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Training program

Billiard Curling:

Practicing alone: How many of the ten balls can you place in the marked triangle after hitting at least one rail (the long rail first)?

Two players: One player plays the solids and the other the stripes. In turn each player hits one of his balls. Which player placed the most balls in the marked triangle after 5 balls?

Before each shot the balls may only be placed within the player‘s own head field, (i.e. behind the marked line or the second diamond).

This game is really good fun. I can‘t remember exactly but I think I saw it for the first time (or something similar) at a youth training session in Fulda/Germany run by the successful coach Michael Wahl.

The next steps:

The official PAT exercises for each section are explained to-gether with a training target so that you can test yourself and see where you stand. If you‘re doing everything right, then you could take a look at the alternative exercises. If you are still making mistakes, read the explanations again and stick to the lead-up exercises. To follow the PAT system properly, you should repeat these exercises every week, noting down the results from 3 or 5 innings. But only once a week – not as often as it takes to get the right score! You are given the chance to test yourself once a week. If you get a good score 2 – 3 times in a row (i.e. after 2 – 3 weeks), then you can tick off this exercise and go on to the next.