the black if it is your final object ball. On fouls it's a 'free shot', i.e. 2 shots don't carry, and white may be picked up and placed behind the baulk, not anywhere on the table. (Just info for the thread.)

[@roguepilkington28]

Its a very attacking style of game its really fun and fluent to play. Should give it a go especially with most tournaments adopting it

[@richardsmall7893]

Great video I am a novice at pool and just starting out.So I am right in saying you never hit either the side of the white on a shot,is it always centre,top spin,or back spin?

[@PoolSchool]

richard small thank you. Yes when starting out I’d always recommend forgetting about using side spin until you have a really good grip of the basics. Until you are confident that you are cueing straight, trying to use side will add all sorts of bad habits to your game. I’m not saying it’s not a powerful tool because it is, but as the saying goes, don’t try to run before you can walk!

[@richardsmall7893]

@@PoolSchool Thanks mate that was great advice.I am getting the hang a of techniques involved in the video and am improving.Do you have any videos on what difference using side does? If not is is possible to explain what side does?Cheers.

[@PoolSchool]

richard small this one is probably a good place to start kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXvKgK2ap5J-bbM I have another one called “potting with side” but like I said I wouldn’t worry about that just yet.

[@andrewpainter4493]

Hello any tips on how to hold the cue soft oh hard as my cueing action is very bad

[@PoolSchool]

I've not made a video specifically about the grip yet but I do look at it briefly in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKDWgYVsnMiifpI The grip should be light, if you grasp the cue hard then you tense up and don't get a nice fluid motion of the wrist as you move back and forth.

[@got_em7015]

Have you got any tips on how to grow your KZbin channel, because it seems you are doing really well on KZbin and I was wondering if there was any tips that you could share 👍

[@PoolSchool]

I actually have a kids educational channel as well which has 70K subscribers and 60 Million views, so I have a bit of experience! Good content is obviously key but there are a few other things that really help. You need to have good titles that include relevant key words. You then need to have extensive descriptions and tags that re-enforce those key words and lots of other relevant ones. The other probably most important thing is to keep posting as regularly as you can. Most people give up too soon because you just don't get the views in the early days. With both channels it took over a year before I really started to get any decent figures, but you have to stick with it. If you have stuff people want to watch you'll get there in the end.

[@ngugirebiro5173]

@@PoolSchool what's the other channels name?

[@PoolSchool]

Ngugi Rebiro it’s called Tiny Tunes, completely different thing, educational songs and animations for kids.

[@got_em7015]

Pool School because I have just started with this channel again and I have just hit 50 subscribers. But I don't really get any views, the methods I use are : tags,I promote it with my Instagram , titles, thumbnail, but I figure (because I've just started it up again if I keep on going I can make it Thank you for your tips, but I have another question, what camera and editing program do you use

[@garyhost1830]

Mate, I've said it before and I'll say it again. You play amazing, I could only hope to play as good as you one day. Are you an amateur or professional?

[@PoolSchool]

Thank you very much. I'm just an amateur. I play in a pub team twice a week in our local league. We're a championship team on one night and a premier league team on another. There are lots of better players than me in the premier league, but I do ok.

[@garyhost1830]

@@PoolSchool hey mate, what type of cue do yo use? What tip, what size? I've been binge watching your pool tutorials all morning and can't wait to get to the pub for a bit of a practice

[@PoolSchool]

@@garyhost1830 It's a handmade, 3/4 jointed cue with an Ash shaft. The tip is 9.5mm. Hope the practice goes well!

[@kingkitchener]

Where did you buy your cue? I am looking at changing my cue because my tip is very small, the only problem is I don't have anywhere close to me to test cues out.

[@PoolSchool]

Aston Kitchener mine is from a place called Taylor made cues in Basildon. Depends where you are I guess. Worth finding somewhere you can try them out though.

[@danieladams802]

Don’t suppose you offer coaching do you?

[@MrMousefighter]

Your game looks very similar to mine, I also have a table at home where I play, but the chair in the corner is always empty coz I always want to practice.Can you put someone in the chair and show us an entertaining game? I have subscribed, so I will know if it happens.

[@PoolSchool]

I'll ask my team mates, not sure any of them are too keen to get in front of the camera though! 😆

[@leighsimpkins2523]

@@PoolSchool the way you play they'll be sat in that chair so long you'll have to charge them rent

[@BARUtubbig]

What how did that last one go straight to the side? Why did it not screw backwards?

[@PoolSchool]

BARUtubbig which ball are you talking about?

[@shaunmacca]

Wow, wouldn’t like to play you for a fiver in the pub, you are definitely at pro level

[@PoolSchool]

Shaun McNamee Thank you but trust me I’m not. There are lots of better players than me in my league, still have lots to learn.

[@tristanplays7377]

I got a few questions to ask you -Why do all english pool players use a open bridge instead of a loop bridge like what the american pool players use?? -Do english pool players wear pool gloves when they are playing in a match??

[@PoolSchool]

tristan plays pool good question. There are a couple of reasons but it’s mainly to do with the shaft of an English pool cue. Players tend to use cues with a much thinner shaft and tip which also has a far greater taper to it. Because of this taper, when you draw the cue back with a looped bridge, the grip becomes loose and there is too much movement. American pool players generally use thicker cues with less of a taper so this is not an issue. Other factors are things like the balls being heavier and the table being bigger so the ball has to be hit harder more often. The loop bridge can be good in this situation as it keeps things controlled. Because in English pool the cue ball is quite small a loop bridge can be a little intrusive on the view of the ball as well. In answer to your second question, it is not very common but I have seen the odd player using a glove. This is mainly because if you’re using an open bridge it’s only the grove between the thumb and finger in contact with the cue so there is not much friction anyway. A glove can help with a closed bridge because of the finger being in contact as well.

[@johntogher7356]

3rd break, second last red unreal

[@PoolSchool]

Definitely the best shot I’ve ever played! Little lucky

[@turkyish]

How much for this table? And what size room do You need To play comfortably? Anyone

[@PoolSchool]

turkyish the table was about £1100 (paid a little extra for the superfine cloth). You probably need a minimum of about 16x13 foot if you have a full size cue. My room is a little narrower than that at one end and I have to break the cue down if the white is on the cushion.

[@poolsharkuk5669]

What’s the most break and dishes you’ve done in about 10 frames or even the most you’ve done in a row?

[@PoolSchool]

poolsharkuk not sure, never really counted. I’m not that good though, certainly not good enough to do a few in a row. I’d say when I was filming these it was maybe 1 in 10 (although several of those would be a dry break so didn’t bother going further).

[@stevejones3180]

shot around 3:50 should have been follow to get the 30 degree angle to move the reds, instead of screw?

[@PoolSchool]

Yep could do, there’s always more than one way to make a clearance.

[@stevejones3180]

@@PoolSchool just learning so wondered if that would have worked

[@Matt-ph7nn]

Have you ever played for county?

[@PoolSchool]

Matt Buckler No, I’d like to but unfortunately I have young kids so my weekends are taken up with managing football teams and athletics meetings! I only get to play competitively a couple of nights a week in the local pool league.

[@Matt-ph7nn]

Pool School that’s understandable, I play for Warwickshire

[@turbogigwoof2321]

Do you run classes?

[@PoolSchool]

No, I'm not a professional coach or anything, just a player trying to share some advice.

[@cammorrison8566]

What size cue do you play with?

[@PoolSchool]

It's a 58 inch cue with a 9.5mm tip.

[@mightymouse5029]

How much did you pay for that table?

[@PoolSchool]

It's a Supreme Winner and was about £1100. Had to pay a little extra for the Strachan Superfine Cloth.

[@dimsy9358]

how much was the table?

[@PoolSchool]

About £1100 but I paid a bit extra for a particular cloth.

[@lol14132]

how come you play american pool rather than English system? I'm from Australia and have bought a table and turns out its a British table which I didn't realise until after...

[@PoolSchool]

I don’t? I play on an English pool table and play World Rules which is a common rule set used in the UK. The other rule set widely used in the Uk is blackball rules.

[@francklegall9274]

J'aime vos vidéos, mais ne parlant pas anglais, auriez-vous la possibilité d'avoir les sous titres en français... merci

[@PoolSchool]

J'essaierai mais mon français n'est pas très bon non plus.

[@Sean-wd7ld]

Wow is that a Fisher Price pool table???

[@bentones1701]

Well at least he’s not playing pool with size 3 footballs and pockets the size of a drive thru!!

[@leighsimpkins2523]

You potted a red off the break in first frame so that means ..um.. Your red's not yellow . The second frame yes it was a free table because you potted one of each color.

[@PoolSchool]

Leigh Simpkins in “world rules” which is what I play in my league, if you pot any ball off the break you have a choice of colours, as long as you nominate them to the referee. If I had of chosen reds I would have been reds. If I had of missed the yellow I went for then the table would have been open again. I’m pretty sure this is the same in Blackball rules as well (unless someone who plays these rules wants to correct me?)

[@davemaliani3511]

Learn the real rules Leigh. You're making yourself look like an impotent, disease ridden, vile puss guzzler. WAKE. UP.

[@leighsimpkins2523]

@@PoolSchool Aaaaah I didn't realize that that was the rule,thankyou very much for explaining that to me in a pleasant clear way. Keep up the good work because your videos are mint 👍

[@timmmah80]

Your table is slow and the pockets are bigger like a valley table. You should be playing on a Diamond which is faster with smaller pockets.

[@PoolSchool]

This is an English pool table with a napped woolen cloth. The Diamond is an American pool table which is bigger and usually has a speed cloth (hence it playing faster). To say the pockets are smaller is in inaccurate. On the majority of American pool tables you can fit two balls side by side in the jaws of the pocket. On an English pool table this is not possible. When you also consider that American pool balls are 2 and 1/4 inches and English pool balls are only 2 inches then you can see the American pockets are considerably larger.

[@m2QgCJb6tAnG11m8]

These are 3 inch rounded pockets, much harder to pot balls compared to American pool.

[@Sean-wd7ld]

To refer to pool or pool table as American is really ignorant, Billiards has it's origins in France and is played in Dozens and dozens of Country's and the tables are standardized witch makes your microscopic pool table odd to say the least. To say the pockets are larger on a standardized pool table is not at all accurate. A snooker tables pocket is 3.5 inches wide a snooker ball is 2 inches in diameter leaving 1.5" of room in the pocket. A standardized international competition diamond table used in professional events has 3.75" wide pockets and a 2.25" diameter ball leaving 1.5" of room in the pocket. So playing on a 9' by 4.5' diamond table with 3.5" pockets with much much faster cloth is much more challenging, Also the 142 degree angle and Sharpe points of the American/International table makes it much easier to bounce balls out of the pocket as opposed to the rounded pockets of a snooker table even at slower speeds. You are the only man on you tube making billiards videos on a 6 by 3 table. With all the good players using 9 by 4.5 tables. So this makes you look incredibly cheesy. Good luck trying to be taken seriously while playing on a pool table made for hobbits .

[@m2QgCJb6tAnG11m8]

@@Sean-wd7ld You are wrong about balls being more likely to bounce out on an American pool table. If you hit the near rail then the ball will still bounce into the pocket, this does not happen on rounded pockets.

[@PoolSchool]

@@Sean-wd7ld Your childish comments about "pool tables made for hobbits" barely warrant a reply, but the inaccurate information and lack of awareness of different games around the world needs addressing. Firstly my channel is aimed at players of English Pool, not Carom Billiards, Snooker, English Billiards, Chinese eight-ball or Pool, whether that's eight-ball, nine-ball, ten-ball, straight pool etc.(informally referred to in many parts of the world as American Pool). Some of the content of my videos can be applied to all of these games but the the majority is aimed at the specific variant of "English Pool". You may not be aware of it, but in the UK it is played in pubs and pool halls across the country as well as at tournament level. The standard size for these tables is 7ft which is the size of the table used in my videos. As with all cue sports there are variations that make each game unique, which is why my videos look specifically at this variant of pool. If you don't play this form of pool then that's fine but then these videos are not for you. Secondly you need correcting on your pocket sizes. The pocket size for a "Pool" table (which you would refer to as a Billiard table, but might be called an American pool table in other parts of the world) is 4.5 inches. This information is stated clearly on the World Pool-Billiard Association website (www.wpapool.com). The size of the balls used is 2.25 inches. This means that two balls can fit side by side in the pocket and therefore gives a clearance of 100% of the ball size, in this case 2.25 inches. In English pool the pocket size is 3 inches. The balls used in English Pool are 2 inches. This gives a clearance of 50% of the size of the balls, in this case 1 inch. As you can see, these pockets are clearly far tighter. Each of these games has it's own differences and to argue about which is more challenging is puerile. The size of the table used for example has two effects on the game. The larger American/Billiard table obviously means your are potting balls over a greater distance with the cue ball travelling further, conversely on the smaller English table there is less room between the balls and therefore positional play has to be more accurate. You can't really argue about what is more difficult, they are simply different variants of a game. I simply do not understand the need for people to mock a game, just because they play something different. As I said before if the game is not for you then there are plenty of other videos on KZbin for you to watch.

[@fractal_mind562]

I dont understand pool ? If you're good at pool why dont you play snooker ? Why would anyone wanna stay playing 5 a side if they can play in the premier league / national equivalent ? I gave up pool 8 years ago and left it in college... Its a kids game no ?

[@bentones1701]

No.

[@bentones1701]

And yes, you are correct in your opening statement. You don’t understand pool.

[@fractal_mind562]

Fair play, I guess I dont... So it's more than miniature snooker ? Can someone explain it to me because I'm confused... Is my 5 a side analogy wrong also ?!

[@fractal_mind562]

I'll put it this way... Snooker players are great pool players, but pool players arent great snooker players... Is that better ?!

[@bentones1701]

The One True Kira The One True Kira they’re just 2 completely different games. It’s like comparing table tennis to badminton. Not all snooker players are world class pool players barring Mark Selby. Take Ronnie O’Sullivan (in my opinion the best snooker player ever) he played a woman in America at pool and got beat multiple times.